Today, I was roaming with my father. After a while, a person called my dad from the other side of road. My father recognized him. While crossing, he told me that the person was one of his peers - who also topped the B.Com graduation exam in his time. I understood that this was going to be ugly.
So after a brief chat with my father, his attention turned to me. Let us denote this person by X. Here is the conversation that followed(recreated in English).
X: So, you study CS at BIT Mesra?
Me: Yes.
X: What about the semester exams? What is your GPA? Your rank?
Me: (Honestly) Not good. Just above 7. I don't study. Rank is nowhere. Virtually unknown.
X: What? My daughter studied IT from __ in Bangalore. She has a CGPA of 9.483. She happens to be a gold medalist. (To my father) What is your son doing? What has he achieved? Even if he hadn't told you, let me. Placements are going to be difficult for him.
(That was the blow.)
Me: Why are you asking my father? Ask me. I don't even know my CGPA to three decimal places. What have I achieved? Nothing significant. But as you will definitely misunderstand what I am trying to say, I would add one instance. Few days ago, I won a tablet from American Express. How? By actually writing code. As you seem the person who quantifies everything, let me tell its price. About Rs. 16,000.
X: Arey, why are you firing up? No company cares about whether you have won a tab or not. They care about your exams.
Me: With two sems left, I can't do much about my academics now. I am in no mood either. Just like you don't give any worth to my achievement, I don't give any to your daughter's. Afterall, this is a free country. But do expect me at your home someday. I will have a job then.
That was all. My father was actually laughing on the way to home. Told me, he never expected I would say something like that. For the very first time , he told me that I have grown much.
So much for an occasional chit-chat.
P.S: No offense to any highly 'ranked' scholar reading this. I am not glorifying low CGPA either. Just remember that whatever you do in life, you also have to pay the consequences. No hard feelings there.
So after a brief chat with my father, his attention turned to me. Let us denote this person by X. Here is the conversation that followed(recreated in English).
X: So, you study CS at BIT Mesra?
Me: Yes.
X: What about the semester exams? What is your GPA? Your rank?
Me: (Honestly) Not good. Just above 7. I don't study. Rank is nowhere. Virtually unknown.
X: What? My daughter studied IT from __ in Bangalore. She has a CGPA of 9.483. She happens to be a gold medalist. (To my father) What is your son doing? What has he achieved? Even if he hadn't told you, let me. Placements are going to be difficult for him.
(That was the blow.)
Me: Why are you asking my father? Ask me. I don't even know my CGPA to three decimal places. What have I achieved? Nothing significant. But as you will definitely misunderstand what I am trying to say, I would add one instance. Few days ago, I won a tablet from American Express. How? By actually writing code. As you seem the person who quantifies everything, let me tell its price. About Rs. 16,000.
X: Arey, why are you firing up? No company cares about whether you have won a tab or not. They care about your exams.
Me: With two sems left, I can't do much about my academics now. I am in no mood either. Just like you don't give any worth to my achievement, I don't give any to your daughter's. Afterall, this is a free country. But do expect me at your home someday. I will have a job then.
That was all. My father was actually laughing on the way to home. Told me, he never expected I would say something like that. For the very first time , he told me that I have grown much.
So much for an occasional chit-chat.
P.S: No offense to any highly 'ranked' scholar reading this. I am not glorifying low CGPA either. Just remember that whatever you do in life, you also have to pay the consequences. No hard feelings there.
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