No…I am not an expert in giving tips even for a KG student.. Jess pinged me a link and asked me to check, which he does quite often when there is no work and as I was also jobless, I clicked the link - Live Chat: Expert tips to crack Class X exams – A link from rediff home page!!
I first logged on to internet when I was 18 or so by paying Rs.70/ hour; not for getting any tips to crack my Engineering Entrance, but for the obvious reason which some might have guessed…. Nope, it’s just for checking my Pre-Degree result; yes I did mention “I first logged on...” -:). During engineering days internet for me was mainly for chatting only, till last semester. During last semester I was forced to Google project/ seminar topics and it was during that time I realized that the most useful keys in the keyboard are Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. These are the three keys which will get faded in any students’ machine. I must admit that internet helped me in taking a decision to go for MBA rather than searching for jobs; it enlighten me that getting a decent job without final mark list is almost impossible, but joining some decent MBA institutes after cracking CAT is possible, provided I should be able submit the mark list with in 5-6 months after joining. But again rediff didn’t have any live chats for tips to clear backlog papers :-(. I don’t even remember seeing anything similar for cracking CAT or for overcoming MBA torture. The only similar things which I remember seeing were how to crack GD/ interview. Things have changed drastically in about 5-10 years. Internet became a vital part in almost everyone’s life right from the very young age. Younger generation using it for completing their assignments (Yes, Assignment is the new nomenclature for Home Work even in primary schools), our generation using it for diverse needs – chatting, social networking, tweeting, blogging, shopping, banking, trading, ticket booking, job searching and the list goes on and the older ones for ‘Skyping’ their off springs who are studying/ working abroad. Think how much you got frustrated when broadband was not working. Was the frustration level same when the TV/ Refrigerator/ Microwave/ DVD player etc stopped working? Are we getting addicted to internet? Well, I don’t know, may be….
Still…to crack class X, do these people really need these many tips? The participation level in this chat shows they need these tips!! ‘Live Chat: Expert tips to get KG admission’, may not be so far…
PS: Just now I received two friend invites in Facebook; one from my 12 year ‘old’ cousin and the next one from my 58 year ‘young’ father.
