Leading A Virtuous Life ...

                          ..A reality show rather than reality.

Truth and lies are the angels and demons of life. We all have a so called angel and a truthful demon inside us.
How many of us actually speak the truth all the time? No one , right ? You come home late from partying , you don't tell your parents that , now do you? " Mom I was at the library finishing my history report"!! Yeah , right ! Anyway , the main point I'm trying to make here is today's generation is infected by the lying syndrome . Children , teenagers , adults , the elderly , everyone in fact ! We fret by the consequences we'd have to face by revealing the hurtful truth . A lie is a powerful weapon at that time , it saves us from the unwanted reactions . Lying sure helps but it is sure not a virtue of life and plus it doesn't help in the long run. I know what you must be thinking that who actually says the truth nowadays and why should if we're happy ?

Well , the thing about virtues is that they come out straight from a good human being and lying is like the bad evil of the society. Saying the truth is like a fantasy now ! We all think lying is rhetorical in any XYZ situation . We need to learn to be truthful to ourselves , Believe me you'll be much more happy then ! The inner satisfaction we obtain is the gift of truthfulness.
Don't lie , it hurts the other person more when they find out it was a lie . Don't break someone's trust cause trust is like glass ; if you lose it it breaks. Learn to say the truth. It's a good virtue ! 

Given the choice between a great mark and a great story, I think you should go for the latter.

Marks don't matter 

Well , It's back to the time of the year when tensions are high in the households of 12th pass-outs and former 10th class students . The examinations are held and students slog it out their respective D days and puff , it is all over ; the results are out ! The successful ones cheer , the not so ones grieve. Astonishing marks are hence  scored however there is some food for thought for those who think education is the primary tool to progress of a nation. Do marks alone matter ?

Education is a process which empowers a student to think for himself/herself and make his/her decisions in life. However, the present day education system puts emphasis on rote-learning and unhealthy competition. Critics have often pointed out the inadequacies of our education system. The general complain is that the school curriculum is too much academic. It is not practical or job oriented. So bringing full marks or A+ grades won't help students to make adequate progress in the future. 

The academics, on the basis of it we are judged, can it give the education of life? Can it give the life skills which we need in our lifetime? No at all! The history or English we study today won’t help us to cope with problems in the real world. We need to know more than just bookish knowledge.

Anyway , the point is that marks aren't the only things that matter. Many students lose their other abilities like good interpersonal skills because of their unbeatable study skills. In reality marks don't matter in the long run , they're just the pillars to get into your desired stream in 11th and college in 12th. After that , who is gonna ask what grade you got in 10th in maths ? So don't worry right now because later on your skills and knowledge will help you , not your marks or grades. Don't just study , LEARN.

People will ask what you know not what you got.