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F There are many colleges and companies that select
candidates on the basis of their rank in various exams.
Suppose a company plans to hire the top 50 ranked
candidates only.
In such a case, the person ranked 50 proves to be a
winner, albeit by a whisker.
Had that person put in even an inch less of an effort,
he would have been overtaken by the guy ranked one
notch below him. That is, the guy ranked 51 would
have scraped through, barely.
This is not a desirable scenario. One should not have
to compete and overtake someone else to succeed.
But that being said, this is how the world is running
these days.
This situation arises because a lot of people are
basically doing the same thing. Things will change the
day people start exploring diverse educational and
career options.
We are not against competition, but how much sense
does it make to decide the future of our youth on the
basis of marks and marks alone?
A decade from now, by the time most of you have
your own kids, the competition will become more
severe. The 100% cut offs that we see in just a handful
of colleges will become the norm, and students with
99% marks will find it difficult to get into courses and
jobs.
We do not want a world like that, do we?
But remember that our economy will keep expanding
for decades to come. That will bring with it new
opportunities to learn and earn.
It will therefore be important to embrace newer career
options, preferably something that you love to do.
For instance, I love writing, and if all goes well I will
leave my current job and take it up full time.
Think about it. We are not sheep who must be led. We
are thinking humans, and we must learn to lead
ourselves. ff

Anonymous

Why don't college students ask questions in class?
The number of questions asked in a lesson is directly proportional to the quality of the instructor.
The frank truth is that most college professors have had no training in instructional design or delivery. They are ignorant about how to create an atmosphere of learning. Learning is mostlikely to happen when there is a role for the student, in the lesson. Instructors should design their lessons to provide involvement, participation, and engagement for the students. There is an old Confucian saying:
"Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may
remember. Involve me, and I will understand."
In instructional design, we differentiate between the formal lecture and the informal lecture. The formal lecture is the scenario in which the instructor comes in, essentially reads a prepared speech without interruption and then opens the floor for questions. An informal lecture, although planned, is delivered in a more extemporaneous way, with allowance for
diversion based on the needs of the students. While most instructors would say they follow the latter, they create an atmosphere where it is the former that dominates.
An instructor that says there isn't time for questions should be tarred and feathered and clearly hasn't been well trained. A good instructor knows how to use questions to propel a lesson forward.
That said, there certainly are instructors that do things correctly and create an interactive atmosphere in which the student feels like a participant and not an observer, and good discussion and learning happens. Keep all of this in mind, and design your lessons to suit, and students will ask questions.
Credits-Robert Frost(Engineer/Instructor at NASA)

Anonymous

There are many colleges and companies that select candidates on the basis of their rank in various exams.
Suppose a company plans to hire the top 50 ranked candidates only. In such a case, the person ranked 50 proves to be a winner, albeit by a whisker.
Had that person put in even an inch less of an effort, he would have been overtaken by the guy ranked one notch below him. That is, the guy ranked 51 would have scraped through, barely.
This is not a desirable scenario. One should not have to compete and overtake someone else to succeed. But that being said, this is how the world is running these days.
This situation arises because a lot of people are basically doing the same thing. Things will change the day people start exploring diverse educational and career options.
We are not against competition, but how much sense does it make to decide the future of our youth on the basis of marks and marks alone?
A decade from now, by the time most of you have your own kids, the competition will become more severe. The 100% cut offs that we see in just a handful of colleges will become the norm, and students with 99% marks will find it difficult to get into courses and jobs.
We do not want a world like that, do we?
But remember that our economy will keep expanding for decades to come. That will bring with it new opportunities to learn and earn.
It will therefore be important to embrace newer career options, preferably something that you love to do.
For instance, I love writing, and if all goes well I will leave my current job and take it up full time.
Think about it. We are not sheep who must be led. We are thinking humans, and we must learn to lead ourselves.