miPratik

I was 11 years old when I was being interviewed for the very first time in my life. Till then, I was aware about English language as that was taught in our school books and my knowledge never went beyond that. My parents thought way ahead of the time to make me superior in this foreign language. And decided to give me a proper coaching in it which was really advanced to my fellow classmates at that age. So, we went to a reputed class of English for my admission. Before let me in for the class, the teacher wanted to examine me at what level of learning I was. And it went into a very formal kind of interview. He was seated on a classic wooden old age officer style chair. He himself arranged a folding chair in front of him for me in a way that, I could see only him and my parents being seated behind me. I was expecting the questions being asked in school oral exam like English alphabets, numbers, words and at max, the spelling and their meaning in Marathi i.e.,...

About a person, it is not just the IQ or the academic grades only but the knowledge, skill sets, expertise and experience does matter. Instead of looking someone down, I should focus on how the person could contribute to my learning? How can I uplift myself? Through this, at the end of the day, I could learn something new everyday. Instead of judging a fish on its ability to climb a tree, my focus should be on its ability to swim. I must focus on its swimming skill so that, if I fell in the water someday somehow accidentally, I should at least survive. I need not to swim for medal in Olympic but I should be able to come up to the bank to save myself. Helping someone else from sinking would be a super thing for me. - miPratik #miPratik #stupid #IQ #knowledge #skill #experience (pre-posted 12 June 2019 in LinkedIn articles)