Marks and education have become very important for youth today due to norms of smaller family sizes and greater emphasis on education. However, the high cut-offs required for college admission, often 99% or higher, mean that hard work is not always rewarded and students lose confidence. While education is important, it should not be the only factor that determines one's future; qualities like character and personality are also important. The overemphasis on marks has created an unhealthy competitive environment that has led some students to lose hope. There needs to be a balance between the importance placed on education and marks.

1. How Important Are Marks In
Today’s Era
-Meghana Chandani

2. Good old days!
• When we were kids, our grandparents would tell us stories
based on their life experiences.
• To start with we were told about how they would get just
about 20 rupees as pocket money.
• They had the privilege to decide how to spend those 20 bucks
which meant the world to them.
• They would narrate how each one had twenty siblings or
more, the fun they had, the fights and the partiality between
the siblings.
• We were told how they wouldn’t study but at the end of the
day most of them have earned a living.

3. Crucial cut-off
• Today small family norms, studies and education have
become very important for the youth.
• If not for a 99% cut off we are refused admission into many
colleges.
• Even if we are given admission the credits do not go to the
student who has worked hard enough.
• This is because of the extent to which corruption has
reached.
• The donations asked for, by the colleges are not affordable
by majority of the people.
• This hinders the confidence of the students.

4. The thin line between want and need
• In the 21st century education is one of the most important
factors .
• But the big question is whether education NEEDS TO play
such an important role among the youth or not.
• We need to accept the fact that not only education
counts, but it is the values, smartness and one’s personality
which will help us be someone someday .
• I do agree that a major portion of credit goes to education.
• Without education there would be no smartness, no values
learnt and no employment.

5. • But it shouldn’t cross the border line where very soon cut off
percentages for colleges would be a 100%.
• Today the pressure of competition has crossed limits due to
which people are committing suicide and losing their self
confidence.
• This is a major issue which needs to paid emphasis on.

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