There was a time when the thing that children least looked forward to in life was their report cards. Yet it came every three months, with clockwise precision, presenting to the parents, in black and white and sometimes in red, their Key Performance Indicators or KPIs’. Of course, they may argue, but numbers are cruel in their infallibility. (TOI)
Numbers tell stories – of mastery of a subject or the lack of it, but also attests to the strength of a child’s character. The marks on the report card are proportional to the sacrifices they have made, the afternoons and evenings they had not played with their friends, and the shows they had not watched on the television. The ability to go against instinct indicates their success in the future. According to a famous Bengali saying, “Those who study ride the car”.
If mild controls can be applied in those ‘feary months’, the exam’s tempest may reduce to a trickle! What can the parents do?
