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Monday, April 26, 2010

Maharashtra MHT CET Result

Background:

This is about an boy who is about 17 yrs old, a science student studying in Std.12th. He will be appearing soon for his H.S.C. board exam and MHT-CET. So don’t you expect him to be prepared with atleast 65-75% of his studies ? The truth is that his current performance has been average but not to forget that he would excel at his school exams in early years. What happened to him now ? Is he not that intelligent ? Doesn’t he have good resources ?

Observations:

I observed the student, his activities, his surroundings, his friends circle etc. And most importantly, his aptitude. He had an excellent aptitude for what he wanted to be. He had access to all the resources one would need to excel: good professors, good notes, enough money to buy books, etc.!

The problem:

He had a lot distractions. He had a fully loaded mp3 player, a PC with latest games, etc! But they were not the root cause of his deteriorating. The process started when external force could no longer work. In his childhood days, his parents would constantly be behind him for studying. So, as a child, he had no options but to study. Even though it was forced, he studied and could write well in the exam, scored well. But as happens with everything, he got ‘used’ to it and then the response started to fade. He then needed greater amount of force. By this time, his parents (who were providing the external force) got fed up of constantly reminding him and let him on his own. Did you realize that the external powerful force just vanished ? It also took his academic brilliance away with it and left behind an academically average student. The students was in a ‘mature’ state of mind, which meant he had lot worries about his future. Just as some adults turn to alcohol when they are bugged with worries, this boy turned to MP3s and PC games, unknowingly. Deep in his mind, he wanted an ‘instant relief’ from all his worries, which MP3 and PC games provided. It progressed gradually to addiction. This is where short-sightedness started creeping in.

We all commit silly mistakes in our exams. This article focuses not on study-related mistakes, but on other “technical” mistakes.

1. While darkening circles, please be careful that you are darkening the appropriate circle. Sometimes, students darken the circles in the line above or below the appropriate circle.
2. Do not write anything on the question paper, except in the space provided for rough work. Some students are in the habit of ‘ticking’ the correct answer on the question paper or doing rough work just besides the question. Please be warned that this is not allowed as per rules of MHT-CET. If the supervisor notices it, you could be in trouble.
3. Pay close attention to bells. The supervisors are not teachers but staff of local Municipal Corporation. They are not so well-versed with the examination system. Sometimes, they might confuse one bell for another and this may lead to late distribution or early collections of question papers/answer sheet. If this happens, please bring it to the notice of examination centre authorities immediately. Is such cases, there is no use of doing a court representation because there is inadequate proof that such irregularity occurred.
4. For boys, please try to bear the look as in your photo on your MHT-CET admit card. An extra-cautious supervisor may else waste your valuable time in confirming your identity.

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