@abc123 @mahi2501 This very platform is an outcome of a for-profit coaching mafia.
I don’t know why people are so against the coaching institutes. They are also hardworking people, trying to make a (mostly honest and almost all legal) living while benefitting students.
If u see around u, everyone is trying to make u crave for their product, be it from a biscuit, chips company to apple to Mercedes. A lot many of their customers believe that their products make people’s lives better in some ways and over long run usually these very companies survive.
Though i haven’t taken any official coaching except test series for Mains but have immensely benefitted by their study materials and many more free initiatives. Coaching institutes help those students as well who don’t have readily available guidance in their family or friend circle. They help students who haven’t had the best of education during their school and colleges to work hard and compete against the privileged.
Coaching might be expensive for many but you have lots of information available to make an informed opinion. The coming up of a lot many coaching institutes has improved the freely available content for many who are preparing on their own. Be it free daily news analysis, explained topics on youtube, daily free MCQs or free all India mocks. You have coaching institutes making u available the strategies of multiple toppers, and lot many say they haven’t taken any coaching but many others state it has benefitted them.
Though i feel that coaching institutes claiming toppers might be misleading but if u make impulse buying then u have lot many better marketers out there.
On celebration part, i think we should celebrate UPSC success as well even though it is a national exam. Because it is story of a person who rose to the top against all odds. We should also note that such elaborate celebrations are almost always for people from very humble backgrounds.You will not see such celebration for a Delhi or Mumbai student topping.
Though i agree that science definitely enlarges the pie and can have a greater impact on lives of people in long run so should be celebrated. But it is a long term process and no clear defined benchmark of success. For example, it is very difficult for people on mass scale to celebrate at this level the taking of an image of Black hole (though this is also a popular topic). However, as Indians we celebrate whole heartedly even the success of our Indian American scientists/ researchers who make it big eg. Abhijeet Banerjee.
We also celebrated Neeraj Chopra’s gold, it is not going to make our lives any better, may be some loss as every other state and central government giving him crores is a diversion of diversion of public funds to private individuals. But it is necessary for a very important thing, ‘Hope’. It tells us that we are no less than others. It makes us feel that we are worthy of something, because we associate with that person in some ways.
I think the hope of a better life and possibilities that the success of Shubham’s town/ village will inspire many more to dream big.
THe high craze for this exam, also helps attract more talent for UPSC exam, which recruits for the top posts in Indian bureaucracy. I think this is definitely good for our people and nation.
I see administration as a profession that can help nurture and identify many more talents in science, sports and so many other fields. I think the people, who come here want to make a change in lives of others because comparatively easy money and life they could have got elsewhere like US.
I don’t understand why u think a neurosurgeon a genius and not an IAS. S/he also became one due to passing of an exam and if u think it takes any extraordinary genius to crack NEET (earlier PMT) then I think u are mistaken.
I do not think that doctor, engineer, lawyer or others talent is wasted here. I don’t think it is a mediocre job for mere above average people. It takes the best of best, (mathematically 0.1%) and even they find it challenging.
As per ur own words, u are a mere above average as u are preparing for this exam. Kindly reflect on ur own words, do u think u are more smart enough to decipher the absurdity of this exam than the geniuses? If yes, then either u are smarter or they are supposedly not so genius.
In ur next candid conversation with your so called geniuses, ask them to leave their so called over rated and crapy jobs and create more value in life. Tell them winning a Nobel prize is always better than living a disgruntled life. The choice should not be very difficult.
