les petites histoires
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:32:32
11 little stories. Real life paths that a group of bright dreamy young adults embarked on. Some managed to hold on some faltered some moved on. A summary on each and perhaps lessons learned for all:
Back in the early 90’s many teens in a certain part went through a huge dilemma and were forced to decide to choose paths almost 2 years before their predecessors. They were not given the opportunity to have the luxury of dabbling their feet in both physical and life sciences for the earlier established 2 years. None of them could play safe. Each had to decide then which stream they’d end to pursue for the
and stick with it. The irony of such a decision would only hit them much later. Among the rest this is the story of a group of young adults who went through a particularly fascinating program - new by all counts supported by the faculties at Berkeley and John Hopkins they were hand-selected out of numerous applicants.
had scored beyond 96% in their high school boards and slipped in the crack between reservations and grades. Ones whom regular Universities would accept while they could’nt quite make the cut because of where they were born into. A accuse not of their own by any long shot. Making it into this premier organisation’s new school was like an exciting beautiful adventure for them as no one had done this program before in India ever. Aspirations dreams hopes climbed swiftly as each trimester tumbled into another and as each novel subject was absorbed filed and stored. Pride that they were following the footsteps of one of the finer medical institutions both in India and outside and waiting eagerly to create a mark of their own once they have.
KK: Then: Coming from a Tamil medium he hated the program. Was completely lost the few semesters and almost dropped out to go back to do a Physics program at a small local college. Hard-working and after an attitude shift is and was the most sweetest kind helpful person the girls found as a friend. Not the brightest in the group but he showed genuine interest and concern to patients. Ambition: get a regular job at the hospital and continue life in the suburbs. Now: After sticking to a Ph. D program at the institution he now heads the school he graduated from. Yes he is the Principal.
VS:Then: Arrogant nerd. Snobbish because of his background as the son of doctor parents he trudged through the program only because he knew he could go back home and lay into his parents cushy.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://kowthas.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/les-petites-histoires/
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