I Am The Paragon Of Test, Tribulation, And Trial By Fire

I am the paragon of test, tribulation, and trial by fire. Yet, I have not been broken†¦ A conversation after learning about the condemning words of a 1st grade teacher. â€Å"I do not understand your concern. Most children DO NOT start learning how to read until third grade. And he’s not even a gifted student,† said the principal to my mother. The principal’s remarks left my mother despondent. I vividly remember sitting in a class of 1st graders encamped around the teacher as she read; eager to learn. I stood up next to her and attempted to follow along when she gave me a gelid stare and said â€Å"Sit down, you couldn’t read if you tried!† In an instant, I was deemed stupid. It was my welcome to the term disadvantaged youth, which essentially means an aberration of whilom peccadilloes one way or another. It is far from the most dramatic encounter of my youth, but it forced me to think deeply about how easily I could be stripped of my in dividuality, of my jones for knowledge, about how easily hypothermic social preconceptions could render irrelevant any truth about who I truly was. In my educator’s eyes, I was another low-performing student in her class. For the next few years, I was academically anesthetized. Educationally disengaged due to extreme difficulty orating my thoughts, recalling information, understanding assignments, staying focused, and being time-efficient. By the time I was a preteen, I started to believe rapping, pimping, or sports were easier than provingShow MoreRelatedProblems and Aspirations of Youth as Highlighted in the Novels of Chetan Bhagat5079 Words   |  21 Pagesuniversities often requires ninety percent- plus averages and most children have afterschool tutoring to attain such marks. A paragon of this philosophy can be seen in his novel â€Å" One Night @ The Call Center†, where the hero, who answers the phone calls from clueless Americans about their cooking appliances, remarks,† Every cousin of mine is becoming a doctor or engineer,†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.You can say I am the black sheep of my family.† Bhagat believes that India tends to have an academic and social revolution to prevent