The lecturer threw away my register and said: 'Don’t
come to me for extra classes, when you fail in final exams. Look at
these guys, they are students, I can give in writing they will get a
distinction in this subject, shame on you people'
I replied: 'Ma’am, kindly don't compare with me with anyone else, their marks are not my business'
She said: 'Get out'
I walked away, smiling at my friends, like a celebrity.
The subject was genuinely tough and I couldn't get hold of it by them.
That lecturers words didn't hurt me, her words were only a symbol of her immaturity and judgmental attitude.
What did I do?
Nothing,
I ignored that conversation, though didn't forget it. Also I studied
the subject thoroughly, not one or two times but 5 times. Not to prove
anything, but to clear the paper and to understand the subject in depth.
I
scored one of the highest marks in that subject, but I didn't go to the
lecturer to show her down, because she was irrelevant to me, giving her
importance would mean that I would was a bigger fool than her.
A
year later, the same lecturer came to me (didn't call me) and requested
me to select a group of students from our class to give interview in
her husband's company, including those students whom she judged to be
intelligent earlier, her husband was a senior Director there.
All this because I was the first to be placed, scored good marks, and was heading the placement committee as well.
It was then that I realise that people can easily lose and gain back hope in you, their views are not fixed.
I will give just one tip-
When people lose hope in you, it's their problem, and their way of thinking and analysing things.
Never give them over-importance.
-Anubhav Jain
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