During class 11th, I used to go to school around 2 days a week. I was preparing hard for JEE, and spent all my time locked up in my room studying. In my mind, going to school was simply a waste of time, and hence I tried to go to school as less as possible.
However, I ensured that my marks in school did not suffer, as that gave me a leverage to bargain with the school for low attendance. I was always present during Mondays for the weekly unit tests whose marks were counted towards the aggregate score.
While the school was definitely not happy with my attendance, they could not do much because I ended up with the highest overall score in each and every subject in class 11th, in all sections combined.
In class 12th, with JEE drawing closer, my attendance dropped even further. I started visiting the school only once a week on Mondays for the weekly unit tests. I had regular fights with my class teacher but I always ensured I had leverage by scoring well. Despite her warnings that I would fail, I ended up scoring 94.2% in the 12th Board exams.
I ensured I had all the time I needed to prepare in peace for JEE, because JEE had always been my primary goal. I realized early on that school was a complete waste of time, because the school syllabus was much easier than JEE syllabus. However, I ensured the school could not do anything against me, by building leverage. My leverage was my performance in school. I mean, how could they possibly justify taking any action against the school topper just because of low attendance?
The two years of JEE preparation also taught me the importance of having leverage in life, especially when you are going to go against the traditional set of rules.
- Rohan Jain,B.Tech(CSE) IITK'15, IIMA Batch 2015-17
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