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Dear Dr K, I am a concerned mother, and like every concerned mother, I want my son to study in IIT after he graduates from school. He is seven-year-old and in class second now. What is ideally the earliest age to enrol him in IIT-JEE coaching classes?

— Laliita Jeevan

Dear Laliita,

I am afraid that it might already be too late for your child. By the class second, most kids who are serious about getting into one of the IITs have already had three to four years of solid JEE coaching. With the recent introduction of pre-natal JEE coaching clinics, it has become possible for kids to prepare for the JEE before they are even born.

Still, if your child is to have any hope at all of getting into one of the IITs, it is absolutely essential that you begin his JEE coaching immediately. You must enrol him in a coaching institute that makes use of the time when he usually plays, sleeps, or undertakes any other pointless activity. If he wishes to catch up with those who have already begun their coaching, he will have to forego his sleep for the next 10 years or more.

There are some critics of such intensive coaching programmes, who believe that such packed schedules will rob a child of his or her childhood, and induce unnecessary and unhealthy stress in him or her. This argument is, of course, rubbish. Experts agree that the notion of having a ‘childhood’ is overrated, and this so-called ‘childhood’ will only be detrimental to the child’s chances at being admitted to an IIT. On the issue of stress, no one has said it better than famed JEE Coach Burgeon N Bess. This is a healthy routine for any child who has begun coaching early enough:

“Nowadays people are talking about stress. I am not referring to force per unit area. I am referring more to mental and physical strain. I am not referring to ratio of change in dimensions to original dimensions. People think that children are facing too much stress nowadays. They obviously cannot think very well because they are wrong. Where is the stress in a child's life? All he or she does is get up early in the morning, go to tuition, come back, go to school, come back, go to tuition, go to JEE Class, go home, do homework for two hours, then study for five hours, and then maybe catch a little snooze. Is this a stressful routine? I think not. There is ample time in this schedule for relaxation. This time should be used for hard work and studies. Children should be initiated early into the coffee habit so that they are able to stay awake until late at night. Weekends is for recreational activities such as casual differentiation and integration, and preparation for AIEEE. These habits will ensure a child's stress-free life.”

Only if your child gets into an IIT will his life be of any worth. If he is unable or unwilling to do so, you have failed as a parent. After all, all the world needs is more engineers (who give up engineering to do MBAs). Your child should pursue subjects like the pure sciences, or art, or music, only if your child is interested in pursuing failure. Everyone else simply has to enter IIT, or die trying.

Wishing you luck,

Yours questionably,

Dr K

The title will shock some of my old frnds, The maths topper in school saying so ..but can't help it guys ... i simply hate it now ....
Here is a Timeline of
MY Relationship with Maths :
According to Arabic literature, there are seven stages of love..
My love with Maths in terms with Arabic literature:

1. हब - Hub - Attraction class 1
2. उन्स - Uns - Infatuation Class 2-3 I Stated feeling for her
3. इश्क़ - Ishq - Love Class 4-5 I proposed she agreed.
4. अक़ीदत - Aqeedat - Reverence Class 6-8 Our Romance was on bloom ....
5. इबादत - Ibaadat - Worship Class 9-10 wow... she was my god ...
6. जूनून - Junoon - Obsession Class 11-12 I love her so much
7. मौत - Maut - Death College : Suddenly everything went wrong ... nothing seemed right our relationship soured.. then it came the breakup .. i hate her now.. but i have to live with her... she's everywhere in my life .... can't she vanish.. ohhh god..help !!!!

Math Means No !!!!

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The Way My Life Goes

Ever since I came to my senses
Life has been a turmoil
I don't know the way it has gone
Neither the way it will go
I just know
I still have a lot to go.

In times of solitude
Memories tend to tear me apart
The pleasant ones make me realize
The essence I have lost.
The bitter ones of the times
I was all alone.

Smile is an emotion unknown
Pain has been my buddy for so long
It's not that I am a pessimist
This is how my life is .
Even the single ray of hope
Gets blurred by that Dark Mist.

Is this the way my Life Goes ????


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