They always say, “Timing is everything.” I don’t know who “they” are, but I have a serious bone to pick with them. Because if timing really is everything, then I’ve been handed a slightly broken clock.
I’m 14, and I go to an ICSE school that’s full of blackboards, timetables that feel like jigsaw puzzles and exams that whisper “boo” at you in your sleep. But just beyond the horizon, something shiny is coming. The New Education Policy, with new rules, better tools and, if the rumours are true, making learning fun!
But by the time it finally arrives in its full glory, I’ll be long gone from school, waving goodbye with my report card in one hand and a tired smile on my face. I wasn’t born too late. I was born just a bit early. So, let me take you through this twist of fate, with some losses and some gains.
The Gains of the Old Guard
Let me start by being honest. The old system wasn’t all terrible. It had its quirks. Like the way we memorise facts, just because someone, somewhere, decided that “Mughal Dynasty dates” are more important than sleep.
