Moving Ahead . . .

Anxiety, ecstasy, contentment, and despair — such was the array of emotions that concocted to make our Red Letter Day, the day of the declaration of the Class 12 results. No words suffice to describe the whirlpool of emotions that nearly all students felt at the moment of typing their respective roll numbers — after all that moment was merely a click away from a predetermined fate

While the results catapulted some to heights of ecstasy, many  others were disappointed and seeking consolation. We, the campus journos, were no exception.

True, the results are out but the saga of sleepless nights is not over. Entrance tests and interview trials amidst the harrowing cut-off predictions is what forms the staple of our new worries. Entrance test rankings and the furore over educational reforms are compounding uncertainties. Our emotions, hopes  and anxieties at this stage might be different but we all hope for one thing — a secure future. 

While for some of us, the fact that we have finally graduated from high school has not yet fully sunk in, others yearn for the college of their choice, some are hopeful of cracking an entrance, some of us display an unusual alacrity to audaciously face any challenge that the admission process throws at us. But there’s one thread that binds and unites us all: the confrontation with an uncertain future, aspirations to secure a seat in a decent college, looking forward to a frolicsome, yet intellectually-stimulating college life.

As they say, hope springs eternal. Let me borrow words from Steve Jobs, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

The results were declared before the scheduled time and this rattled some of us. In any case none of us  can forget the first reactions to the results. Whatever be our individual case, in retrospect we are all grateful for whatever marks we have scored. At least, now we have some parameters upon which we can base our career choices.

We hope that all the students who have passed Class 12 this year can  relate to our feelings and dilemmas. And through this edition it is our earnest effort to act as purveyors of hope for all of them.  In fact, ‘us’ is a better word as we are all peers and after all we are in this crossroads of life together.

We have endless discussions on ‘what might happen in the future’ and many a time in the midst of a  discussion we digress from the  main subject. It is then that one of us says, “Let’s move on,” and then it strikes us, why not do just that? Why not just move on towards the endless possibilities of the life that lies ahead of us? Why not be content with whatever life has bestowed on us and cherish it?

There’s much more to come in the journey called life. What we have experienced in our school life and through the boards is just a tiny abbreviation of an expereince called life. 
  
So, here we are, moving out of a cocoon, moving into the real world, and hence the theme, moving ahead...