Hello everyone, This time I came up with a new concept of education. This story belongs to Malvika Joshi.

She is a school dropout and now going to study at MIT, heaven for all genius. Seventeen-year-old Malvika Raj Joshi does not have a class X or XII certificate but has made it to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), thanks to her computer programming talent. Here is a story about a mother^'s conviction to break stereotypes and the self-belief of her teenage daughter, who showed why merit has more weightage than Marks.

The Mumbai teenager has been provided a scholarship by MIT as she is pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree after getting a seat for being a three-time medal winner (two silver and a bronze) at the International Olympiad of Informatics or commonly known as Programming Olympiad.

The MIT has a provision for accepting students who are medal winners at various Olympiads (Maths, Physics or Computer) and it was Malvika^'s medals that ensured that she can fulfill her aspirations of pursuing research work in her favorite subject : Computer Science. Malvika recalls those early days during an emailed interaction from Boston. When I started unschooling, that was 4 years back, I explored many different subjects. Programming was one of them. I found programming interesting and I used to give more time to it than to other subjects, so I started liking it at that time- she said.

I am once again reminding you of the Bharat Ratan C.N.R Rao story. He is our greatest scientist and professor and important thing is that he got direct admission in class V. Even we are celebrating the medals of Dipa and Sindu but did not help them when they needed the most and now we try to give them everything but not on the right time.

Actually in the future when Malvika will do something big that time we appreciate her and will say she is India^'s Daughter and many things. But the truth is that she did not get admission in India and her talent is recognized by only MIT, not any IIT.

This is sad.

That is why I am saying Why we need to do conventional study. According to me, We are always look up to the safe side, if we want to do something then there is always no come from the other side. This is very usual in our Indian society. If you want to do something big in your life you have to do something different from others because if you follow them so you will reach there where they are already. You did not get something new and you will achieve those things which somebody else already done so do not be a copy cat and Do your work with full passion.

I still remember when I got my first job in an IT firm and everyone was giving unwanted (and unasked) advice about career planning. The most common was That firm is very good; never leave after joining; it is time to settle now. I fully agreed with the advisors that the firm was the best place to work, however, how can you settle for a company, especially when you do not know about the job role, challenges, or work culture?

I am not against stability and loyalty for one^'s workplace, however, I am against staying on when it is leading nowhere and threatens our own growth. The idea of growth is very intuitive; it is about personal development and the benefits that growth provides. However, the main question is Why does growth matter? I still do not want the safe side, I want to explore something and for that, we have to start ourselves. And even in the company, I did nothing. I developed nothing. I learned nothing. So I left

Now, if I want to do something or want to go to any new organization how will I survive??

No employee would want to change easily. It is a very exhausting process. And it does not help to build careers over the long run. If we always compare ourselves with others then do not think about the progress because we are on another track, You are not going to be successful, you are just going to become better than your counterparts nothing more than that you will achieve.

Neither I am talking about competitions nor rejection. I just want competitions with my work, not with my colleagues. However, many employees feel that the only way they can get ahead is to change or to make someone down. Our mindset up only follows conventional things.

I firmly believe that We have to consider only ourselves, not anyone else. We have to always look for growth and learning.

Malavika what achieved not everyone can but she has shown something which is right. Go for the concept, go for real thing which you want not for the copy cat. I do believe conformance is a burden I choose not to carry that is me that is my PANDAGiri. So Now I am closing my views here.

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