college

Now this one word could evoke many different kinds of thought. It can be about all the fun times, our personal travel through the period of college life, some best moments and such stuff.

Apart from all these, something else is now popping up in my head.. I recently watched a documentary about the infamous college scandal. And that led me down to a rabbit hole to see the details about admission, colleges, and most importantly fees. 

Now that certainly contributed to some sleepless nights.

I always had this dream of showing off a Harvard or Yale sweatshirt. Looks like that's a distant dream because not only the competition is supremely fierce it is insanely costly. And now I started seeing myself in Berkley , UCLA or even CML sweatshirts.

We  belong to a world where name matters. My parents always used to point at people like Kalam and say that you can do well in life wherever you study, if you are really that capable. That doesn't cut any more. 

I always say that we Indians measure our success based on how well kids grow up and for us studies is absolutely essential and in this brand driven environment , name is all it matters.

Now that Fashion Designing in our foray(though I secretly hope she uses her love for math well) , I should see which college sweatshirts I can show off. 

If it's any other branch of studies which I have no clue about, that just adds to misery. 

Another 9 more years before I land into trouble. Now let's get this week's math competition completed successfully.

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