Broke!

Chandru stretched his arms tired, after a long duel with math. He had done 3 exercises in full, and it took him 90 minutes. "Not bad!", he said to himself. He was very particular about getting good marks and hence a seat in the best engineering college in the city. He did not like the idea of buying a seat and his father could not afford that. And at that moment, his father was preparing a hot cup of tea, though it was late in the night.

Chandru never exerted so much in his life till then and wanted to prove to himself and others that he could get a centum in maths and could get as much closer in physics as well. His father had high hopes on him too and said, "You should be the first engineer in our family, dear! Thats just one of my dreams!". Chandru did not shiver even once and was confident of reaching there.

The exams came and went and in math exam, 20 marks were to be allotted to those who attempted a few out of syllabus questions. Chandru felt a bit less interested, as he chose the alternatives which were well within the syllabus. And he did other exams well. The day came and the results were declared. Chandru got good marks in all subjects except math where he was 50 short of 200. Unable to accept it, he thought that there was something wrong in totalling so applied for a revaluation, though he was now unsure of himself. His dad was with him through and through and urged him to be confident.

Since he got less marks than required for his 'community', he never had a chance to get a BE seat in the college he liked and was disappointed to wait for a long time even to know whether he would get a BE seat in some college at least. Meanwhile his dad received the result of the revaluation of his math paper. There was no change.

"Damn! You should have done better!", his father said and quickly left, leaving Chandru to reel.

 

Thanks for your first feedback and appreciation Honeybee. Yes, it happens sometimes. And it takes quite sometime to come out of it too. But life doesn't end with one such thing. Isn't it? In this case, Chandru's father did not give up until the revaluation results came, while Chandru was not sure even while the results were published. And the rude shock that his father gave up, hit him later and made him feel sad [that he had failed his father's expectation too]. -rgs

 

So sad to see that you missed out on MBBS, Dinny! [sorry for getting the name wrong here as Charmbabez] . But I also see that you are out of it now. And I like that too. One victory may make you feel giddy so you lose the track.
One failure may keep you focussed on anything after that. Thanks for your feedback. -rgs

 

Oops! Very sorry Dinny.
I made a huge mistake there. Thanks for being gentle.
And yes, I'll remember this.
-rgs

 

Thanks Akila, for your appreciation. -rgs