Happy New Year!!

Heylows!

The New Year has kicked in with a serious stomach upset! I think I might be heading towards what has been described by Chiye as the Worst Diet Ever!! But anyhow.... updates:

UGC NET went disastrously. It is the world's biggest sham! Worse than my scooter license test! At least there I could pass after willfully failing it! This thing... God only knows how to get it out of the way! The Exam consists of three papers. The first paper is general for all and includes questions on logical reasoning, research methodology, comprehension passages etc. Easy if you have normal brains.... unless brought face to face with a question like:

What should logically follow in this series : 4, 16, 36, 64, ?
a) 300 b) 200 c) 100 d) 150

If you answered c) you are wrong. At least according to UGC who give this in their syllabus as an example test question. They say its a). I don't know how, maybe someone can explain to me?

Then, there is paper 2. 50 Multiple choice questions from the history of English Literature. Could be any random question, from any random book. Which novel by Graham Greene has a little girl character, Brigitta?

Honestly, it felt like I knew nothing when question after question, I couldn't be sure of the answers! Gave me the inferiority complex of a lifetime... what am I studying English Literature for if I can't answer 50 multiple choice questions with absolute certainty!!!

Paper 3 was still better... its subjective type questions on English Literature. I could answer those fine enough! But whats the use? If you can't clear Paper 1 and 2, the 3rd one isn't even checked!!

I am so disillusioned with the whole thing! And this is the test when one clears it, one is qualified to teach at college level! Disgraceful! It makes no sense whatsoever. Having the NET cannot make anyone a good teacher, but you can't teach if you don't have it! Ugh! its so frustrating!! This was my 4th attempt, and I shall give it once more in June, and if it doesn't happen, then I wont even bother with it anymore! My Dad and Mom can say whatever they like. I don't care. I worked so hard this time, but what's the use? They expect the impossible! It used to be mandatory a year ago, and now that it's not, people say its become more difficult. That's true enough, the 1st time I ever gave it, I remember it being much easier. We could remember the questions of Paper 2 and even the options when discussing it with each other, but this time, I could bare recall five, they were so obscure!

My parents picked me up after the exam as we had to go see Babaji (my grandfather). He just had an operation. He's doing fine, so no worries. He is diabetic and its a problematic thing to be when one is old...

My parents had to meet some people, so my sis and I went to a mall nearby while they met up. It is like a different world altogether. Enter a mall in Delhi and it is very hard to believe you are in Delhi. This one was in Noida, called the Great India Place. These malls have everything under the sun, and more. You name it, they have it here. Its quite overwhelming... And it reaffirms my belief that we are living in very interesting times, and in developing economies like ours, the markets can swing our culture either way - to great heights or plummeting dumps.

Photos follow later!