Suicide from a seven-storey building
This morning, I woke up from a nightmare. It was a case of suicide that haunted me in my dreams. Only a day ago, a 22-year-old student from NAME committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a building. The incident left me shaken as I am somehow related to NAME. I spent a year there preparing for my MBBS entrance exams, and yes I can explain the pressure each student faces. They always fear that they may not get selected and live up to the expectations of their parents, teachers and friends. As a result, they get frustrated and depressed.
We Nepalese have a trend; I call it a CULTURE. If a student scores well in SLC and Plus Two exams, the parents force him or her to study at the Institute of Medicine (IoM) or Institute of Engineering (IoE). In most of the cases children are asked if they want to become a doctor or an engineer. They are rarely asked about their choices and preferences. It reminds me of "3 Idiots", a Hindi coming-of-age drama film that portrays a similar trend in India's education system.
It's good that parents are concerned about securing our future. But my question is: does being a doctor or an engineer make your future bright? I am not sure what actually prompted the boy to commit suicide, but I can definitely say he was pressurized and was totally blank about his future. I want to mention here how it feels when you are among those 20,000 students preparing for MBBS entrance exams.
We also have a habit of underestimating ourselves. We think we are not capable enough to achieve our goals. This comes to everyone's mind. When someone answers a particular question, we feel we know less than that person. Yes, that encourages us to study. But we don’t listen to our own heart and mind. We feel insecure.
I know the so-called entrance preparation institutes make you believe that you can actually make it. They brainwash the students in such a way that everyone joining such institutes starts dreaming about himself/herself in white coat.
The boy's suicide is not the first of such cases; he's just an addition to the list of numerous students increasingly resorting to such desperate acts these days. Who is to blame? Individuals, parents, society or the ongoing political mess? Seriously, I don't understand what is wrong with teenagers these days. Although I am a teenager, I am not blinded by my own ambition and I am not going to kill myself.
Another cause of suicide is bullying. It has become a trend for the seniors to bully new students. Unable to tolerate it, many opt for suicide. Many students commit suicide every year and the most common technique is hanging.
We should also blame the reservation system. A student scoring 90 percent doesn’t get selected even after several attempts but a student with just 50 percent marks gets through easily. How fair is this system? Just because someone is from a 'marginalized community' should not make him or her qualified for a medical school.
I want to sum up by saying that the teenagers should not be carried away by emotions. There are lots of other career options to choose from besides medical science and engineering.
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