Write a letter of consolation to one of your friend who failed in high school examination
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Hostel mount
Dehradun
July 8, 2017
Dear.............
I was shocked to know that you failed in the final examinations of fifth class. It is really ill luck and nothing else. You should not take your failure to heart. Life has successes as well as failures. Failures are the stepping stones to successes.
I request you to start studying seriously again. It is said that men learn more from failure than from success. You will pass next year with good grades. Take courage and try again.
Yours sincerely
............
Answer:
By doing good in the next exam ofcourse. There is no merit in looking back and pondering about the failures of life which are supposed to only teach you lessons, they are not meant to be brooded over. I will tell you my story. I got a 15 in Maths in class VIII. I studied in Purulia Ramakrishna Mission. The teacher, Manab Da, was gracious enough to make me pass the exam by giving grace marks. I made it a point since then, that I have to do better in Maths and I will not say failures did not come later- they did come.But I improved-improved to such extent I even started dreaming Maths,I could not stay a second without it. I got addicted to it and finally I got a 96/100 in the Board Exams. At that time, unlike now, getting above 90 was something to take pride on.Though I do not take it in that light. I never bothered about marks. My love for Maths outshone the barriers or limitations of the marks.I cracked WBJEE later and studied Electrical Engineering- there also I did not do well in my HS and could not study Math Hons. but I never gave up hope and without any coaching or tuition cracked Joint with a fair rank and studied EE. Later I wanted to do MBA, I cracked CAT 2012 with a 95 percentile score but owing to financial doldrums, despite getting calls from 2 tier B-schools and IIM- Kozhikode, could not study it. I was depressed. Then I sat for the entrance test for MS in Computer Science which I am about to complete this month. So my journey- failure after failure, failure after failure and I still stand and see I am talking to you and giving you Gyan for free. I had got a job in TCS during my campus selection programme while I was in my BTech 4th year. Again I could not get a job at RBI as I was whiskers away from the cut-off score. So many failures yet nothing could assuage my spirit- I got depressed, I even take medicines, I cry a lot even being such a grown up man- I cry like a small girl on the lap of my mother sometimes. I have no shame to admit these. But this is who I am- failures with a pinch of success- that’s how the world has to accept me for who I am.Hope I could answer your question.
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This is an addition to the previous answer after almost 2 years. I am in a stable job as a data scientist. I earn decently but I still think about my failures in exams, but this has not hindered me to sit for exams as well. I sit for competitive exams even now just for fun. I don’t care about success. This way I keep myself updated. A horrible hobby. I know!!