Vishwanath
works as a front desk/security supervisor at our Glassbeam India office. For those of us
who work in India would know that the salary he earns is barely enough to meet
basic living needs. He has a daughter who finished her 10th standard
and got her results a couple of days back. She cleared the exams with flying
colours, scoring 88.5% overall with - 98 in math, 98 in Social science, 94 in
English, 100 in Kannada (out of 125), 86 in Hindi and 77 in General science.
While it is an amazing achievement on its own, the following factors make it
even better.
1. Her
background - For many of us who come from a background of financial stability
or well educated parents/relatives/siblings, its less difficult to score well
than to those children who lack the basic background they need to do well. Kids
who do well in such scenario deserve a multi-fold applause for their
achievement
2. She
studied in Kannada medium till 8th standard - She moved to English
medium only from 9th, which means that not only she learnt English
in just 2 years ( She scored 94 in English), but she also learnt all other
subjects in English and fared really well too. This is not a small achievement by
any means. For some of us here who have studied in our mother tongue for most
part of our schooling and switched to English medium of learning later, would
know that this is indeed commendable.
She
was planning to join one of the top colleges in Bangalore for her
pre-university. The fees for the college was Rs 30,000 + other expenses for
books etc. Vishwanath had managed to arrange for Rs 10,000 and didn't know what
to do for the rest of the money. It was heart-warming to see how quickly the
whole team contributed the remaining amount, as soon as they got to know about
it, to help her get admitted to the college. She joined the college of her
choice and wants to study Engineering once she completes her 2nd PU ( 12th
Standard in Karnataka). She is really happy and excited about her college.
Vishwanath is happy that the next generation in his family will be much better
educated and financially stable than him.
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