No regrets

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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the difference",well these were the words written by Robert Frost in his poem 'The Road not taken'.Well i apologize for i do not really remember the punctuation marks and all but then yes i did not even bother to check it once for otherwise my writing would have been interrupted.I open my blog and start writing about what i want to write and don't really pause in the course of writing.Anyway.When I read this poem I knew that this poem will be remembered by me throughout my life.After class ten I made my decision to take up commerce for my plus two but after plus two I took up English as my subject.Yes I do think often that why I did not go for humanities stream in my plus two if I were to take up English as my subject.Well now I feel happy that I took this two decisions at two different points in my life.No I was not childish.I had my thoughts in taking both these choices.I will never regret it for I know that if someone has studied something keeping in mind the real purpose of study then one can assure oneself that studying that particular subject was not in vain because I was happy taking up my stream and I am happy taking up English as well.I enjoyed reading my commerce subjects and I enjoy reading English as well.I had some good moments in my life in my plus two which probably would have remained unfulfilled if I were to take up humanities for then I had to change my school and then adjust and accommodate in a new environment and then probably I would not have been able to become a captain of one of the houses of our school being given the badge in front of my parents which was and will always be a moment of great joy and pride to both my parents and me.True that many people may think that I was made a captain because there was less competition and I do not really disagree with them but then I also know what I am capable of and that my capability really counted as being one of the reasons for the teachers choosing me as a leader among the many others who were present and who could have been at my place.This is one reason I will never regret me taking up commerce.Secondly I was lucky enough to venture with some other students from our class to the outside world.No matter how embarrassing it was it was indeed a good experience to understand and work and improve our weaknesses.Thirdly my school was a ten minute walk from my home.So I am proud that I saved my parents from burning a hole in their pockets.And for people who went to other schools and scored more so as to allow their parents to mock at me and my decision,well to them I will just say that yes you could score enough to get into the best of colleges but this is not the end and there is more to come.But also I will congratulate them for wherever they are now because my education has taught me to appreciate the good in others and learn to improve that good to better in ones own life.Truly today where ever I am reading and whatever I am learning counts to me more than the marks which people are crazy about.I do not really say that I don't bother about my marks and I will be happy to get in forty's but my college is fair enough to give me lessons which if properly taken,understood and applied can make me a successful person in future,morally and financially.I am happy that I have taken a different path today and happier to see that people don't really remember my marks,still they say that they see a spark in me and my elders bless me for being a good human so far.If this is what I get after reading in one of the better colleges of Kolkata which the students of the best colleges are insecure about,well then I can already see the victory.

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