 Definitely knowledge supersedes marks. But do you think that marks do not have any importance in our individual's life? No, definitely marks are important. Why? Because see, when you go for an interview, the interviewer doesn't know you have knowledge. In 5 minutes no one can assist your full potential. But then the marks reflected in your CV is going to show what kind of person you are. If you score 90% that somewhere shows that you are an honest, you are dedicated and you are competent and this is what they are going to check with your marks. They are not going to check how much knowledgeable you are. They are going to see if you have the potential to learn. Are you eager to learn? See, you always need to keep your mental elbow on. When we drive and when we are learning to drive, there is this elbow sign. Now what that L shows that the learner, the driver sitting inside the car is learning how to drive. So you as students at this point need to keep your mental elbow on. Obviously, whenever you are reading something new, just try to look at it from a different perspective. Marks do play a very important role and you need to do smart work. That is very important. See, hard work is good. Smart work is better. Why? Many people think smart work is shortcut. No. Smart work is smartly designed hard work. You have to do hard work like this to get the right outcome. I have seen a lot of students who fail in the net again and again. They come to me and they say, ma'am, we have so many marks. Tell me where you made a mistake. This is a very difficult situation for a teacher. Your marks, you told me. You did not tell me what the answer to which question you answered. Where did you make mistakes? What topics did you leave? We are teachers. We are not experts of hypnosis. We cannot hypnotize you and we cannot tell you where you made mistakes. Students make mistakes here that when they are given their answer sheets, they never analyze their mistakes. You are doing the same and getting the same results. If you keep doing the same, you will get the same results. If you want to change the result, you need to change your strategy. It is as simple as that. So, first of all, whenever you get the answer sheets, you give your teachers your regular test. Check where the mistakes are. You need to play smart. If you are writing about a writer or suppose there is a text, Virginia Moles to the Lighthouse. You are drafting an answer from a 20 mark. The problem comes here to the students that the guide books market is very easily available. We all are aware about that. I have seen a lot of friends of mine who read the guide books and don't know the numbers. Then they say, we have learned so much. Nothing happened in this quantity. Look, quantity is never important. Quality is important. What do you have to write in 6-7 pages? If you quote some lines of Virginia Moles, Virginia Moles has more plays and novels. If you are an Afra Benka or if you are talking about Virginia Moles' work, then Mrs. Dalloway would be there. When you quote lines from them, that showcases that you have read beyond the text. And that is how the examiner is going to see that you stand apart from all the other students. Everyone is writing from guides. Even you will get the same marks that everyone is getting. So, play smart. That is important. Make your notes. There is so much material available on the internet and very good material. I am telling you, in guide books, you get such a weird material. Sometimes, you know, my friends used to tell me that is guide. When I used to read those articles, I used to feel, oh my God. They are insulting this writer. What is he writing? Read good scholarly articles on the internet. You just need to copy few good lines, paste it, make a word document. That is important. On my YouTube channel, I have posted a few videos on how to secure good marks on your bachelors and masters. So, you can refer to those videos also because a lot of students constantly used to ask me how to read and what to do. And I have been a topper in my graduation as well as in my post-graduation. So, I had made a strategy. I used to write answers and I used to always get good marks. Where everyone is getting 40-50, I used to score 70. It was not like that. I was working like 24-7. I was doing a lot more. But I was using smart strategy. We all have read the story of the crores in our childhood. What is that? That was the first story I think we would talk. And that story teaches our smart work. When you take up a career and you start working day in and day out, you can please have a seat. So, you start working day in and day out. There would be times when writers don't block. Writer loves to write. But there are phases in his life when he doesn't feel like picking up the pen. My favorite writer is Amit Rupati. And he was writing a book on Ravan, the third series in the Ramchandra series, the third book in the series. So, I was following him on twitter and I saw that he said I cannot write for 6 months. I am like I wake up in the morning and words flow. But for this 6 months, I was not able to write at all. So, this is going to come in everyone's life. But the case is that when you do something that you like, when a student asks me that I am Dryden said this about Plateau. But Plateau said that this is confusing. And when I research more on Dryden, I try to understand what he was actually talking about in his essay. I feel good that wow, I have discovered something new. This same thing helps me in breaking up. Because life as teachers also. You can ask your fellow teachers, you can ask your seniors that teachers also get to learn something new everyday. And when they discover new things, that is how they break the monotone. And every time you teach someone and that student appreciates you and says that ma'am, I fell in love with this character I fell in love with King Lear. I still remember Ranjit ma'am was teaching us Ranjh Feel Park. And we are having so much fun in the class. I mean, I fell in love with Fanny. I mean, I was a girl who never liked female characters. I was like, what is this? She keeps crying. Look at all the female characters of Victorian age. There are very few who have been shown that they have given up their stand. I was always like, they cry and then say that they have done this. So, you are standing for yourself. But then when you look at characters like Fanny Price and when you have teachers like Ritu Maan who teaches you, Ritu Maan had taught King Lear. Oh my God! King Lear is a character with whom you hate that you are a mad person. I mean, he is just trying to raise his own good daughter. But then when Ritu Maan was teaching us how to understand that character, how he is standing in the rain, in the storm, in the school, what is his position and how he is making his mistakes. You feel pity for that character. So, when you discover and read a new text every time, your good insight makes your day. You feel so good. When students call me and say Ma'am, you have studied literary theory, you have had a lot of fun, and you have come to understand as if you have not come yet, that simple message from a student, that is the best gift a teacher can have. So, I think that can answer because a CA or an engineer, when he creates something new, he is an architect. When he makes his building, he sees it, he sees creation. He feels like, wow, man, I have been something really good. That same thing happens with a teacher and that happens with every profession. Yeah. Any more questions? You can sit down please. So, what happened was just the way you said, my father and my grandfather, they both are like book lovers. So, my childhood memories are that my father used to come from the office and used to have that whole collection of stories and used to read that. And I was like very small, fourth standard or third standard. So, I used to try to read it, but it was all Greek to me. Okay, what is it? I don't understand anything because it was an abridged version. Now, what happened was that gradually, I met some fantastic English teachers who inspired me. I still remember when I changed my school, the first class was of English teacher and she was teaching us daffodils. And I don't know, I started crying after reading that poetry that my God, if this man would have been alive, I would have married this man. Such beauty, my God, he's talking about a daffodil site in such a beautiful manner. Just like Sir said that, you know, heard memories are sweet, unheard are sweeter. All these lines from literature, happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in its own way, they are tall story. When you read these lines, you're like, oh my God, in these five, six words, they put so much wisdom. So, this happened. Then in the tenth, I became the president of Literary Club. So, I got the opportunity to conduct a few group discussions and book readings and all that stuff. Then in the eleventh, I became the captain of my house. Even after becoming my captain, my whole theme board was made up of all the literature. All the writers were going on. The school was full of literature. This was the situation. In the twelfth, I became the head girl. Then I took part in a lot of debates. When I took part in debates, I used to research in any debate map. You have to quote these good writers so that your debate looks impressive. Then when I was reading these lines, child is the father of man, oh my God, I'm like, what, what are you talking about? So, all these things connected. Then finally, I decided that I am not interested in commerce. Let me choose English. That time, I was not sure. The dilemma that you are going through, even I was going through. Then what happened was that I watched a speech of Steve Jobs. He gave a very good speech on the graduation day at Stanford University. He was freely available on YouTube. In that speech, Steve Jobs said that when I watch my life in flashback, I can connect to all the dots. And I can know that a failure in every life, every good thing, has made me to this position that I am in today. We all know about Steve Jobs. He was snatched from them. Then again, he developed another company which purchased the apple. Okay, so if you look at this journey, you will find out that connecting the dots is important. You also see in your life that all the things that you have with you are still bad. Have they turned you towards English? That is very important. That all the things that you are getting in this way, that you are getting closer to English. That you are in love with the writers. That is how, see trial and error. Why are we having so many dating apps these days? Tinder and everything. That you meet people, know them, you talk to them, you see that what is the wavelength match. Then from the one who is coming, you take your relationship forward. Career is like that. That you explore different career options and then see where you are having fun, what work do you feel like this boy who is playing violin. You can see that he is passionate about it. That is why he came out with such a fantastic piece. Give me a violin today. I will tell you what I will do with this violin. Something will happen. I will tell you what will happen. Because I don't have that love for music. But then give me a good book. I can read it and I can analyze it in a very different way and I can put forward in front of you in a way that you start loving that book. That is the job of teacher. If you think that you explain a book to someone and that person is into that book totally. Like in the season of Game of Thrones, you saw an episode and you can't stop. So I think that is the right choice.