Priorities

"She needs to sort out her priorities." -Ron Weasley
(This one sentence by Ron, among others, has stuck in my head ever since I first saw the movie.)
This post is specially for engineering students who think they are studs because, duh, they're engineering students.
I don't say engineering isn't rocket science (oh, the pun), just that psychology is also (not rocket, but) a science. And it is hardcore. We study the mind. And the brain. It is magical, okay? *smirk*

So, priorities. They are relative. As Naina Talwar intelligently points out in Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani - "Sab ki priorities alag hoti hain, maa!"
Indeed. Normal parents to their kids before exams say "Get full marks, finish the paper on time, check after you're done, blah blah". My mom says to me "akshar changla kaadh" (let the handwriting be legible). There. Yes, my handwriting is more important to my mother than getting full marks. No, that does not mean she wants me to fail.
An engineering student takes a day off to meet his girlfriend and crash, jaws drop. "Kitna fukat ka time hai re uske paas!?" Why, can't he live for a day?
I get worked up about not being able to finish a book on time, not about my unit test results. And no, that does not make me a careless, bad student.
I have a presentation to make the very next day. Right now, I am not very well. What do I do? Yes, I sleep. For a good two hours. Because I know I will rock the presentation. (I am immodest like that!) No, mujhe "sharam nahi aati" in saying this.
The fact that I am an Arts student does not make me oblivious to studies and tests and projects and assignments. It just makes me more proximal to theatre, books, music, exhibitions - and Colaba (wink!). It means I have more to life than textbooks and notes.
I do not judge people on how much they scored in the 10th standard. I don't give a damn. If your language is good, if you appreciate good music, if you read books, if you like to travel, I love you.
But if you're going to be a snob and bring up the full marks that you always got in maths and science when you were in school, sorry. You should have been in another class right now; not sitting next to me in the sociology lecture.

All I'm trying to say is, don't undermine the other faculties and make a fool of yourself. We are launguage-people. We are Arts students. We can write. We can sing, dance, act, paint. That is badass.
Engineering karke koi teer nai mara hai. There is as much hardwork in Arts/Commerce as there is in Science.
Next time, before you say "tu chup reh, tu toh Arts wali hai" and laugh, think. I'm assuming they teach you that in college.
PS If you think the post is for you, happy realisation!