TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE - by Maham Tariq (RMC)

TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE! 

         (ARTICLE BY: Maham Tariq, 4th year MBBS, Rawalpindi Medical College)

…and this is unlike anything u might b expecting under this heading.

I was in 10th grade when I went to collect my roll no slip from school and my teacher said to me “beta jo student apkay peechay bethaygi board k exams may us say puch lijiayga, usay kuch na ata ho tau bta dijiayga”. Incidentally, this teacher used to teach as Islamiat.
Time...Well...it flies. Here I am now, Alhamdulilah, in the 4rth yr of my medical school. And things haven’t changed one bit. Our professors remind us every day that we since we would b dealing with human lives therefore we better study exceptionally hard and make sure that no one pays the price of our carelessness with their life. Paradoxically, when prof comes, many of them “help” in OSPEs. About 99.9% students tend to “help” each other in exams and those who don’t….well they are “mean and stubborn”.

Interestingly sometimes when we get our tests back after checking, we realize that our

answers along with writing and presentation were at par with and sometimes even better than those who scored better than us. So what is it that made them score higher? And the answer is downright simple. These things...marks, passing, distinction, supplies are governed by a very delicate balance of our destiny, prayers and hard work, totally unaffected by whether we cheat or not. And here we are, under this impression that the more we cheat in exams, the more likely we are to score higher.

Truth is, we would get whatever is ours by destiny without resorting to any unfair means. God is not dependent on our cheating to bless us with good marks. And to top it all, those who cheat have never really tasted success. The frustration which comes from flunking serves its own noble purposes. It motivates us to work harder, to understand ourselves well enough to know our shortcomings and to exploit our potentials to the fullest in order to succeed. And everyone can do that. If you don’t believe you’re capable of succeeding without cheating, well you’re doubting God then =) He has given everyone equal capability. Success might seem harder this way, but trust me, the only hard part here is not cheating. Our result would be the same whether we cheat or not. It’s just that sometimes we r too shortsighted to realize that. This reminds me what I was told a long time ago “Insan ki qismet may jo hota hai, vo tau usay mil k rehna hota hai, albata apna rasta banda khud chunta hai”. So whether we opt for the right path or the wrong one, the results going to be the very same..whether we believe it or not=)

“…go easy on yourself for the outcome of all affairs is determined by Allah’s decree, if something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you, it can never flee”.

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