The B Schoolers..

I have placements, I have projects, I have cases to study, presentations to make, concepts to learn, people to get ahead of. I have million things to do. I’m a B schooler.
So when I got thoughtful today, I panicked. I thought why do I have to sit and ponder at this moment?? This moment, which is like any other moment? A moment with a million things to do. A million things that will ‘do me good’.
So, I got thinking.. Should I ignore all the thoughts coming into my head, or should i capitalise on it? ‘Capitalise’? I’m not going to use it ‘profitably’. Another word. ‘Leverage’? Leverage? I’m not going to use it for advantage. Another word. Benefit? Use? Exploit?
Where have the other words gone? Have we started using everything to advantage? Or have we always done that and are just doing that in a more structured and ‘professional’ way. What does it mean to be a Bschooler?
Does it mean that every action, every decision, even your THOUGHTS should fetch you a CV point? Are these two years going to be centred around that? Are we in the process of getting prepared for ‘The race ahead!!’, or is it just a sad consolation we give ourselves, so we can keep our ‘productivity high’? Are Bschools just Jazz?
We came here open n loose, and now we’re all being packaged into shiny colourful packets with taglines and promises to deliver.
We will not spoil.
We will certainly not spoil you.
We will last long.
We have mass appeal.
We are an amalgamation of all that you want from a professional.
Use us, capitalise on us, leverage the potential, benefit from us, exploit us! (While we do the same to you, or so we think)
And we’re waiting to be picked. With our arms extended upwards. And we’re fighting amongst ourselves and with the other B schools. Fighting for shelf space, fighting to be in the corporate line of sight. Buy us, pick us, use us! Before our product life gets over, before we expire and before our packets lose their shine and jazz.
The packets will ultimately lose their shine. We will be loose again. Without any print on us that tells us what our features are. That is for us to know. And so it’s important to keep your perspective alive. And please let that be your own. Not the one you have to fetch u a CV point, or to grab that placement. But the one that is of your loose, unpackaged self.
I’m not sure if we’re here to learn or to unlearn what we have learnt so far. But if we manage not to unlearn even to a little extent, it could be the best exposure we will have.