As, I said before, I've been a reasonably good student. But check out the heights of being good at getting marks:

Sweta (refer this) called and told me that I'd got 177/200, and I was dumb-struck. I had expected around 78% and ended up getting 88, these are only the sessional marks, mind you. Sweta herself got 198/200, yeah, and this is engineering 2nd year we're talking about. That's not all. Our class has got marks like 195/200, 193/200,191/200,180/200, and then comes yours truly.

What is happening over here? We shouldn't be getting such marks, the world shouldn't be so flat, the cats shouldn't be showing signs of loyalty, the clouds shouldn't be so low.....why the hell??..... can't the lecturers do something about it?? Are they so helpless that they have to award marks such as these?? Is Engineering trying to adapt the competitive exam feel, or is it just me and my under-worked guts?? Someone tell me!! Am I studying too much?? Sure as hell the above mark-holders are. I just dont see any other branch or class in my college being so bothered with sessional marks. My neighbour's 14 year old kid has been attending IIT coaching classes for the last year and he comes home every weekend to clarify doubts, and his parents can be heard saying that he can do math at home but doesnt get enough marks ............@#$!%%^ MaRkS mArKs MarkS MARKS marks !$%^&$#^......

I see times changing ahead of me.....parents visit the clinic to find out whether their new-born has enough brains to score record-breaking those-things, men of the underworld keep their business roaring by simply sending threat-letters to corporate colleges and 'concept' schools ("We want your moolah, or we will kidnap your college topper")If this happened to the principal of my college (where I did 11th and 12th), the principal would coax the gangsters into a 'business-deal'.....people are exchanging marks for money....
All this just doesn't seem to affect some people, but then it seems to affect everyone around me, well, maybe they just dont say it out loud.... or maybe it is happening all over, and I am right somewhere, or maybe it's happening only in my part of the world, which is quite small( am I glad for that or what!)

Let's all make up our minds and try to change the educational system, let us try and convince atleast a fraction of the population that marks take you only that far, let's bring it down to a level where everyone has everything, everyone is educated...let's educate them!!!

This may seem like I'm against getting marks or something. I'd like you to know that i'm only having my say about people around being obsessed with them.