Sportism?????

All right, we've all heard about Racism, Religious Discrimination, and all sorts of stuff. But a new trend thats popping up in our school is what I've decided to call
SPORTISM.
Apparently, the "in" thing for our school is to make every other sport seem useless in front of Basketball and Running. The running takes place proudly in front of all the parents, while the Basketball winners win a gold medal and trophy. While all the time the swimmers and soccer players sit on the side, unrecognized, the Unsung Heroes. Thanks for that name, VEeR.
Of course, I did win first place in swimming for two years, but who cares? We don't even receive our medals in front of the parents. The school organizes a rather sheepy assembly where we get the medals. Most parents don't even know that there are more children who have done just as well, just in other sports.

Answer to: Geo Whiz?

The following are the answers for the Geo Whiz? puzzle I posted recently:
A state separated from itself. - Michigan; it's separated from itself by one of the great lakes.
The City of Life. - Mumbai or Bombay
My favorite city; it contains the half-dome. - Yosemite; it contains a mountain called the Half Dome.
The home of......Well, what do you think of when someone says India? - Agra; home to the Taj Mahal
Home to the Congo Disease. - Ahmedabad; Three people have already died because of the Congo Disease there.
A city in NY named after an ungulate. - Buffalo; an ungulate is an animal that has hoofs.
A small town that contains the Apple HQ. - Cupertino
Home to the Ajanta Caves. - Aurangabad

Casinos.....Casinos.....Casinos. - Las Vegas is famed for its Casinos.
Hare Hare Mahadev! -  Pune; It was Shivaji's slogan and he was born near Pune.
The State of Snakes. - Nagaland
The Most Beautiful State of India. - Kashmir
Old Faithful Geyser! - Yellowstone
A state famous for computers. - California; Silicon Valley
The City known for its Altitude. - Denver; The Mile High City.

Congratulations to Sriram this time! You can tell me a topic on which I will write a post e.g. Sports, etc.

Geo Whiz?

Think you're a Geo Whiz? Well, get ready for a puzzle that even you might not be able to get. Just remember: each sentence describes either a city or a state in either U.S.A. or India.

A state separated from itself.
The City of Life.
My favorite city; it contains the half-dome.
The home of......Well, what do you think of when someone says India?
Home to the Congo Disease.
A city in NY named after an ungulate.
A small town that contains the Apple HQ.
Home to the Ajanta Caves.

Casinos.....Casinos.....Casinos.
Hare Hare Mahadev!
The State of Snakes.
The Most Beautiful State of India.
Old Faithful Geyser!
A state famous for computers.
The City known for its Altitude.

Hint: I used to live in CA. A few cities in this quiz are about places in CA.

Follow Your Dreams

When our parents were studying in their college, getting 60% in their higher class exams(like the board ones) was quite a feat. But nowadays, people are scoring as high as 96% and we, the younger generation, have to keep up with them. As if to contradict us, technology is placing more and more distractions that cause us to stray from the path of learning.
It's just not good enough to almost score a goal in soccer. It's just not good enough to come fourth by a second in the Olympics. Now is the time when everyone expects people to do well, and if they don't, their hope dies. Children are studying harder than ever, playing harder than ever, finding life harder than ever.
This is just a blog post to tell you not to bow down to the pressure. Somehow we will find a way to break all barriers and somehow we will force others to respect us.
We are known as the careless and impatient generation. It's time to change that to the scholarly and active generation. It's the time to show the world that we are not simply kids who promise and don't perform.
It's the time to prove adults wrong.
Children struggle under peer pressure. Cyber-bullying has raged across the world fro the past three years. Kids don't know whether to have fun or to go and study. They don't know who to talk to. Their parents tell them to shut up and start learning. Their friends tell them to disobey and go to the movies. Their teachers expect them to magically do both. indecision prevails in the minds. They cram their time together to attempt the impossible. And, I might say, they horribly fail.   
They need to find sometime to socialize on Facebook, chat on Gmail, read through Wikipedia, tweet on Twitter, play on Runescape, study hard, play video games, then have fun with their hobbies. We don't have 25 hours a day, you know. we can't try to smash activities side by side and hope to do well in all of them. It's like pushing ten archers shoulder to shouldren and telling them to hit the bulls-eye of a target 100 meters way.
That indecision is the problem of us "youth." There are so many interests, so many opportunities, so many competitions that we just don't know what to do. So I'll give you the advice that my parents gave me:
"Follow Your Dreams."
If you like something, find some time every day to learn it, read about it, practice it, play with it, or anything else. if you're parents ask you what you're doing, fiddling around with stuff, just proudly say that you are doing what you want to.
Now this doesn't mean that you go around doing it all day. Finish all you're work and leave no reason for your parents to get angry. Only then can you play in peace. This simple practice could lead to success in your ambition.
But don't forget that you'll have to take some activities off your schedule in order to do so; but your sacrifice will not go in vain. And another thing: Follow your Dreams to Reach your Goals; and Follow your Goals to Reach your Dreams.