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The author of the post is a gold medalist from BITS-Pilani. He speaks his heart out on the way education scenario is. I hope all the students reading this understand the real essence of education.
"Moving from ignorance of an area to partial knowledge, and from that to a good grasp is something most people can do from either attending a class or self-study. But moving from understanding an area to really knowing it is more difficult"
Sadly 
, Indian education system (yes, I dare to generalize) doesn't motivate 'really understanding' things. Students never understand that the exams are meant to test their understanding of subject (nor are test papers good enough to do that). Most students just concentrate on getting marks, revising the course hundred times and then spitting out all that knowledge on exam sheet. By the time you are graduated, all the 'accumulated knowledge' is washed off. People passout with all the recognition, rewards and everything but the knowledge.
And one fine day, when they are matured enough, they meet a person who hasn't got all those rewards and is not as well-recognized as them but makes them realize that he knows far more. They go into hibernation, think what went wrong and by the time they realize, its too late! Life is no longer same. They feel insulted with all those praises, they don't dare to take a snap with all their rewards. They curse themselves, they curse everyone for fooling them. They are broke.
Its not so easy to really understand the things. Scoring high marks, getting rewards and recognition all look so tempting that the essence of education is sidelined. To have a successful career, it is of utmost importance to understand your subject really well. You must give your brain that stimulus to think beyond what you have read. You must question the things and figure out the answers for yourself. Sometimes, scoring in exams and learning the subject might not overlap so well and that is one rare art to balance both of them strategically. Remember, the true knowledge is what is going to help you in long run. So, do take your education seriously, that is when you build the foundation for your solid career.