There is a famous proverb “Tomorrow is my Exam, but I don’t care because a single sheet of paper can’t decide my future.” Most of the students these days follow this proverb. A single sheet of paper quote is also marked as said by the famous scientist Thomas Edison. I do not know if the proverb is really from Edison and it may even be valid for him, but is it really valid for us people?

I mean to say that we cannot compare ourselves from Thomas Edison. He was a man of patience who even after failing 1000 times, didn’t leave the hope. He had that confidence, but do we have the same? Then, how can we say or validate the above a single sheet of paper quote? No, we can’t and we shouldn’t. Instead, we must try to be more real and try to understand the reality.

Suppose, you are going to appear in your final board exams and for whatever reason, you couldn’t appear in the exam hall on time. What now? Isn’t your future compromised or will you still think that “a single sheet of paper can’t decide my future”? I am not saying that your future is no more and you are finished. It is not like that. But, you have just missed an opportunity to make your future better. So, what are your options now? In general, you won’t be allowed to re-appear in the exam the same year. This means you have just wasted one year of your life.

This article is not aimed at frightening students, but to make them realize the importance of the exams and exam results. Yes, there are many people who have made great achievements in life even if they didn’t score well in their academics and of course, in certain specific circumstance you must believe “a single sheet of paper cannot decide my future”, but this is not true for everyone. And if you really want to increase your chances of getting succeeded in your life, you must know the importance of the exam paper.

A single sheet of paper quote, if it was really said by Mr. Thomas Edison, is meant to give hope to people who couldn’t do well in their academics. The proverb of a single piece of paper is meant to encourage such people. One must not take it in the wrong way. Hard work is the key to success and there is no shortcut to it. You must focus on your education to get successful in life. If you compromise your studies thinking “a single piece of paper cannot decide my future”, you must change your mind-set before pushing yourself into more difficulties. Remember, you need to crack certain exams to get admission into a course you desire. So this statement fits here that an entrance exam can decide what post graduate or undergraduate course your future holds for you.

Let me explain you the importance of a piece of paper cannot decide my future. If you did really good in your exam and you get very good marks in the board exams, you have an ocean of opportunities. With a good academic record, you will easily get admission in a good college for higher studies, which is not very much possible with a bad academic record. I hope I need not to explain the importance of college education in your career. A good college can give you many opportunities for a good career.

For instance, if you need admission in B.Sc in agriculture in Karnataka. You need to pass the KCET entrance exam to get admission into one of the best universities. So, if you don’t want a single paper to decide your future, you should study hard and not let it decide your future. Take the controller in your hand, and you yourself decide what you want to do. But if you waste your precious time thinking a piece of paper can’t decide my future, you might lose many opportunities in life.

The conclusion is that a piece of paper cannot decide my future or anyone else’s, but it can definitely leave some ever-lasting gaps in it. So, you better take it seriously. If you take your exams seriously, you will be able to manage and control your life better. Therefore, if you want control of your life, you need to take that piece of paper seriously and give it your best shot. In reality the proverb, “a single paper can’t decide my future” actually means to encourage the students to do and perform better in exams rather than not take them seriously.

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