Twitter Talks About What Actual ‘Failure’ Looks Like So Kids Feel Better About Results

Failure is a relative concept, don’t you think? As kids, we thought to ‘fail’ meant not being able to win a 100-metre race. As teenagers, to ‘fail’ meant not getting a “perfect score” in our board exams. As grown-ups, failure means different things to different people. For some, failure means not getting the desired promotion and for some, it means not having any means of income.

To help kids, especially those who recently received their class 10 and 12 board exam results, understand the relativity of failure, people online attempted to give them a look of what failure looks like to different people. They highlighted how families put too much pressure on kids to score the highest marks and get disappointed if the result is a tiny bit less.

It first started with this guys tweet, who scored 74 in maths in his boards and his grandpa termed it as a “failure”. A year later, he taught him what “real failure” is with a hilarious twist!

I scored 74 in Mathematics in my boards. My grandfather termed it as a failure. It hit me hard. I persevered and did a lot of hard work and scored below passing marks in my 1st year of grads to let him know what real failure is. Delusional old man.#cbseresults2020

— Tanmay (@sentiyapaa) July 13, 2020

Soon, the comment section was filled with people narrating their own stories of “failure”. Some even highlighted how these marks, which kids are so stressed about, don’t even matter in the long run.

It is all an illusion. Wait till you get in college – that’s when the illusion of the “perfect score” breaks!

Bhaiya mere maths me 100 aane 4-5 marks reh gye the toh pitaji bahut gussa hue fir college gya ,waha Mai 1st sem ko chhor sab me fail hua, Piitaji ki expectation mere se ab bas sirf paas hone ki reh gyi hai 😷

— Prashant Saindhav Rawat (@aawara_engynar) July 13, 2020

I scored 35 in maths in 12th boards CBSE 2014 . It has not affected me in any way till now.

— Dev.D (@ChooozaBooza) July 13, 2020

after my first semester results in engineering , my family never asked my percentage 😂 https://t.co/ZvhwuNHKrN

— SIR. Lord of the Drinks. (@loaded_engineer) July 13, 2020

I scored 94 in Maths in my boards and got admission in my college as rank #1. My parents thought its a failure compared to my 10th board mark which was 100.
I scored 9/100 in my second year and proved them wrong. https://t.co/JX8G1jlpVB

— Toni (@Wings0fFire) July 13, 2020

Just rest assured whateva the hell is your marks.

It's has some significance in the society that you live.

But zero value in life.#cbseresults2020 #Results2020

— Soumik (@Gadaiy25) July 14, 2020

It's just the way people look at it.
Just to give you a perspective: I scored 62.5% in 10th and my father distributed sweets in the mohalla and asked me to do the same in tuition.
And then there was my friend who came 9th in the 'State' didn't even give a toffee. *Baniya Dost*

— Akash (@akispeaks) July 13, 2020

I scored 89% in my 12th boards and my parents were still disappointed 🤣🤣

— Ranchal (@Ranchal4487) July 13, 2020

I scored 27 marks in maths in class 9, I was dejected and my grandfather told me ' koi nahi hota hai, mehnat karo'. I scored 90 in class 10.

— Shubham (@Shubham_0904) July 13, 2020

Similar to my story. My father always said I did not study enough, so to prove him wrong I studied engineering for 6 years

— Gratgy (@GratTyggar) July 13, 2020

So kids, if your family is giving you a hard time because you scored a few or many marks less than what they expected of you, don’t lose heart. Tell them, “Failure is a relative concept”, and see their expressions change into something hilarious!

Of course, save yourself from the flying chappal later!