Before you begin to study anything, you need to be ready to study. You need a few things. Ask yourself: - What is my worldview? - Why should I study anything in the first place? - Why and What am I studying? ### Worldview For me, I was a part of this world, who can change the world for the better. I wanted to be an important part of this world where I can make good changes.In our humble ways we can change the world and we should. As Gandhi said, we can literally shake this world in a gentle way(he did show us how to do this). However, we should see the sky, the stars and understand the vastness of the Universe so that we realise how small we are. We must also realise that without Lord Almighty giving us strength and ability to act, we cannot do anything. We are, and should be his agents to help this world; Taking care of his creatures including human beings, animals birds, and trees. So, we must be humble, with prayers in our heart, yearning to do some good little thing that can help others. Luckily, the sweetest of the happinesses come when we help others. ### Why Study You have to find your own answers to this question (For me, I studied because 1) I had dreams 2) Because I wanted to make my parents happy 3) Because I loved studying). Dreams are sweet things. We can dream anything. Anything. A Nobel Prize. Making the most beautiful garden on Earth. Making a big huge hospital where we will provide treatment to poor patients free of cost. Starting a chain of restaurants across all the cities in the country where poor travellers can have food at nominal cost. Writing the finest novel ever written. Becoming a great singer. Becoming the best paediatrician in India. Becoming the fastest women on Earth. Anything. But what makes you happy and what helps others in some important way. And once we start adoring the dream, we have to slowly start to make it a reality. Anything can be achieved if we really love our dreams. As APJ Abdul Kalam said dreams are not what you see in sleep; they are what wake you up from sleep. So, have dreams. We study so that we acquire the skills and knowledge and wisdom to make the dreams come true. In my case, I found both my parents were struggling in some ways. I wanted to see them happy. I thought if I do things that make them proud, they will be happy. Perhaps the most important reason I studied and I still study is that I loved studying. It is like eating when you are hungry. We eat a lot when we are hungry. We can’t eat when we don't have hunger. This hunger to know is called Curiosity. We want to know. We keenly, intensely, passionately want to know. It is like when we hear the first part of a big secret. We want to know the rest of the story. We will be like “Please tell me, please”. The world around us, in a completely real sense, is a big huge secret; When we feel this , we begin to feel the hunger, the thirst to gobble up the knowledge about it. In fact, we have this hunger when we are born. We have to only ensure we maintain and cherish this hunger and value its importance. Also, in my case, the food was very tasty. This happened because my father was a master story teller and he used to buy me a lot of yummy books. ### Why Study This Topic, What is This Topic Till class X, we are trying to understand the basics of what human beings have learned so far in their effort to understand the world around them and also to live a good life. Without regard to what each individual student wants to study, every student is taught things in general. From Class XI onwards students slowly start specialising in what they want to study, deeply. However, this is only about the formal, school, education. In reality, what we study need not and should not be confined to formal education. Equally important is how we learn Life. How to behave. How to keep our room tidy. How to cook our food. How to care for neighbours. How to help people. Why we need to be polite. What is marriage. What it feels like having children. How to run a household. How to shop for grocery. How to maintain family relations. How to make good friends. How to avoid arguments. How to take bath. How to wash our cloths. How to iron cloths. How to drive a cycle. How to swim. How to block a punch. --- What I stated here are my thoughts. You must think about all these on your own and find your own answers.