"If at first you don't succeed Mr. Kidd..."
"Try try again Mr. Wint."
Posted on 06/15/2007 4:31:22 PM PDT by moonman
India Man Fails High School Exams 39 Times
The Associated Press
JAIPUR, India - A 73-year-old man who failed his 10th grade high school exams for the 39th time vowed Friday to try again next year in the hopes that an education will improve his job and marriage prospects.
Shivcharan Jatav, a farmer from the desert state of Rajasthan in western India, had no formal education as a child. He has been trying to pass the exams since 1969, when an army recruiter told him it would improve his chances of being accepted into the military.
"Since then I have been trying to pass this examination, but without any success," Jatav said, days after receiving the bitter news that he had failed again.
Jatav passed only one subject , the ancient language of Sanskrit , and he said he scored just 103 out of a total of 600 in the examinations.
Even though he is too old to join the army he has kept at it, hoping to become a more eligible bachelor.
"I could not get married as the girls told my family members that I was not properly educated. It's my fate that deprived me of education and a married life," he said.
Still, he has no regrets. "I am a happy and contented person," said Jatav.
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The world needs ditch-diggers, too.
Dude, try STUDYING.
The test was prejudicial towards farmers.
He just needs a better Lawyer! /s
Hell, he should come to the U.S and attend public high school. He’d have a diploma in no time.
Hopefully, he has changed that goal by now.
They should just make the test easier, like NYFD did for blacks.
God love this man.
LOL ping!
“”I could not get married as the girls told my family members that I was not properly educated. It’s my fate that deprived me of education and a married life,” he said”
An excellent form of birth control!
Am I missing something or does someone think it’s a bad thing when really dumb, hopelessly stupid people do not marry and procreate? That can happen only if they are female and attractive.
While I admire the man’s perseverence and optimism, I must admit that I’m tinged with a bit of guilt thinking that the world might not necessarily be a better place if he found a woman who was “marrying up” and they had a dozen children equipped with similar intellectual potential.
The gene pool is a bit brighter because of stories like this.
Perseverance ping
Bump
The world needs ditch-diggers Hillary voters, too.
Michael Moore needs fans.
True, jorge will make him a doctor of something, make him a general and then let him retire on SSI.
I would bet many of those braying on this thread have suffered or seen loved ones suffer societal stigmas.
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