Of Friendship

F.R.I.E.N.D.S- nope you have guessed it wrong if you think that iam goin to write about the glory of friendship and how it helps you throught he thick and thin of life. Nor am i goin to write about the star world series. I guess i must have aroused your curiousity by now, Iam goin to share with you some of my views (along with inputs from some friends) about how parents view friendship.  I would like to reassert that this is not exclusively subjective so that you people dont come to any awkward conclusions. Parents always view friends with their own prejudices and accordingly your friends get categorised. Those of them who dont talk much to parents, are subtle in their manners and have good academic record get into the "decent" category. The others who are bold enough to present themselves before parents in their true colours, of course undoubtedly, get thrown into the "to- be- avoided" category. Its good if parents have an eye on the kind of friends we have back in our school days but when you are 20 years old and still your parens insist on choosin your friends that can be a bit frustrating. They have only our good in their minds but still... Another depressing trend is when children are taught to select friends according to social status, academic grades and so on. Its common knowledge that this world is gettin highly competitive and the race is flagged off right from the kindergarten. I hav myself been victim to very a very bad experience of this nature in my tenth class. I always used to get pretty good grades and I never realised that a so- called friend and her mother had problems with my grades. They went from teacher to teacher seeking for a revaluation of my papers. I incidentally came to know about it. Till then I had lots of affection for that particular friend but after that it has never been the same. It was too painful an experience for me. Even now I wish fervently that her mother had never intervened in that manner. I wouldnt have lost a friend! 

So the point is we should be level heade enouigh to choose good friends and our parents should be sensible enough to understand the subtle nuances of our frienship and if at all they intervene, to keep in mind the fact that those on the receiving end are also just like their wards.