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I honestly don’t know if I’m overreacting or not, but I wanted to talk about my experience with a teacher from Agarwal’s Academy in North Kolkata, West Bengal.

There’s a teacher there called Agarwal Sir, and one day I didn’t complete my homework properly. Instead of just scolding me normally, he became extremely aggressive and hit me multiple times. At that time, nobody really did much about it. Even my mother believed that strict punishment was “normal” because I wasn’t studying properly.

I tried ignoring the whole thing for a long time because I didn’t want drama or hate against anyone. But after thinking about it again recently, I just wanted to hear what other people think about situations like this.

From what I’ve heard, there are now talks about warnings/arbitration regarding similar behavior, and honestly I just hope things improve for future students. I’m not trying to spread hate or ruin anyone’s life — I just wanted to finally talk about something that genuinely affected me.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of “strict teaching” where it crossed the line?

links dont spread hate plz: https://www.instagram.com/agarwals_academia/

https://www.instagram.com/_rakesh__agarwal/

I am currently studying in Class 8 ICSE (India) and have roughly 3-4 months until my exams.

My honest questions are:

* What are the best study techniques that really work?

* How many hours should I study daily?

* How can I maintain consistency without getting burned out?

* Should I give importance to revision, note-taking, or solving questions?

I am exhausted from not studying properly without any technique. Anybody who was able to improve his/her grades in a few months, especially in ICSE, please share your tips.

I did not understand how school or studying actually worked when I was growing up. My parents would tell me to study. They never explained how to study. I was not dumb and I was not trying to make things complicated. I really did not know what I was supposed to do.

I live in India now. The study culture here can be really tough sometimes. The pressure to perform well is high people always compare each other. Everyone wants to get good marks. This can make you feel bad about yourself if you are not doing well. These days I often do not feel like studying. I would rather do anything.. Deep down I still want to study. I want to get marks. I want to prove to myself that I can do it.

Every year I promise myself that I will change and every year I fail to keep my promises. I have never really had an experience with studying.

I was raised in the UAE for around ten years. I studied there. Back then I was not great at academics. I even failed grade once. I used to think that I was stupid. Then COVID. My mom and I had to move to India. Since then I have seen some people succeed just because they are good at academics while they are not people. This makes me feel sad.

Even after all of this I still want to succeed. I want to prove that someone can struggle, fail feel lost and still do well if they keep trying.

I am currently in Class 8 ICSE. I am really weak in studies. I need help not with my school subjects but also, with learning how to study, how to focus and how to stop feeling like a failure every time I sit down with a book.

Has anyone else felt like this before? How did you make a change?