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The Controversy Of Being A Successful Backbencher

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Being a successful backbencher “The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.” - A P J Abdul Kalam Backbenchers, they are admonished, labelled lazy and even interspersed in anecdotes for they usually come late and are unceremoniously ushered down the aisle to the back of the class. Success is not a generally perceived outcome for this breed of student as the misconception goes that a backbencher in class is a backbencher in life and he or she must make their peace with it. But ever so often there are those who break the mould, who prove to be the exception to the rule, for the rules for the backbenchers are all but set in stone. These mythical creatures, which pose as sheep among the wolves can always be found and are unceremoniously referred to as the “successful backbenchers”. This is a write-up enumerating various tips and tricks to being a successful backbencher. …show more content…

The trick is to take those teachings and turn them around on their head, sit in the back of the class and act like your sitting in the front, but only for things that are of interest to you as knowledge for knowledge’s sake is wasted. Do not so easily discard your cloak of notoriety that you have gained by being a backbencher in order to please or seek approval, unless at the opportune moment so you can maximize its impact. Being a backbencher requires skill and being a successful one requires being fastidious, whether it is being fastidious about their work, their passions or their

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