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20 Reasons Why 2016 Is The Best Time To Be Young
Meritnation|Nov 14th, 2016 01:53pm
2016 has been special. So many great (and not so great :P) things have happened this year that it calls us to count all our blessings. As a country, we reached new milestones in various fields. Be it sports or science, we are reaching new heights. It’s is sure a great time to be a student, with so many technological advancements and innovation, maintaining your pace with the fast moving world can be challenging. Meritnation is always here to be at your side in your journey of education. So let’s see what amazing things that have happened around the year and what we all can learn from it.
1. Two more years before CBSE Class X Board exams become compulsory – This will always be a subject of debate but yes, CBSE board exams sure steals the headlines some way or the other.
2. Pokemon Go happened – If you’ve been not living under a rock, you will surely know how this augmented reality game took the world by storm.
3. Virtual Reality became real for students – Meritnation launched India’s first VR study app SuperScreen VR and Periodic Table VR to make your study even more fun than ever before.
4. Online learning got a lot of attention, thanks to Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
5. India won 4 medals at Paralympics – Deepa Malik, 45-year-old wheelchair-bound adrenaline athlete became the first Indian woman to win Paralympics medal. What an inspiration! PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik made us proud in Rio Olympics winning silver & bronze in badminton and wrestling. Deepa Karmakar gave us the message of never to lose hope. Way to go, ladies!
6. Women athletes lead the Rio Olympics medal tally from every country. More power to the women!
7. Hillary Clinton runs for US Presidentship – Although Clinton lost the election, but won the Popular Vote with a substantial amount of votes. She truly serves as a great inspiration for young women and girls everywhere, to keep fighting no matter what comes.
8. US Senate has more women than it ever had. Especially with a number of Indian-American women making a great mark in the US elections.
9. Reliance’s JIO has made access to faster & more affordable Internet. With the wide reach of Internet, students will gain more and avail better ways of learning.
10. Leonardo Dicaprio won the Oscar – He gave the most important lesson of our time, that perseverance is more important than winning. His hard work and never giving up spirit gave us hope to conquer our battles.
11. PSLV-C34 Successfully Launches 20 Satellites in a Single Flight by ISRO – What a great achievement for us as a nation! It’s a reminder that the country is growing in the field of science & innovation.
12. India Planted Almost 50 Million Trees In Just 24 Hours – On July 11, in the state of Uttar Pradesh more than 80,000 volunteers planted 49.3 million saplings, smashing a world record. Now that’s something to be really proud of!
13. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for Medical Entrance makes a comeback after a Supreme Court verdict. The decision brought clarity amidst confusion and put a stop to private colleges conducting separate exams for medical admissions.
14. Bob Dylan is the first musician to be awarded the Nobel prize in Literature – The singer/songwriter takes the award “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
15. In the Harry Potter sequel play, The Cursed Child has a black woman playing Hermione Granger – Actress Noma Dumezweni, who is black, has been cast in the play the role of Hermione. JK Rowling supported this revolutionary idea & shut down people by saying that the character has “…my absolute blessing and enthusiasm.“ Great learning about inclusivity and that art knows no boundaries.
16. Finland to become world’s first country to get rid of all school subjects! Schools will now have to teach events and phenomena to approach different subjects. A truly holistic approach to education and a laudable step in the field of education reform.
17. Great year of movies! Kung Fu Panda 3, Zootopia, Jungle Book, Finding Dory and much more released this year. Each movie had their own essential learnings to teach and the visual appeal made it all the more possible for us to cherish them longer.
18. British rock music band, Coldplay debuts in India – The band & many other great artists through an initiative called Global Citizen India which gives a platform for social change. Its mission is to mobilize youth to take action in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Guess what, Jay Z is also coming. 🙂
19. Digital Wallets are fast replacing hard cash in the pockets-. With the recent ban on Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes, India is moving towards a cashless economy.
20. Biggest Supermoon since 1948 – You really don’t want to miss to look at the moon tonight. The moon will be within 90% of its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit and chance for us not to miss this spectacular.
The list has come to an end but the memories are here to remain. Team Meritnation hopes that 2016 had great things in store for you and that each experience is a point of learning in our lives. If we missed a great event in the list, please leave us your suggestions in the comments.
Happy Children’s Day!
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1. hrithika | January 11th, 2017 at 6:03 pm
2016 is really cool but it doesn’t have any relationship of being young
2. Prakhar | December 8th, 2016 at 10:28 pm
Well I read this somewhat late but this list is awesome! I feel like I read the summary of the whole year
3. Sanchay Kasturey | December 6th, 2016 at 6:02 pm
I like this article very very much thanks to meritnation for providing us such awesome information with our studies …..
4. stuti raj | December 3rd, 2016 at 8:39 pm
nice &inspiring for me
5. Aaradhaya Sharma | November 20th, 2016 at 10:53 am
it is really true 🙂
6. jagasri | November 16th, 2016 at 8:52 pm
this article is good and reality too
7. Radharani Gadgil | November 16th, 2016 at 5:29 pm
Efforts to be appriciated……
Thanks a lot…
8. vipul mahajan | November 15th, 2016 at 8:00 pm
this are the reason why i don’t like to be grow up
9. bcn srinivas | November 15th, 2016 at 6:23 pm
Meritnation you have missed a movie in movies column which has good graphic effects. Name of the movie is DR STRANGE
10. shreya | November 15th, 2016 at 6:13 am
Nice. Yesterday i have seen the superrrrmoon.Really amazing
11. Prince | November 15th, 2016 at 4:38 am
sUPERB…! 🙂
12. samreen | November 14th, 2016 at 10:59 pm
what is supermoon n wen it will come
13. Jeswin | November 14th, 2016 at 10:31 pm
pretty good…
14. apurwa minj | November 14th, 2016 at 10:10 pm
this was the best children’s day ever of this year 2016.
15. vandana | November 14th, 2016 at 9:27 pm
really awesome
16. Harshit Sharma | November 14th, 2016 at 9:24 pm
all inspirational points for INDIA :):):):)
17. Harshit Sharma | November 14th, 2016 at 9:22 pm
meritnation u didnt miss anything and one things u relive all the memories of this year and B/w metioning tht i have made many new friends toooo via meritnation ……tht’s the most loving thing and ha the most loving point from the above lines are ……………!!!!! ok let me think ……. the moon one and the harry potter one and ha no one can forgot “POKEMoN GO” and the point on olmpics and the of american senate of INDIAN -AMERICAN women ………..loving one this year :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:DSHO HAPPY
18. Ruba Balu | November 14th, 2016 at 9:14 pm
All the 20 reasons are really wonderful. All the information’s are really useful. Thanks a lot Meritnation.
19. Adithyan suresh | November 14th, 2016 at 9:01 pm
A very interesting one. not to miss anything.
20. Sukhi | November 14th, 2016 at 8:52 pm
Wow! Great Job, Team Meritnation. I feel just reading this list has given me a new insight about this year. It’s undoubtedly the best time to be young! 😀
21. kasf@gmail.com | November 14th, 2016 at 8:49 pm
great
22. shalini | November 14th, 2016 at 8:45 pm
totally true
23. Akanksha | November 14th, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Well yeah happy to be young !!! Happy children’s day to all !!! 2016 till now is going great and i pray the rest 1 1/2 months also go well
24. Sagarika Sharma | November 14th, 2016 at 7:59 pm
thats really true.AMAZING FACTS WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW!
very nice meritnation team.
25. abhinav roy | November 14th, 2016 at 7:18 pm
IT IS REALLY TRUE
26. Preeti | November 14th, 2016 at 7:16 pm
That’s the true fact …………….i loved the first one [pokemon] and even other ideas …………it is good ……………….
27. Astha | November 14th, 2016 at 7:11 pm
great job meritnation
28. mohini | November 14th, 2016 at 7:10 pm
That’s true
29. Aman Tyagi | November 14th, 2016 at 6:50 pm
that’s really inspiring for me
30. kartik pal singh | November 14th, 2016 at 6:44 pm
that’s nice
31. ajoy | November 14th, 2016 at 6:42 pm
donald trumppp wins !!!!!!!!
32. ajoy | November 14th, 2016 at 6:41 pm
nicee
33. sakshi priya kousik | November 14th, 2016 at 6:31 pm
that’s really true
34. B L A N K | November 14th, 2016 at 6:14 pm
Pokemon go ! *^*
35. Arshik | November 14th, 2016 at 5:39 pm
well, this is a great job meritnation .These 20 reasons are truly inspirational and motivational for our studies as well as for our future. Thank you very much.
i hope we will get more notes by you…a gain thanks a lot…
36. Shruti | November 14th, 2016 at 5:30 pm
I don’t think you missed anything…2016 summed up nicely. Can’t wait for tonight to see the supermoon! 🙂 Saw the moon yesterday even, and it was a truly dazzling sight!
37. ISHA | November 14th, 2016 at 5:24 pm
was not expecting this sort of a shit…. thought something interesting and comical things available….very disappointing:)
38. Stuti | November 14th, 2016 at 4:59 pm
This is sooo lame. What’s the relation with being young?
39. Meghan mujalde | November 14th, 2016 at 4:05 pm
That’s true.
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