The recently declared results of CBSE board exams and a high number of suicides by students in Telangana over results have again put back the nation’s focus on obsession with marks and percentage. The student who topped CBSE Class 12 board exams said she regretted getting one mark short of 500. Well, over the next few days, more results will be announced and more headlines will cover the toppers; not realising by overly focusing on the 99% figure, the media is creating a sense of achievement and triumph for those who top, and inadvertently making them as role models, but making life a hell for those who don’t make it to those grades. Our obsession with marks is breaking the self-confidence of those who don’t make it to above 90% bracket. Is Media doing a disservice? Because the remaining 99 % students are ridiculed, rebuked, and rebuffed for getting below 90 %? Isn’t it crazy? During my times (90’s, of course, I spent half of my life in previous century), there was something called a ‘good second division’ (distinction was above 75%, first division was 60% and above but below 75%, good second was 55% and above but below 60%, and third division was below 45%). Today, there is one question we need to ask? Have we built an examination system or an education system? By overly focusing on marks and examinations as a means to judge one’s ability, we are ruining the biggest asset of this generation (Youth), by letting them burn the candle at both the ends. They study in school and then, they go for coaching, so that they secure 95% or above and a get a seat in the elite institution, but they don’t focus on competence, creativity & their health. A good second division is worse than failure in current times.