Review: School Daze!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2013
MBA is not about Money, Blazer, Arrogance by Krishna Kranthi was a pleasant surprise.  Laid out by months like a journal, this is a story of discovery about all the meanings one can discern about life, if they only pay attention, which the author did.  English is obviously his second language, but the occasional lapses in grammar added character to the story and a certain vulnerability that was endearing.  Most college stories are about fighting poverty to succeed, this story is not.  Raventi is never pressed for funds which leaves more of the story for other discoveries, which are mainly about just being young and faced with so many options it is hard to decide which path to follow.  There is rarely a balance in life when it comes to making these decisions, either a person is desperate and has no good options or he has so many options he can't tell which are the good ones.  The story also provided a view of education in India from the inside that was very enlightening.  An MBA program that lasts only one year would have to be intense and the professors would have to work as hard as the students to get the job done, and the story tells how they all managed to get it done.  As with all good schools, the student learns more about life than the scholastic subjects he was there to study.  One of the most important lessons Raventi learned was that being successful in one's career is not the same as being successful in one's life and that choices have consequences.This was a well paced, enjoyable read with plenty of little wisdoms tucked away in the story.