My brother prepared for JEE and told my mom that I wanted to do the same. I was curious to see what JEE was all about and why everyone encourages their children to take it.

On the first day of class, I walked in and saw all the students looking so smart and intelligent. A thought crossed my mind: “I feel like I don’t belong here; I shouldn’t have come for this preparation.”

In class, they were discussing symmetry, but I couldn’t understand anything at all. I felt trapped and thought I could have done something better instead.

Then my mom suggested, “Take your phone to class, record...