The Gordian knot and me, the knotted up mom!

I am all knotted up. My shoulders are kind of skewed and not level. My neck is stiff and hardly any blood circulation. My mind is unable to focus. I have lost appetite and have no interest in doing anything. So, what is it all about? Well, my daughter is awaiting her grade 12 results. Even when I was a student, I couldn't care less about when the results would be declared and life was beautiful. Today, I sit here wondering about the inconsistencies that define our education system. The mother of all... Different benchmarks and difficulty levels by different boards. In Karnataka, the PU board has upgraded the curriculum to the CBSE board. In fact, except for the cover pages and the decorative aspects, the books are exactly the same. That is where the similarity ends...What about expectations from students? Ocean of a difference will actually super simplify! By making a statement like this, I don't mean to undermine the great performers of the PU Board. I tell myself that those guys made a smart choice by deciding to shift to PU instead of being with the CBSE! Times like these is when I wish I could turn the clock back to 2012! The second.. The results are declared at different times. The first to be out was the PU, now the ISC and the CBSE results are awaited. Wait! What is my concern here? Why does it bother me so much? This is epic! This morning I called a college up for clarification because their admission procedure said that we had to send in the forms with the class 12 mark list. With the results yet to be declared, I wanted to know the deadline. And the office said that they have closed their admissions because there was a rush from the state board students. And I asked, what happens to these kids? They responded that it is not their problem. And, next comes the Central University. There is a common entrance and the results have been declared. The website has an update that says 25th May is the last date for updating the Grade 12 marks. No news from CBSE about likely dates and I have been making calls to CU to figure out what to do. Am I justified to feel the way I feel? Add seething to the opening lines. If students are asked to add to this page, it will be long. Is it assumed that all students from CBSE schools will anyway opt for JEE or AIEEE or some such thing? Why such visible discrepancies cannot be addressed? I don't believe in having a packaged uniform education, performance standards etc, but common is there something wrong in having one school final exam across all boards? Federal autonomy is essential. But in education? In learning expectations? In admissions? Oh well! For the first time, since this morning I feel victimised. The poor me! In search of that elusive great man Alexander to untie the knot! Alexander the Great... do you hear me?