RCphobia to RCmania!

Raju a student of mine is suffering from RCphobia(an unreasonable fear of the reading comprehension section in aptitude tests), a malady most CAT-takers suffer from. The symptoms: extreme dread of RC, a feeling of great discomfort while through an RC passage, a sudden feeling of ‘lost’ness in the middle of a passage, an inability to grasp the message conveyed, headache, hatred, torture, boredom and whatnot.
Raju strongly feels that including RC in aptitude tests like CAT amounts to criminal torture.
If you too are an RCphobic, then read on…
Simply speaking, you find RC extremely boring.
Most students fear or dislike RC because they consider it boring. Well, before I give you the prescription, let us diagnose the ‘dis’ease.
At the outset, let me make one thing clear: that ‘RC is boring’ is a universal truth!
Now, now, don’t misunderstand me; let us, together, comprehend this ‘universal’ statement.
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines ‘boring’ as ‘not interesting’. What does this mean?
In our childhood, we were motivated towards different things and actions because they ‘interested’ us. Things that didn’t interest us were habitually avoided, even if they were important, just as we frequently indulged in things that interested us. That was our childhood perspective: we could not differentiate between important and unimportant things. Immaturity led us towards easy, pleasant, comfortable, secure, self-centred, the so-called ‘interesting’ activities. And so, we indulged in them continually. Simply speaking, most things we did were interesting but unimportant. Looking back, we can thus conclude: If what interested us wasn’t necessarily important, and what was important didn’t interest us, then, logically, most things that were ‘not interesting’ may have been very important!
Going back to our ‘universal’ statement, we can surmise thus: When we say RC is extremely uninteresting, what we are actually saying is RC is extremely ‘important’. This is the essence of my logic; some may disagree, but it drives home the point. RC is boring because you ‘think’ so, you ‘feel’ so.
Well, why is it so? Because, what you are now is an extension of your childhood.
Now, consider this—
Our personality is collection of our traits and characteristics. All our present traits were once our habits. Our habits were those that we acquired by frequent repetition of certain activities. Simply put: An action frequently done becomes a habit; a habit continued becomes our trait. And, you know, old habits die hard. This is exactly why you still find yourself in front of the idiot-box wasting time; you still chit-chat with friends gaining nothing of importance; you still smoke; you still fall prey to external attractions; you still lie on the sofa doing nothing; you still day-dream; you still procrastinate; you still hate to do the home work; you still refuse to go to the grocery for mom; and above all, you still HATE TO READ!
If you had read in your childhood with interest, as you did all those ‘interesting’ things, you would not have found RC so boring(all those who don’t dread RC know what I mean). The point is as simple as that.
Does this mean that just because of your childhood folly, you can’t do anything about RC now?
NO, IT DOESN’T!
What it means is you must confront the truth. The truth about likes, dislikes, interests, disinterests, habits good and bad, hobbies, traits, characteristics; the truth about attitudes and one’s judgment of importance. They are not genetic!
What it means is you must change your attitude towards important but not so interesting things.
Yeah, that’s it, YOU MUST CHANGE YOU OUTLOOK TOWARDS RC!
Because, you are a child, no more.
Because, you’ve chosen to take CAT now.
And, because, that’s precisely why RC is important!
So, love RC.
It’s difficult I know, not impossible.
Impossible is nothing!
Just ‘love’ it!