"Learn the rules first and then break them". This is one line I've been hearing since a very long time from my faculty at NDTV IndiaCan.Not that they are encouraging us to break rules!

                   Come to think of it, this sentence does mean a lot. It is so true that to break rules,you must first learn what the rules are. Like the example my teacher gave: first you learn how to drive a car,you learn the lane disciplines and then once you are good at it you know how to maneuver without causing trouble,but at the same time cause a minor violation of the traffic rules.

                   Even the people who rebel against the society are familiar with the so called "norms", but they do not want to adhere to them and hence,choose their own path. 

But then again,it is a personal choice-you either stick by the rules or you break them.

                   So in order to become journalists,we have to first learn the rules of journalism-be it writing,reporting,investigating or even the attire we need to be in. And once we have learnt them,we work according to the rules and then we are fit enough to break the rules-as in,improvise or "do our own thing".

Looks like we have a lot of  learning to do before breaking. 

Grace Jaya.