[akg_67]

Get into hacker mentality. Do what you need to do to get what you want! If you want job and job will come by marks, then focus on marks. If you want marks and marks will only come by rote learning, then focus on rote learning.

If you believe there is another way to go about it, you should try doing that. If getting depressed will get you there, then go at it otherwise you are wasting your time and energy by getting depressed.

Focus on things that you can control, focus on influencing things that you can influence. But if things you can't control or influence then either hack it or don't worry about it.