Ours is a die-hard family-centered society, and children are the sole reason that parents live, breath and sometimes die. So naturally when the second biggest event of their child’s life is about to get fucked up by a bunch of white collar bureaucrats and good-for-nothing union representatives, suddenly the Universe becomes a dark and cruel place full of opportunists and blood sucking vampires.
The students are lost
They have just sat for the supposedly “world’s hardest exam”, and they’re not sure whether they’ll have to sit for it again. Day by day stress accumulates and what we metallurgists call as “fatigue failure” is bound to happen.
In fact it’s a very beautiful sight to see from the naked eye. The initiation of doubt, the progression of stress and the final fracture is worth writing a paper about.
Teachers will have to redefine the word “dignity”
In school, teachers always harp about the useless strikes, picketing and protests that doctors, nurses and University students carry out. I’m wondering if perhaps they would add another profession to their list as well….
Universities are dysfunctional
Last year due to a mix up with the Chemistry paper, the students came about 3 months late. Likewise the University calendar has always been one of the greatest examples of Macrolevel uncertainty (even which Heisenberg couldn’t match).
But University authorities have tried their level best to bring the calendar together and functional. Right now the so-called “June Term” is in August. Can’t wait to see what happens this year.
Industrial research is all but a dream
Due to Universities having different calendars for each and every batch, the professors and other academic staff have to come every day, for every month, for the next few years. (Yippee!)
Sabbatical leave is not an option. Industrial research projects and University-Industry interaction is a tiring venture. And as for vacation work…… there’s no such thing as a vacation.
(Hooray for all the considerate teachers!)
2 comments:
Hmmm...strikes....I've come across people who love strikes... and also those who don't...
I have a friend who joined Kelaniya Uni recenlty... and already there has been 2 strikes..so i told her to just get out and do something else without wasting her time.. and u know what? Even before I came up with it, she has been considering it...
Strikes are an integral part of local Uni life. :-) I sure don't approve it but I'm not complaining
either.
To blame youth on the use of brute force or agressiveness to solve problems is somewhat senseless.
But as for grown adults who are supposed to have a sense of responsibility towards the society they live in.....that's another story.
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