A subtle thought

After mid-sem exams, a very subtle thought came to me and had thought to discuss that with ppl. But unfortunately that didn't happen for some reason and then I thought to write about it. Though now-a-days I rarely do blog and at one point this activity was on the verge of extinction due to many reasons- the primary being lack of free time.

Just think we have some 8 courses of study- English,Maths,Physics, Chem, BET(Basic Electrical Technology), Programming in C, ED(Engg Drawing) and W/S(Worshop) and not to forget a Phy sessinal class as well... that makes it 9. 9 subjects in four and half months! It is but natural that one cannot learn all these perfectly as one wishes to do- with all those class hours and other activities as well.

Clearly, we have to give priority to some subjects over others but then is a even more difficult task to do and a dangerous thing . On what basis should one choose subjects- on the basis of interest, neccesity in future sems or according to grades- coz these do not always correspond to one particular subject. For instance, I love programming(in that way I am unique ;-) and most of the time being sighted studying C or in computer lab)- but according to getting grades this is one of the easiest subject- one easily scores full marks as the evaluation pattern is not so robust for this subject but yes in future sems we do need it.

Let us see another example. Chemistry! The least liked subject and most ppl(including me) open the book only when we have sem or class-tests... even in class-test we do manage to take copies with us. But it has 4 credits- the highest a subject can have! And I doubt if we do ever need it? And yes, I can say for sure, studying chem, dosent improve your problem-solving skills.

In this way, we have to choose subjects and the entire idea to learn various things-termed as "general study" in the first year is completely lost. No one learns ED,Phy is also managed somehow(though personally I like this subject),W/S and eventually sometimes to be an expert in everything ,everything is in doldrums.

What I think is that we should not be burdened with so many things... Instead less subjects, more learning. And I support this beleif fully that department-wise study should be started from the first day itself and we should not wait till 2nd year. I think atleast engg. students can understand my view-point!