Life in four years...

“Engineering” considered being a field of brain, technical knowledge and day and night study. With hundreds of engineering colleges budding in every nook and corner of the states, it has merely become a misnomer now. Moreover the level of education is not at all qualitative; it is just certifying one as an engineer with the caliber not more than a senior secondary pass. It is the field that every math’s student views as his/her career option. And with me being no exception even I opted for the same.

So, I finally  came to an engineering college, a partial dream come true after 2 years of slogging. What had brought me here, were the high salaries students these days were getting, after getting into IIT’s ,but like most of the exam takers , I ended up in AMITY UNIVERSITY . Ya so salaries were a bigger factor, than a urge to become an engineer or i must say  the dream of living a high standard life was the only driving force.

What I immediately noticed after coming to college was that students were here from different parts of the country having constantly very good ranks in their respective schools. What we had learnt in higher secondary level was basically done to secure good marks . We hardly knew our attitude would remain with us throughout. Engineering really means playing with or dismantling different types of things around for the ease of humans, but very few among hundreds had that knack.  But whatever happened we have ended up in an engineering college for “four” unforgettable years of our life .

Students were now getting computers and laptops , we had internet connection in each room to stay updated about the latest technologies but  we were using them  to stay  connected to  friends through various social networking sites. Before we knew our exams were knocking the door, we always had this urge to laugh at people who used to study regularly and call them book worms but just before the exam we realize we were wrong, and the most important thing  is that this realization remained only till the exam time. Thus most of the students who were ex-toppers were seen slogging before exam and praying just to clear exams.

We enjoy all other time in our college except the weeks in which exams are held and we seriously do. Staying away from guardians does provide a lot of freedom.  Hanging out with friends in the campus, sleeping in class, giving proxies, mass bunks, taking computer games seriously , infact very seriously , watching movies throughout the day , waking up at noon, we even started watching soap operas, life here is completely different .

Till then it has been four long years now. We are still struggling with life everyday but habituated now and have become more tough and strong with the circumstances. The entire semester completes with the same struggle and the actual study is a day before the finals. Thus from my point of view, a B.Tech Degree is not a matter of 48 months(4 years) but a matter 65 nights(65 subjects in total degree , hence 65 nights before each exam.) A lesson it has taught is that life is not that easy always. Time is one of the best teachers. And of course ‘engineers’ rock’..!!!

ANILESH KUMAR

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