Inertia and Exams

Who hasn’t heard about Newton’s Law of Inertia!

The one who hasn’t read 7th grade science!!

One thing I like is, its applicable to most of the situations… How else would one find its application in exams. Before it starts everyone resists it and once started, we want it to finish soon.

The Windows Vista Ultimate?!!

Does Decision Decide Destiny?!

There is much wisdom in the adage “Listen to everyone, Do what you want!!“, as they say: You have to live with the decisions you made!!

When I was asked, “what is a good decision according to you?” I had a prompt reply “the one that brings favourable results!!?” But the other person being wiser had a different opinion to share. How can we decide which decision is going to be favourable in the future, we can just make guesses… so whats the good decision?? “The one made after much thought, taking into account the pros and cons!”

Life is a series of decisions, one after another, and it is the wisdom of choices that determines the quality of life. So next time you are confronted with an important decision, The best way to find out is to ask yourself how the decision will affect your life, weigh the good and not so good parts of it… When it comes to me, I trust my intuition too!! Nature gives the hint for everything, we need to understand it and take it to our advantage.. Its not only about choosing one way today but about future choices too, as they say: “If you choose better options today, you’ll have more options tomorrow“

Life is the sum of the decisions we made in the past and how we live with its concequences..

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Those who can, do; Those who can’t, teach

I am still trying to figure out the wisdom of the phrase. Is it just another knock on the ability of the teachers or are we missing something between the lines!!

Is it possible to know the real world problems and ways to tackle it without getting your hands dirty with it?!! Knowledge is power. Agreed, but what about harnessing that power. Does it require different skillsets?!!

The problem with schooling is, it teaches us how to be good with words, not necessarily, with work.. Life’s not a show which can be finished within 3 hours, so why judge on the basis of those 3 hours specially when those on the other side of the system (employers here) don’t even care about it. All they are interested in, is the profit we can make them by adding our skills to the existing ones…

I still remember being asked “are there things which don’t apply to real life as they teach in school?” and without giving much time to dwell upon it, I heard, “we don’t directly apply what we study, it requires modifying the knowledge according to the needs…”

There are counter-views saying that the purpose of education is to equip a person with the required knowledge so they can apply it to particular situation themselves… but how can we expect a person who is so naive to the real world, to equip us with the required skills…

Its like asking for the tips about how to make money from shares from someone who, himself, never tried it!!

Are Indian Youths not Employable?

Every other day we get to hear about Indian IT Professionals being highly in demand all over the world… But The India Labour Report 2007 has a different story to tell..

the Indian youth are simply ”unemployable”. ”90% of employment opportunities require vocational skills. But 90% of our college and school output has only bookish knowledge,”

says the study commissioned by TeamLease Services, a human resource and staffing agency.

Forget about other courses, even in technology, many a times the stress is on the books rather than the practical applications (this being my personal experience)… No wonder the concept of finishing schools gaining popularity!! It aims to provide engineering graduates with specialised training in order to make them ready for the IT industry… huh?

Do we really need them??!! Why can’t those skills be taught in college itself.. (is it beacause of the ignorance of those teaching??!!) I don’t understand why do they want us to cram the whole book in exams rather than understand it.

As I said in one of my previous posts, its the practical work and experiences that the Industry requires, not the so called “bookish knowledge”!! Having said this, I do not mean one shouldn’t read books, sure enough they are the greatest source of learning, but there should be a balance!!

Happy Diwali

India is Celebrating Deepawali (aka Diwali) Today!! Also known as “Festival of Light,” where the lights signify victory of good over the evil within every human being!!

All the Hostel blocks were lit and we had an official cracker show yeaterday coz they celebrated it the previous day… It has a good part coz we celebrated it today.. that means fun for 2 days!!

Happy Diwali INDIA!!