Engineering students are a particular breed, especially first year
engineering students.At the beginning of the year, we come into the
college warily on the lookout for a any strangers (read seniors).
After the initial frightening days, an average engineering student
begins to get bored. He develops interest in all other topics excluding
his studies. "There is still time yaar!" is the common reply
to the occasional question of studying for the exams.
We while away our time till the beginning of December till the time
for the youth gathering and the sports activities come. Since we are
taught at college that engineers should be all round persons, we promptly
participate in most of the sports activities and co- curricular activities
with gusto. Things chug along peacefully and smoothly. February 14th
comes and the smell of roses lingers on in the air (and in our heads)
for a few more days till the first jarring note in our peaceful life
of melody is heard.
"The sessional exams are being held next month. Please note down
the timetable below," read out my friend. "Oh no! How can
the exams be next month ? We only just started attending the classes!"
We all solemnly confirmed his statement. "We haven't even bought
half the books of half the subjects!" he continued. We agreed
with this statement also. Almost all engineering students have the
same view. Most of them believe that all teachers don't know how to
teach , that all of them always adopt a holier than thou attitude.
The engineering students themselves are too clever to bother themselves
with the small matter of attending lectures and paying attention in
them. So naturally when we see the examination notice, we go about
blaming the teachers, the university and the whole world and its injustice
in general. We of course are blameless in this matter . How can we
be blamed for poor results if we are not prepared?
Well, the exams start. We students touch our books for the first time
and discover with wonder, all the things in the textbooks that we
seem to find in our lecture notes but cannot seem to remember ever
being taught. So we go about doing the necessary research work. No,
not for notes , but to find out what the actual syllabus is and what
we should study and what we can avoid studying till absolutely necessary
. After doing this important work , we get down to the actual business
of studying.
It's exam time for first year engineering students! There are particular
ways of noticing these things. When you find that you can see a few
students on the roads on their bikes in the vicinity of a college,
you know that exams are in the air. Usually, there is a student driving
the bike and another sitting behind him and catching up on some last
minute revision. Most engineering students study seriously during
this period.
The exams go
on and on and on. Finally the exams are over. FREEDOM! Soon, the
exams are forgotten and summer vacations are looked forward to with
glee. Its time for a BREAK!.
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