Study Leave

"Study Leave" is an amazing time. I am doing almost everything except studying! Not that I do not think I have to study. Of course I do. But thinking and actually acting upon it are 2 entirely very different things! For example, after thinking a lot about it, finally I opened my Artificial Intelligence (AI) book today, looked through the index, then I thought it would be better if I first knew the syllabus ;D
So I came online. And then obviously I forgot my intention of coming online! And here I am blogging!


One of the best thing about study leave is that, my creativity flows during these times. I have written awesome stuffs when I should be actually studying. I think somehow our mind just finds a way to skip studies..& do what it wants to..or may be do nothing! Even if we actually sit down to study, somehow out-of-syllabus topics seems very interesting! That is exactly what I & my best friend were discussing yesterday. Ah! And that reminds me of how lucky she is now. She's doing her internship. Finally she has got rid of these stupid exams!


I really do not understand the purpose of these exams. Whole semester we are taught some stupid stuffs, and we have to mug it up & reproduce it during exams. Well, ok all right, everything they teach us might not be stupid, & may be since I am already from computer science background, I really feel bored studying the same stuffs again! And it is also not the case that I learn something, i.e., mug up something & just reproduce. Of course I understand what I study, just remember main points & write it in my own words. But many people do mug up. Point is, what is the use of all this? What exactly are we getting out of all this? We should be taught the practical applications, not just theoretical stuffs. College just loads us up with submissions n exams that we do not get time to do any research work if we want to do, it does not let us do what interests us, creates discrimination on the basis of grades, & what not! This education system is just not right!

Why is it that we have to follow or do what we do not want or do not like to do? I think the answer is just that..to get a decent job, to support our family, & after all, we have some responsibilities towards our parents also, who have done so much for us.


And in that case then, I should actually be studying right now rather than writing all this. So off I go. Ciao