The Wonder Years
Since the very inception of this blog is to emulate and describe the life of an engineer, I would like to describe the life in an engineering college, So here goes nothing .....
The 4-year holiday called "engineering"
21 things common to all engg college's :
1) The lecturers ( Some colleges do have lecturers ) don't teach. The students
don't study. The only guy who benefits is the one who owns the 'Dhaba' next to
the college.
2) Rules are made to be broken.
3) Promises are made to be broken.
4) Deadlines are made to be extended ... ALWAYS! After All They are only DEAD -
Lines.
5) The geek's are the most pampered lot during the internal exams.
6) The lab assistants are the most respected people ( i.e. During the lab exams ).
7) The watchmen are the people most bribed.
8) The HOD is the person most respected ( Heights of sycophancy here ).
9) The Principal ( Can be read as Principles also ;-) ) is the person most abused
and insulted ( i.e. At his back ).
10) Dropping subjects is 'KEWL' ( Arre yaar .. Drop the idea of dropping subjects
plzz ).
11) There is always a lecturer ( Re - Read Point 1 For Clarification regarding the
use of this word ) in the college who can't speak proper ' Inglish '.
12) Night-out is the second most important tool to ace the exams.
13) The most important tool .. The Bhramastra .. is the 'Chit' in which the words
can be understood only by the person who wrote them.
14) The Freshers are the most sought after .. be it in the canteen, the 'Free'
periods or for completing the records , assignments.
15) The Second - Years are the ones with the 'I Am The Don-Of-The-College'
feeling.
16) The Third - Years are the ones with the 'So-Many-Backlogs' feeling and the
poor souls get down to studying after bossing around in the college for so long.
But the fun still continues.
17) The Fourth - Years have no connection with the college whatsoever ... with no
interest in ragging, pulling each other's legs, the b'day parties, the b'day
bumps et al which they enjoyed so much till now. All they want is a good
placement and a '1st-class' tag attached to their memo.
19) The first three years are spent in cursing the college, the people there, the
system et al.
20) But towards the end of the fourth year, people tend to feel nostalgic about the
pure un-adulterated fun they have had for 4 years. Now the very system they
disliked, the very canteen they cursed, the time that they spent there, the
b'day bumps they suffered. All these seem like heaven to them.
21) Lastly the realationship that starts as "Ah She Is Just Another Girl" in First
Year, moves on to "She Is Like My Sister Yaar" in the Second Year to "We are
just friends Man" in Third Year ... "I am not Serious About Her" in Final Year
and Finally ends in a Marriage in about 5 years time ( i.e. If not interrupted by
another sigh of "She Was my sister TOO Last Year" by a close friend, say
your room mate)
The 4-year holiday called "engineering"
21 things common to all engg college's :
1) The lecturers ( Some colleges do have lecturers ) don't teach. The students
don't study. The only guy who benefits is the one who owns the 'Dhaba' next to
the college.
2) Rules are made to be broken.
3) Promises are made to be broken.
4) Deadlines are made to be extended ... ALWAYS! After All They are only DEAD -
Lines.
5) The geek's are the most pampered lot during the internal exams.
6) The lab assistants are the most respected people ( i.e. During the lab exams ).
7) The watchmen are the people most bribed.
8) The HOD is the person most respected ( Heights of sycophancy here ).
9) The Principal ( Can be read as Principles also ;-) ) is the person most abused
and insulted ( i.e. At his back ).
10) Dropping subjects is 'KEWL' ( Arre yaar .. Drop the idea of dropping subjects
plzz ).
11) There is always a lecturer ( Re - Read Point 1 For Clarification regarding the
use of this word ) in the college who can't speak proper ' Inglish '.
12) Night-out is the second most important tool to ace the exams.
13) The most important tool .. The Bhramastra .. is the 'Chit' in which the words
can be understood only by the person who wrote them.
14) The Freshers are the most sought after .. be it in the canteen, the 'Free'
periods or for completing the records , assignments.
15) The Second - Years are the ones with the 'I Am The Don-Of-The-College'
feeling.
16) The Third - Years are the ones with the 'So-Many-Backlogs' feeling and the
poor souls get down to studying after bossing around in the college for so long.
But the fun still continues.
17) The Fourth - Years have no connection with the college whatsoever ... with no
interest in ragging, pulling each other's legs, the b'day parties, the b'day
bumps et al which they enjoyed so much till now. All they want is a good
placement and a '1st-class' tag attached to their memo.
19) The first three years are spent in cursing the college, the people there, the
system et al.
20) But towards the end of the fourth year, people tend to feel nostalgic about the
pure un-adulterated fun they have had for 4 years. Now the very system they
disliked, the very canteen they cursed, the time that they spent there, the
b'day bumps they suffered. All these seem like heaven to them.
21) Lastly the realationship that starts as "Ah She Is Just Another Girl" in First
Year, moves on to "She Is Like My Sister Yaar" in the Second Year to "We are
just friends Man" in Third Year ... "I am not Serious About Her" in Final Year
and Finally ends in a Marriage in about 5 years time ( i.e. If not interrupted by
another sigh of "She Was my sister TOO Last Year" by a close friend, say
your room mate)
posted by Cruel Intentions at 4:23 AM
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Man, I really missed doing my college in India.
I was almost tempted to write Book II about college in India versus the US but unfortunately, I don't think I would be able to pull it off (plus Chetan Bhagat has already written about it! and I am on the "I am not another Chetan Bhagat" quest, remember? ;) )
These things remind me so much of what I missed :(
This forward is one of the best and it has been in my archives for the past 3 years!!
Whenever I feel nostalgic, I take it out and read it.. brings back all those memories and smiles...:)
@Smiling Girl
Well there have been a few additions whhich were specific to my college.
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