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Author: kaushik
A few days back, I was chatting with a friend of mine, all set to sail to Australia for higher studies.
Knowing that fellow, for quite some time, I knew studies and more so Higher studies, was not his cup of tea. All through his undergraduate days, he would keep repeating the same thing : "when will this bloody studies get over; when will i get a job and earn money"....
so, it was quite a surprise for me, when he said that he was going for a masters. So, i asked him the inevtable question: You-studies-australia, I don't see any connection....
His reply surprised me more:
-"You see, studies is just a pretence, I am going to australia to settle there"
I asked "why?"....
-"You see, it is the bloody competition in india that i want to run away from. The Population here is just ballooning. I had a tough time getting into an engineering college, because of this competition. My kids will have a tougher time getting into LKG. Probably, i as father will be intervied again (and you know how i suck at interviews)andprobably, my grand children will have to compete with other un-born kids, just to be born. The population would be so high by that time that govt will have to make restrictions for birth." (I would certainly have more reservations about reservations then)
I had no more questions on his choice after that. We chatted generally for a little while and signed off!!!
Sound logic or strange logic or a fools choice or an intelligent choice?
What do you say????
Knowing that fellow, for quite some time, I knew studies and more so Higher studies, was not his cup of tea. All through his undergraduate days, he would keep repeating the same thing : "when will this bloody studies get over; when will i get a job and earn money"....
so, it was quite a surprise for me, when he said that he was going for a masters. So, i asked him the inevtable question: You-studies-australia, I don't see any connection....
His reply surprised me more:
-"You see, studies is just a pretence, I am going to australia to settle there"
I asked "why?"....
-"You see, it is the bloody competition in india that i want to run away from. The Population here is just ballooning. I had a tough time getting into an engineering college, because of this competition. My kids will have a tougher time getting into LKG. Probably, i as father will be intervied again (and you know how i suck at interviews)andprobably, my grand children will have to compete with other un-born kids, just to be born. The population would be so high by that time that govt will have to make restrictions for birth." (I would certainly have more reservations about reservations then)
I had no more questions on his choice after that. We chatted generally for a little while and signed off!!!
Sound logic or strange logic or a fools choice or an intelligent choice?
What do you say????
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9 comments:
i kno there is a lot of competetion.. but the last thing that we should do is run away.. i think as the population and competetion is increasing.. so r colleges and jobs so i dnt think we need to run away yet!
look at me.. i've appeared fr CAT 3 times.. dnt kno when i'll get thru but will keep attempting till my ambition dies or i die!
mayb i am crazy ;D
two words for his choice absolute foolishness.
Hmmm......very strange!!!
a few general comments first:
a lot of us go abroad chasing different dreams. I know a couple of my frineds, who wanted to go there just for the education, but now, 1 year hence, do not want to come back.
I am happy that my friend decided to study abroad and I am only hoping that his comments are only witty...
As regards to the competition, yup it is immense and "only the fit survive"...so it is better that we gear up to the competition in whatever field we are in and try and come up trumps
akanksha: perseverence pays off...hope u get thro IMT!!!
DD: as i said before...we should gear up and face the bull head on and try to survive....no shortcuts to success
paurna: i just hope he was trying to be witty, otherwise i agree...tht is no reason to go abroad
neema: yup, first time i heard some one suggesting such a strange reason
FC: dude, you are one hell of a different person.....and i love your arguments (which is always against what the junta seems to be suggesting)...it has a quite a bit of logic in it.....
A very "intelligent" decision thinking about his "future kids" and their LKG admissions!!! Incredible foresight..lucky are his kids! LOL...
sindhu: yup!!! if nothin...he will be a great daf!!
TM: IIT is a different thing all together. The UGs here feel that they have underused their IIT advantage if they do not go abroad for higher studies. Well, you cannot blame them also, because, once these foreign univs see tht u r frmm IIT, they give u admit + 30k aid also!!!
i guess, you are kinda of right, when you say they have an escapist attitude.....
wish more people thought like him -> would result in more people going abroad -> would result in at least reduction in the ballooning population of India ?.. lol :-)
anna: hmmm....good idea to for population control eh!
BTW, thanks for visiting my blog...
hope u keep coming
zohguy: well, altavista gave quite a translation. about indias education system, well, it is not bad, though i have a lot of complaints about it. Higher education (engineering) is like an industry in india, and so we produce a lot of engineers...