Comments on: Another RANT: The Story of Indian Students http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/ Bringing my Life to the Limelite... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:17:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Prashanth http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Prashanth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:17:32 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-2437 @Ashish: Welcome to this blog. I went through ALL of your blogs today. I must say, you have been doing a good job posting (regularly) on all those blogs you have signed up for. Thanks for the nice words about it. Please go through the <a href="http://theluminar.net/archives" rel="nofollow"> Archives </a> for some nice long posts that could help you know us better... :D Best of luck, and keep hopes high for the system to get better. I hope you have lesser complaints against the curriculum at IIT. Tell me, does it really provide enough insight into the stream you choose so that you can actually conclude to where you want your career to take you? Most of your batchmates may end up with MBAs. Many would land up in the Software world even if you are from the Mining/Civil/Mech. side... See if you could rant about some stuff there, or compare some improvements over school life on your blog someday. Cheers! @Ashish:
Welcome to this blog. I went through ALL of your blogs today. I must say, you have been doing a good job posting (regularly) on all those blogs you have signed up for.
Thanks for the nice words about it. Please go through the Archives for some nice long posts that could help you know us better… :D
Best of luck, and keep hopes high for the system to get better. I hope you have lesser complaints against the curriculum at IIT. Tell me, does it really provide enough insight into the stream you choose so that you can actually conclude to where you want your career to take you?
Most of your batchmates may end up with MBAs. Many would land up in the Software world even if you are from the Mining/Civil/Mech. side…
See if you could rant about some stuff there, or compare some improvements over school life on your blog someday.
Cheers!

]]> By: Ashish Gourav http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Ashish Gourav Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:19:10 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-2434 hey! I like the way your blog has been presented. It is captivating and certainly worth spending few hours....ok with the flattery Uma & Prashanth :) Well, I believe that the problem India faces cannot be solved in few decades.....It's the outlook of common man that has to be changed. Believe me, I certainly agree with you as you say <i>"how much does an average student know about what exactly happens in in any stream of engineering that he might enroll himself in? How does he know that he is interested in it?"</i> Moreover, after studying for year and half in IIT Kgp I also don't know what my branch is all about :P .....so forget about the innocent kids in their highschool.... :) hey! I like the way your blog has been presented. It is captivating and certainly worth spending few hours….ok with the flattery Uma & Prashanth :)
Well, I believe that the problem India faces cannot be solved in few decades…..It’s the outlook of common man that has to be changed.
Believe me, I certainly agree with you
as you say “how much does an average student know about what exactly happens in in any stream of engineering that he might enroll himself in? How does he know that he is interested in it?”

Moreover, after studying for year and half in IIT Kgp I also don’t know what my branch is all about :P …..so forget about the innocent kids in their highschool….
:)

]]> By: Rohit Khosla http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Rohit Khosla Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:11:36 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-793 1. yes ur site is slow to load. not being a gek, i have no clue why is it so 2. the reason for the absurd high entrance bar in higher education is the very cause of it - government funding. can i ask why should the KG class fee be higher than the IIT fee? It is a neat system concocted by middle class to keep others out. The entry bar (high fee for a good school) is in the school stage and the college is cheap. This inverted structure has lead to all sort of problems and the collapse of any intellectualism in our universities. 3. Instead the government should (a) have no funding for higher education (b) fund only schools - free and universal education in the primary and secondary level. (c) provide limited scholarships and limited interest free loans for those who are interested in H.E 1. yes ur site is slow to load. not being a gek, i have no clue why is it so

2. the reason for the absurd high entrance bar in higher education is the very cause of it – government funding.

can i ask why should the KG class fee be higher than the IIT fee?

It is a neat system concocted by middle class to keep others out.

The entry bar (high fee for a good school) is in the school stage and the college is cheap. This inverted structure has lead to all sort of problems and the collapse of any intellectualism in our universities.

3. Instead the government should (a) have no funding for higher education (b) fund only schools – free and universal education in the primary and secondary level. (c) provide limited scholarships and limited interest free loans for those who are interested in H.E

]]> By: The Tech Nut http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-762 The Tech Nut Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:40:57 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-762 Regardless of the fact that I am a Malayalee, yes, the decision by the Education Minister is pretty uncalled for. Regardless of the fact that I am a Malayalee, yes, the decision by the Education Minister is pretty uncalled for.

]]> By: achyuth sanjay http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-761 achyuth sanjay Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:22:36 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-761 just to point it out, you know, there might be few people who are interested in management after engg. and you just cannot conclude the above debate for all people taking mgmt. after engg. (probably like me, and seriously i am not feigning interest for it) as for the rest of ur debate, i agree with you totally. and btw, just to inform everyone, kerala's education minister is proposing to introduce a 3000 question Question Bank, and all questions in the kerala entrance exam for engg. and medicine will be from that book!! the reason for this is that in kerala, after 10th most people prefer to join CBSE schools rather than state boards, because CBSE students perform better (because of poor state curriculum)! the question i want to ask here is, is THIS the solution to bring CBSE and state syllabi at level grounds?? when i heard this for the first time, it sounded insanely hilarious to me!! just to point it out, you know, there might be few people who are interested in management after engg. and you just cannot conclude the above debate for all people taking mgmt. after engg. (probably like me, and seriously i am not feigning interest for it)

as for the rest of ur debate, i agree with you totally.
and btw, just to inform everyone, kerala’s education minister is proposing to introduce a 3000 question Question Bank, and all questions in the kerala entrance exam for engg. and medicine will be from that book!! the reason for this is that in kerala, after 10th most people prefer to join CBSE schools rather than state boards, because CBSE students perform better (because of poor state curriculum)! the question i want to ask here is, is THIS the solution to bring CBSE and state syllabi at level grounds??
when i heard this for the first time, it sounded insanely hilarious to me!!

]]> By: Prashanth http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Prashanth Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:28:24 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-757 @Ankur, Prateek and Prateek: Fine then, I would get to work to see if that really helps. And then, I really can't do much if my Dreamhost servers aren't fast enough... or the hosting plan I use doesn't guarantee speed. A little optimization should have it working usable enough I guess... @Ankur, Prateek and Prateek: Fine then, I would get to work to see if that really helps. And then, I really can’t do much if my Dreamhost servers aren’t fast enough… or the hosting plan I use doesn’t guarantee speed. A little optimization should have it working usable enough I guess…

]]> By: Prashanth http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Prashanth Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:23:35 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-756 @Vivek: The thing is that excellence, and not just survival is possible in almost every field that's there... People just don't give choice, and that option in itself any chance for it. Life+Dreams = Self-Satisfaction. After all, you do need to interpret your dreams right as that's gonna decide what you would do in the next 42 years... @Vivek: The thing is that excellence, and not just survival is possible in almost every field that’s there… People just don’t give choice, and that option in itself any chance for it. Life+Dreams = Self-Satisfaction. After all, you do need to interpret your dreams right as that’s gonna decide what you would do in the next 42 years…

]]> By: Prateek Vijayavargia http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Prateek Vijayavargia Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:37:15 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-754 @Prashanth - Yes I agree with u 100 percent. Its not good for India though. In my opinion, its more important to be happy and satisfied with what u r doing rather than just earn money at where ur heart isn't. Anyways, I hope things improve. Rather than blaming the authorities, I feel its the mindset and people who have to change, as Obama wud have said - Change We Can Believe In. And Yes, Ur Site does load very slowly as compared to other blogs. And I suppose maybe Google Analytics is the culprit, because it shows on Firefox status. So hope u can work on it ;-) Prateek @Prashanth – Yes I agree with u 100 percent. Its not good for India though. In my opinion, its more important to be happy and satisfied with what u r doing rather than just earn money at where ur heart isn’t. Anyways, I hope things improve. Rather than blaming the authorities, I feel its the mindset and people who have to change, as Obama wud have said – Change We Can Believe In.

And Yes, Ur Site does load very slowly as compared to other blogs. And I suppose maybe Google Analytics is the culprit, because it shows on Firefox status. So hope u can work on it ;-)

Prateek

]]> By: Ankur Banerjee http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Ankur Banerjee Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:29:17 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-752 Yup, your site is VERY slow to load. As Prateek said, shift Google Analytics to just before the body tag close. And be careful with WP-Cache. It can cause trouble, because by default all the admin and plugin pages aren't exempted. So it tries to cache an admin page which NEEDS to be executed each time you use it, but fails, and then you get stuck...blah blah blah...big headache. And find out if yours is a reseller account. That could quite possibly be the reason. Yup, your site is VERY slow to load. As Prateek said, shift Google Analytics to just before the body tag close. And be careful with WP-Cache. It can cause trouble, because by default all the admin and plugin pages aren’t exempted. So it tries to cache an admin page which NEEDS to be executed each time you use it, but fails, and then you get stuck…blah blah blah…big headache. And find out if yours is a reseller account. That could quite possibly be the reason.

]]> By: The Tech Nut http://theluminar.net/2008/06/07/another-rant-the-story-of-indian-students/comment-page-1/#comment-751 The Tech Nut Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:56:58 +0000 http://theluminar.net/?p=284#comment-751 Hey, I agree too. I feel that if you go with what you believe you'll excel in, you'll have more dedication in what you do. It won't be the drudgery of a job you dread, but a new enjoyable experience. However, there's one fact of life. from EUReKA, which comes on Star World -> Life - Dreams = Job. If you want to survive, sometimes you might be forced into something you don't enjoy. Hey, I agree too. I feel that if you go with what you believe you’ll excel in, you’ll have more dedication in what you do. It won’t be the drudgery of a job you dread, but a new enjoyable experience. However, there’s one fact of life. from EUReKA, which comes on Star World -> Life – Dreams = Job. If you want to survive, sometimes you might be forced into something you don’t enjoy.

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