Today in our Operating System class, our teacher was in no mood to impart technological knowledge, so instead he talked to us about how in today's world no one wants to get involved in the teaching profession. Everyone wants to work in big companies and make a lot of money, and yet they complain about how the standard of engineering institutes is degrading. It's true that there is a shortage of professors in engineering colleges, more so of properly qualified professors, and even I have often wondered where this world will land up. People these days run after the well paid professions, without realizing how important the smaller professions really are. Of course I don't say that we should drop our lives and become bus drivers, but I think everyone, no matter what profession, needs respect and appreciation for what they're doing.
Our professor pointed out that in today's world professors no longer get the respect they once got, he told us how his friends often tell him that's he's a psycho for joining the teaching profession rather than joining a software company and earning lots of money. He also pointed out how the teaching profession is one that requires the best brains in the field to actually make a difference. I guess I really felt for him, though nothing can actually be done about this problem unless people themselves become more like him and do it because they feel passionate about it.
On another note, yesterday I watched I'm Not There, a movie based on the life and music of Bob Dylan. It took Todd Haynes seven years to make this movie. Six different aspects of Dylan's personality and life were taken and forged into six different characters. I loved every minute of it, it was seriously one very good and well made movie. It was like a collage of Dylan's personality. Everyone who likes Dylan or folk music/classic rock should definitely watch it.
It took me a long time to realize how amazing classic rock really is. I listened to a lot of modern rock, and a lot of bad music at that, and only after years of thinking the stuff I listen to is good music, did I realize the significance and greatness of classic rock. I'm glad I wasted away that many years listening to stuff you can't even compare to the old stuff, because it made me realize the real greatness in the old musicians. I really don't want to imagine the future of rock 'n roll.
I think I haven't evolved in the wrong direction after all, up to a certain extent that is. I'm still sane and that's a comforting thought, for after living here for two and a half years, I was seriously beginning to think I'm losing my mind. Somewhere in my heart I'm still me, and more than ever I think I want to live again. Somewhere along the way I got lost, and I forgot about some of my ideals only to fill the void in my life, and now I'm beginning to realize that to fill the void I never had to lose myself, I never had to give up my ideals. There's really no point in trying too hard, for it's almost as good as not trying at all, or actually even worse, and it took me about a year to realize that. So now, I'm going to go back to being me, the me before I lost my way, the me who is still sane. I'm still sane.
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Hey good to know you've found a liking for Classic Rock.One more thing we now have in common and can share.
We all give up a part of who we really are at some point of time in our lives.It's nice that you've decided to going back to being You.It's what i call going Back to the Basics.(going back to who you basically are).So, i say Congratulations!
Uncanny coincidence but I'm kinda in the same place as you are in that sense.So i say Congrats to both of us..!lol!
there is no denying that the music from the 60s and 70s is far better than what u get to hear now.
a good teacher will always get the respect of the students, but in our college, the goodwill a teacher has would be determined by the way he grades the students ;)
I liked the part about teachers. Honestly, none of us really feels that way these days. Money is important.. yes.. but how much of it is really necessary?
Hello,
Whatever u said about teachers is true and i think your teachers dont get enough respect and appreciation they ought to get. everyones runs after a well paid job no one thinks about improving the level of learning
good to know that you are positive about the "evolving" business. i think i've evolved a lot, but sadly not in the right direction. lets see if darwin's theory can be reversed..
Thank you, for finally finding yourself after hell of a lot of introspection. Please keep the faith and stop being so hard on yourself. Also if you have to analyze, analyze others, tis a lot more entertaining ;)and doesnt hurt either.
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