All right people.....
www.scienceandengg.blogspot.com ... check out this to know the exact article printed in newspaper... The Hindu...
Now,
I go With My Version.... :)
There Are Many Myths About Engineering...
1.AFTER UNDER_GRADUATION....
The first biggest myth... after under-graduation.... How many Of them really stick to engineering..?
Nope not many... Half of them interested in administrative stuff... go to civil services.... IAS,IPS, IFS, IRS... The Prestigious posts....
The Second half Of people... for the sake of A heavy pay packet (for he who runs behind technology is said to be a fool... One who encashes is said to be brainy!!! Funny!) Go For GMAT as said in the article.... Management.... Which Has Got Nothing To DO With Engineering... But About Manipulating Money....
The Last Half... The Poor Souls... And The True Engineers... The People who attempt-GRE, TOEFL, GATE..... Who Still Follow The Idea Of M.E/MS After B.E..... Those Who Stick To Engineering......
Myth Of M.E After B.E Is Over..... Its Not Only M.E!!!!! There Are Many More :)
2. Engineers Are Extra ordinary people...
Yea... I Dont understand why people dont realise this .... Engineers are no extra-ordinary people... they are just common man... with an extra sense of curiosity.... Extra effort for learning.....
As said in the article... we do get awe-stuck when we see how beautifully a bulb glows when switch is put on... how gracefully a flight takes off, when ignition is switched on... how smartly an IC chip can store all info You Want... how a new life can originate from a single cell....
As Einstein believed it is just passion and curiosity.... :)
3.Foreign Industries Have Better Scope For Research....
Blow!!!! Biggest myth... It is not true... To Be Frank... It Is Just The Money again... Who said there is going to be research in there anyways...????
Research can never be done that way... I do agree that there are better opportunities in there... but people never go there for research.... And For the better truth as-a-matter-of-factly... its more for the pride and tag that comes with it.... No Research... We People read, We Agree, And Probably We Follow Suit :P
4. ANY PERSON WHO HAS A B.E DEGREE IS AN ENGINEER...
completely wrong...!!!!!!!!!!
Well... To Be frank on one hand... people who go for management and administrative things... half of the times..or say almost all the times forget what engineering is!!!!!!!
And the system of education in India... Recommends A span... of four years for engineering... in which the first year goes for reading the so-called-basics... :D The fourth year ...well.. first half of it goes in the "PLANS FOR PG" and the second half of it...goes for the completion of the project and the supposed-to-be-clearing-the last-sem-and-arrears....
Isnt It Funny??? You Spend... Almost 14 years... mastering the basics.. Two More years in strengthening those basics... But roughly only 20 months to specialise in your course... the thing that would help you in earning you bread for all the ages to come.... :D
Well Yeah.. Learning is a continuous process.... :P But the span is too short... :) Rather the allotment is different....
5.A IIT Engineering product is better than a local one....
Again... A Misconception...
Infact a survey showed that half of people who join in iits... don go for post-grad (well.. thanks to the heavy paypacket they get!!!!!!!!)
Then How Can They Be Called Engineers?????
no... It is not that way... a Good Engineer is determined by their own ability rather than by their place of study... place of study determines their exposure.... not ability... discovery of talent is a self-process...
6.Engineers Are Scientists Who Can Mould Technology....
Na na na... What a Mess!!!!
Engineers are different..
Scientists Are Different...
Technologists Are Different...
A Scientist is the one who deals with science in general... who can explain phenomena an happenings....
A technologist is the one... who can find a way to use the phenomena.....
An engineer is the one... who can put that phenomena into daily use....
Say Lightning strikes...
A scientist can explain why it strikes....
A technologist can explain how to tap the electrical energy from it...
An engineer can safely store it in a cell...
So these Are The So Far Discussed "Myths Of Engineering"...
Still There Are MAny More!!!!
Sitting In Classes I, Feel For The Half Of Times...
That
"Engineering itself is a myth, Its Magic!!!!!!"
:) :)
Regards,
sti :)
