If college life is a three hour comedy,post graduate life is a tragic sequel to it. The university-Special is the same, the environment is the same-the freshers,the elections, the strikes,the festivals,-allsimilar.But suddenly you are not a part of it. You know your college life is over. You also know your professional life hasn't started yet.The tag of SS is attached, indicating not some elite member of secret services, but just Superannuated Seniors.
The first experience is to have a "look' of that enigmatic species-Professor.The famous dons, whom you heard about,read their books, but never saw.There are some initial problems, like recognising and remembering which one has got affiliations with which group. Once you come to grips with politics of the department, then apply diplomacy.The world may have become unipolar,but in your department consisting of different blocs, it is better to be non-aligned.
The schedule of classes is so hectic,particularly in the science departments,the college practice of attending classes in between the rest time has to be reversed.Central Science Library and Central Reference Library are the new meeting points.PerhapsDU authorities recognise that PG students are somewhat different entities,and so we have PG men's hostel and PG women's hostel. Participation in the college elections or festivals, at the expense of bunking classes, which cannot be done now.It is seen that science departments of DU hold regular classes even when there is a joint strike by DUSU,DUTA, etc., Believe it or not!
Taking interest in the opposite sex is hazardous and certainly avoidable. Girls mature earlier than boys, as far as marriage is concerned. So chances are that when a boy and girl are sitting together,the innocent boy may be dreaming of roses, the smart girl thinking about her prospective bridegroom who is coming to her house to see her in the evening. And , one day, when the boy gives her laboriously prepared notes, she gives him her marriage invitation,"I am getting married on so and so date. I hope you will come". Of course, he says he has learnt to act.
A silver lining is there behind the clouds.Post graduation brings the student closer to the subject.The fundmentals become clear, and horizon of knowledge widens.Learning becomes more thrilling and exciting. besides there is a chance of getting taught from the best brains on the subject.For science students, it is stimulating to work out new challenging and exciting experiments in better laboratory conditions. Relationships, if developed here , are more mature and likely to be stable and everlasting.
But has post graduation any value in job market. the answer is no. MA's and MSc's are equivalent to BA's and BSc's except that former are older in age.Unless one goes for still higher studies, there is no use of doing MA or M.Sc
The decision for PG student to go for higher degrees like M.Phil and Ph.D is another dilemma.A student devoted to the subject ,after doing B.Sc and M.Sc(or BA and MA) enrolls for Ph.D.He works for 3 to 4 years, day and night, while the science student is working out experiments in the laboratory and analysing the results, the art student is painstakingly looking into the literature. He now gets the post of a lecturer whose basic pay is very much equivalent to Class-1 officer, who became such by doing simple graduation and clearing the Civil Services examination.
Even the second lieutenant of Indian Army has more or less same basic pay. And if money is everything, industry sources will tell you about exuberant salaries of MBA graduates. So it is obvious that ambitious and hardworking student,even if he is interested in the subject , will take more interest in UPSC and CAT.
The first experience is to have a "look' of that enigmatic species-Professor.The famous dons, whom you heard about,read their books, but never saw.There are some initial problems, like recognising and remembering which one has got affiliations with which group. Once you come to grips with politics of the department, then apply diplomacy.The world may have become unipolar,but in your department consisting of different blocs, it is better to be non-aligned.
The schedule of classes is so hectic,particularly in the science departments,the college practice of attending classes in between the rest time has to be reversed.Central Science Library and Central Reference Library are the new meeting points.PerhapsDU authorities recognise that PG students are somewhat different entities,and so we have PG men's hostel and PG women's hostel. Participation in the college elections or festivals, at the expense of bunking classes, which cannot be done now.It is seen that science departments of DU hold regular classes even when there is a joint strike by DUSU,DUTA, etc., Believe it or not!
Taking interest in the opposite sex is hazardous and certainly avoidable. Girls mature earlier than boys, as far as marriage is concerned. So chances are that when a boy and girl are sitting together,the innocent boy may be dreaming of roses, the smart girl thinking about her prospective bridegroom who is coming to her house to see her in the evening. And , one day, when the boy gives her laboriously prepared notes, she gives him her marriage invitation,"I am getting married on so and so date. I hope you will come". Of course, he says he has learnt to act.
A silver lining is there behind the clouds.Post graduation brings the student closer to the subject.The fundmentals become clear, and horizon of knowledge widens.Learning becomes more thrilling and exciting. besides there is a chance of getting taught from the best brains on the subject.For science students, it is stimulating to work out new challenging and exciting experiments in better laboratory conditions. Relationships, if developed here , are more mature and likely to be stable and everlasting.
But has post graduation any value in job market. the answer is no. MA's and MSc's are equivalent to BA's and BSc's except that former are older in age.Unless one goes for still higher studies, there is no use of doing MA or M.Sc
The decision for PG student to go for higher degrees like M.Phil and Ph.D is another dilemma.A student devoted to the subject ,after doing B.Sc and M.Sc(or BA and MA) enrolls for Ph.D.He works for 3 to 4 years, day and night, while the science student is working out experiments in the laboratory and analysing the results, the art student is painstakingly looking into the literature. He now gets the post of a lecturer whose basic pay is very much equivalent to Class-1 officer, who became such by doing simple graduation and clearing the Civil Services examination.
Even the second lieutenant of Indian Army has more or less same basic pay. And if money is everything, industry sources will tell you about exuberant salaries of MBA graduates. So it is obvious that ambitious and hardworking student,even if he is interested in the subject , will take more interest in UPSC and CAT.
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