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Forgot the reason we're here

Dr Billson was right the other day. We're all preoccupied with passing exams, instead of just studying to be engineers.

Instead of learning everything for our own benefit. We want to know exactly which parts of the syllabus will be in the exam, the style of questions and how many marks we'll get. We've lost touch with the real reason we're here…

Nathaniel Ho : 18 May 2006 18:44 |  Tags: Career Engineering General |  Comments (8) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Eastcoast–Westcoast

Tradition has it that the Electronic Engineers will never understand why anyone would want to be a Civil Engineer, and they think the exactly the same thing about us.

Talking to Aunty May over lunch yesterday in London, she said that people normally think "the grass is greener on the other side, but if you think your own grass is greener, then you can't be doing too badly!"

Unfortunately Chris Payne has now after reading Craig's Soil Mechanics book, realised he's doing the wrong degree and wants to jump ship.

Nathaniel Ho : 06 Feb 2006 20:29 |  Tags: Career Engineering |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem