Pure breed Vs Hybrid

Much to my joy, i have been making more trips to chennai lately. Had been to chennai for the past two days. Spent time with my parents and brother. Wanted to catch a tam. rajini movie running in the theatres (to get the same old feel of the tam. spirit :-) ) but then my brother has become very busy with his work. He has no time for such trivial things these days. I made myself happy by listening to the non-stop FM channels.

My husband was amazed to see me dressed as this typical tam. girl. I think the atmosphere sorts of gets into u. Rather into ur skin. With lot of coaxing from my mother and my aunt (mother's sister) i got dressed to their likes (to the great dislike of my husband.. he was giving me d looks !!!).. Why is it that people want everyone around them to be garbed in the way as them (or should it be themselves ?? effect of extra doses of english grammar)

Oh, sankha was feeling happy that he got nice deals on some mp3 and CDs in chennai. He influenced my father to such an extent that the very next day my father took me to the same shop to buy some CDs for his personal collection.

Anyway, all said and done, quite a nice trip. Now, let me get back to my work of writing on an issue.

Next issue topic, i think the second in line:

"Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines—that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences—colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is necessary in today's increasingly work-oriented society."

Half baked knowledge is dangerous. True but equally dangerous is absolute ignorance. In my view point, students should be exposed to a variety of disciplines but to a certain level. In today's technologically progressing society, barring a few extremely different disciplines, there are no distinct demarcations between others. Most of the sciences tend to overlap or rather merge at boundaries. Limited understanding of such overlapping subjects will prepare students better for their future jobs in their chosen fields.

My university believes in the principle of imparting knowledge of every overlapping or common field to students. The educational curriculum of my university is excellent as it imparts both generalized and specialized knowledge for all the students. Every fresher has to undergo a certain prescribed set of courses in the first two years. During the second year term, they are gradually exposed to some of their chosen field subjects. At the end of the second year, the students are given a choice to decide about their specialization. Those students who find their pre-selected specialization interesting continue with teh same field and those find some other field more absorbing are given the option to move into that field. All subjects in the third and fourth years are entirely dedicated to their specialized fields. This way the students can exert their own volition to choose their future career and also they have a broad understanding of how other fields work or operate.

Extending this scenario in my personal case, let me explain as to how i found it beneficial. Armed with Pharmacy and Biotechnology degrees, i decided to work in the upcoming field of Bioinformatics. When i joined my present employer, a software consultancy company, i was easily able to understand the computer concepts and college level mathematical and statistical concepts, which were prerequisites for my job. Apart from understanding, it made communication with my engineering colleagues very easy and smooth. I found the knowledge that i had gained at college very helpful in my work life.

I have seen many a pure science graduate, who find working in an industry ver y difficult. Also, the opportunities available to them gets drastically reduced. An industry is an amalagation of various forms of knowledge and technologies. In a quest to make pure breeds of professionals, one should not miss out on utilising the versatility of the hybrids.

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Weekend atlast. How i wish i could sleep off the entire saturday and sunday. But no i cannot.

"I have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep."

;-)
Promises to myself. Another 15 days and then, ah , i can see heaven !!!

New resolution

I have decided to take up an issue everyday and express my opinion about it. This is to hep me improve my writing, formulating ideas and commenting.

So, here i go ..............

"Creating an appealing image has become more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image."

First impressions always matter. Oscar Wilde was of the opinion that only shallow people don' go by appearances. With appearances being given so much of importance, it should not come as a surprise that many people, corporations and societies resort to fabuluous displays. Whether all such displays are just ostentatious is a matter to be considered.

I would not state that the entire society has become ostensible. There are always cases where what is displayed is what is valued. Lot of big corporations lay stress on ethics and proper code of conduct. When ethics come into picture, ostentation doesn't stand a chance. When corporations deal with stakeholders or with other clients, they cannot take a huge risk of creating a false image. Once the false image is exposed, then the trust of the stakeholders, clients and society at large is lost. And that is a very heavy price to pay. The organisation i work for places a lot of importance on values, ethics and integrity. These are upheld as prime values of the company. Organisations which command reverence from the society would never stick to false proclamations or impressions.

Looking at a microscopic level, people with their values indeed make or mar a society. There has always been a feeling that celebrities lead a false life. Driven by the lust to potray their lives as successful, many end up creating appealing images to the public. Most of their personal lives is out in the electronic or print media, thus creating a misconstrued feeling that all celebrities without exceptions lead such glass-like lives. There are quite a few of the theatre personalities who have taken up and fought for certain genuine causes. Few of the popstars have decided to conduct musical performances to raise money for the tsunami victims.

Not all that glitters is gold but it doesn't necessarily mean that glittering gold is a fantasy.

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