Another day in the academic circus, and honestly, I'm starting to question if this whole college thing is just an expensive way to learn patience.
Picture this: You're sitting through a 9-5 lecture marathon where professors teach stuff that has about as much real-world relevance as a screen door on a submarine. But then - plot twist - they start firing questions at you like you're interviewing for their position.
I'm not trying to become a professor, dude. I just want to understand the concepts and move on with building actual things.
The Dizzy Days
Lately, I've been dealing with this weird dizziness - not headaches, just this off-balance feeling that makes me wonder if my brain is protesting the academic nonsense. Anyone else's body staging a rebellion against the education system?
Laptop Limbo Continues
Still waiting on my laptop repair. It's like being a guitarist without strings - you can plan all you want, but you can't actually play. Tomorrow's mission: review Python basics and brush up on libraries so when my machine finally returns, I can hit the ground running.
The Dropout Thought
Let's be real - the thought of dropping out crosses every student's mind. Sometimes I wonder if I'd learn faster just teaching myself everything and building projects. But here I am, playing the system while secretly planning my real moves.
The weird thing about college is that it's supposed to prepare you for the real world, but most of the time it feels like preparation for more college.
Anyway, tomorrow brings a workout session and some serious Python revision. With or without my laptop, with or without these pointless lectures, the journey continues.
Because at the end of the day, we're not just surviving college - we're learning to build despite it.
Top comments (12)
The point of a university is to train you to become a scholar; thinking they prepare you for the real world is a popular misconception that evolved as uni degrees became the new high school diploma. Most universities are still geared towards training students to become scholars, and you're learning this the hard way. Condolences, tbh. Universities that are more industry-focused certainly exist but they're not the default.
I loved my university experience - I was good at academia - but it also integrated many real-world aspirations into its curriculum. I didn't discover how lucky I was until long after my degree was finished.
Ik what they are up to but it is pretty dumb if you ask me, Indian colleges should give more options and freedom
LOL. I quite agree - many unis are now trying to operate on more profitable business models (thanks, capitalist overlords) and seeing as many students are going to uni to prepare for the real world they should literally just integrate more content around that. They don't have to let go of scholarship and critical thinking skill development in order to embrace industrial best practices and other great things that'll prepare students to build well.
My degree was a long time ago but they did many good things that didn't seem relevant to modern building but they did train us to become better programmers. This kind of thing is good even if it feels boring.
But the rest... Please. Update the content. Like not teaching JS frameworks in a web dev course isn't good enough anymore.
... What is it for?
Like I mentioned in most of my posts that I am working on a tech project mutiny, I thought meanwhile it will be worth it to stay connected with ambitious people like yk when you are having a lazy day, seeing people make you question what you are doing. Just for that and in addition, collection talents from different fields
You can say that I am trying to collect people with different specialities but one thing in common, ambition. So I thought who is better than people who have been with me for so long, dev.to community then saw your comment and you looked kind of a thinker who will fit our campfire
Oh! I already run casual interdisciplinary communities of high-effort people that are my speed, but it can't hurt to take a peek. If I ever have a lazy day it's intentional, so I'm definitely not going to be questioning what I'm doing 🤣
Great, I wanna check out yours as well
Sure, you're welcome to - it can be chaos though, just warning. atlantis.build/community
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