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A day gone by - a night waiting to begin

Its over. Already?
The day has gone by with nothing being accomplished. How am i going to manage in these exams? That aside, I downloaded an interesting software. It helps you create mind-maps on your computer. For the uninitiated, mind mapping is a technique of note taking, organising information, improving memory etc. Now that i have it though, I don't have time to use it.
Read about a real shocker in the newspaper. It seems a student of IIT-Bombay(one of India's premier engineering colleges) commited suicide the other day. Reason: He was failed by his teachers in three subjects. Reason: Poor attendance in classes. Reason: He was a physics major, but what he was really interested in was computers. In fact he was a networking genius. He was credited to having made a search engine for IITB's intranet. This 'preoccupation' resulted in poor performance in his course work, poor attendance. Result: He did not make the required grade. So Mr.Genius decides its time to hang himself from the ceiling!
It made me think. In an alternate reality, if this guy braves the situation and actually lives through college, then maybe he applies his genius and changes the world! Maybe even for the better.
Another interesting thought. Many students from India would die for an opportunity to get into an IIT. And this dude...

posted by karkaremtg @ 10:30 PM