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Subject: Career Guidance for Mechanical Engineering
Student
Date: 16-May-2003
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Question: Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Ramesh Sathe. I am 21 years old mechanical engineering student.
My education has become my severe worry for me and it is trying to disturb
my minds balance. Let me tell you in short,
I am born in a lower middle class family. I completed my H.S.C in Feb 2000
at first attempt. I spent 15 years of my life with I.A.S officer(My grandfather)
that made me very ambitious. I always kept aim of being very intelligent
and master in my field. I was and am naturally attracted towards science
and dynamics. Although I got very less marks in the H.S.C I waited for one
year and secured admission in the next year for mechanical engineering at
L.T.C.E vashi. But in the mean year I completed neglected towards my studies
and forgot every thing, I found my concentration at very poor level. In this
mean year just for part time I start marketing and that completely diverted
my mind from science, specially for maths, "I couldn't passed maths 1 and
maths 2 in the regular 4 attempts", Now I feel very nervous about my engineering.
My train is structed at this maths station. I also lost all my funds that
my G.P saves for me in one fake investment. I am not in position to pay for
my classes and evan for buying books. I have a loan of 17000/-Rs on my head.
Anyhow I have decided to face this situation with positive mind. I am very
egocentric person, 80% thoughts that come in my mind are on my self improvement.
I am thinking about going for arts or law and after that pursue U.P.S.C exams
because my mind is completely diverted towards business and my inner mind
is very nervous about it. My situation is like "Jana tha japan pohonch gaye
chin" samajh gaye na. Please guide me. Thank you. |
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Answer: First of all, you have a serious problem, and the best
part is you want to solve it. You are right, ambitions may be pegged very
high due to family circumstances. Also, you may have ignored hard work due
to family status.
You need to tackle your problems one by one. First one is maths. You will
have to go back to your fundamentals of 10th 11th and 12th as they are the
foundations for understanding maths. It's a peculiar situation you are in.
Maths in Engineering is very tough if your fundas are not clear. You may
take tution from some one who will explain to you all the fundamentals as
stated earlier. Six months to a year 's effort will put you back on rails.
There is no shortcut actually if engineering is your obsession.
You should take an IQ test and meet a professional counselor for your concentration
problem. If you will not understand some things, obviously, there will be
no concentration. Take some therapy if required.
As far as doing Law is concerned, it's diagonally opposite where you are
sitting right now. If you have an engineering bent of mind, irrespective
of marks, Law may not be a good choice. It is unfortunate to have lost your
money in an unwise investment. I can imagine your environment and a bubble
that existed around your mind that never let your feet come to ground and
that's why you could not identify the risks, or even if you had identified
the risks, you were hellbound to take that risk for a future unknown, and
soon you were grounded. Nothing lost yet. You have your hands and mind in
tact.
I suggest you should take tutions. Teaching is a noble profession, and is
paying also. This will reduce your financial burden. Better late than never.
I am sure by drastically changing what you do, will drastically change and
let you achieve what you could not, so far.
Your counsel. |
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