Musing Me..

I think I've finally hit upon it. I've gotten the nail on the head. The best way to not complain about something, it seems, is to enjoy it. Yea yea. Old rule, I know. But there's something about self discovery even if the rule was age old. Come to think of it. The assignments we're given are not so bad. They're applicative, interesting. They're kinda fun to read up on. Okay, the typing part's still classified manual labor. And considering the proportion of work to my age ratio, it's pure child labor (lol). But still. It IS kinda fun. Reading about something and knowing and deducing on your own about it. The crux of the work now comes down onto the term papers. They are 4000-5000 word analytical and critical, detailed essays on some burning issue in any particular subject. The subject that's currently concerning me is Organizational Behavior. The topic in this is on motivation. Has it changed face to seem like control and terrorizing in the name of enhanced performance boosting. Mighty interesting thing to study there. So it's back to college and hostel again. End of holiday. To add to it all, I may have a dragon to deal with on my return. Being hit listed for a day's unprecedented absence? You've goto be kidding me. What's with the back to school - kind of operation? Talk pressure management. Pressure should be academic and work related. Not a weapon for morale and constitution assassination. It's unbecoming of a professional institute to try and break the constitution of a student in the name of handling pressure. More academic work load? - Bring it on baby! More assignments? - Where's the party? More impromptu presentations? - Ooh La La. Brainstorming? - Can you see the wild excitement in my eyes? B-School is about all that! Not about fighting for water heaters or better rotis or Saturdays off. But like my folks tel me, you want that, learn to manage this. Sure. I'm giving it my best shot. Well.. maybe not my best shot. But I AM keepign my cool and gritting my teeth and getting on with it. But my question is, WHY in the name of all that's holy in the heavens am I supposed to keep up with this mediocre take on pressure? Such crass interpretation of measures for building a strong constitution and sustainable work ethic in the minds of the future corporate citizens can be nothing else but mediocre. But I suppose this kind of psyche is passed on from the upper strata from which the one I'm victim to takes all its inspiration. If that IS the case, then its too bad that the purity of sacred work and individual relationship, the Zen philosophy that says individual and his/her work are but one and the same, has been left to rot away to glory. I believe in that Zen philosophy. Indeed, work is but an extension of self expression. How you do something, the way you do it, and wholly, WHAT you do, speaks for you. And for me, a person is better off being known for what he does than for who he is or what he looks like. That is a more reliable measure of gauging an individual and understanding if in reality, he/she is worth anything their weight, be it in gold, platinum, or even salt! So how many are game for such a litmus test? Hmm. Time will tell, wont it? ..