I wonder which jobless fool, an old dying man or a meddlesome lecturer, got the idea of introducing practical physics and chemistry into the AP State Board Intermediate syllabus.
Practicals are of no use in the way it's taught for us. It's of no use in the world of IIT and AIEEE and the endless list of competitive exams.
It's considered to be a waste of time by the lecturers. An hour of brain bombardment sacrificed to an unworthy cause drawing magnetic lines on a chart or mixing chemicals (which half the time do not show the expected result. The lecturer salvages himself by uttering the unquestionable words - "The chemicals are too dilute").
For the students though, it's probably the very few times that can be enjoyed during college. Break a few test tubes or lift a magnet or two.
While acids are supposed to be handled with extreme care, they are treated like a childs playthings, drawn from buckets through mugs (Acids should be carefully drawn, using suction tubes, says the decomposing manual).
Writing records is another pain in the ass. Nobody knows what to write. Nobody knows the practical values that should have been noted down while performing the experiments. One ponders whether to write it or to hire a scribe from Koti and be done with it for 500 bucks.
The last day to submit them is tomorrow. And we all know that tomorrow never comes.
Practicals are of no use in the way it's taught for us. It's of no use in the world of IIT and AIEEE and the endless list of competitive exams.
It's considered to be a waste of time by the lecturers. An hour of brain bombardment sacrificed to an unworthy cause drawing magnetic lines on a chart or mixing chemicals (which half the time do not show the expected result. The lecturer salvages himself by uttering the unquestionable words - "The chemicals are too dilute").
For the students though, it's probably the very few times that can be enjoyed during college. Break a few test tubes or lift a magnet or two.
While acids are supposed to be handled with extreme care, they are treated like a childs playthings, drawn from buckets through mugs (Acids should be carefully drawn, using suction tubes, says the decomposing manual).
Writing records is another pain in the ass. Nobody knows what to write. Nobody knows the practical values that should have been noted down while performing the experiments. One ponders whether to write it or to hire a scribe from Koti and be done with it for 500 bucks.
The last day to submit them is tomorrow. And we all know that tomorrow never comes.
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