of Disappointments and of Machine Alter Egos

of Disappoinments

I just read an email from a person I hold in high esteem. He mentioned about him being invited to an organization and him attending a "meeting" which instead turned into a sort of acquaintance party. After which, he began to comment on the state of the students in our most-loved College of Engineering and that our voice could have been heard if only we had the right representation, the right leaders, the right people.

And I believe he's right. I do not know what his intentions may be besides commenting about the said meeting but I know he had the right idea and thought as to what the we as students can do. In fact, that is what I have been trying to do for the past year. I have been trying to be a voice of the students I represent. Tried to be heard; tried to provide ways for the students to be heard. This is my role as a member of the student council and I hate to admit to the fact that I have not been listened to.

In the council, there are different types of people. And in this council, there are those who hear but never listen. There are those who talk about airing our views and opinions only to be put down in the end. There would be those who would claim your ideas and suggestions to be their own. There will always been the hypocrites and liars. The traditional politicians and the lazy bastards. The neophytes and the troublemakers. This is Engg politics, and engg is a "nano-cosm" of society. You can't change what does not want to be changed. What you can do is adapt and make do with what is there.

That is what some of the idealists in the council have been trying to do. Many have failed along the way, giving up on what a pointless effort. Some have shifted their priorities elsewhere, after finding that this is not what they expected. Some remain because they were voted into office and the work has to be finished, only to find the work half-baked, half-dedicated, half-worthy. And there would be those who continue to cope and try to live up to their roles and still love what they are doing despite every single odd. I have given up. I have given up on trusting on people I thought was worth my trust and respect. I have given up on hoping for change, expecting for dedication and for the love of the college from my colleagues.

But I have not given up on the people who continue to be there, though half hearted and tired. I haven't given up on the future, the next batch. I haven't given up on the potential of the students in an apathetic enginering. I have seen some speak their mind even if no one else was listening, trying to make other people realize the value and importance of these issues are equally important to their ES subjects, their acads, their orgs. There are those who are still aware, still involved, still responsive and still caring for those that don't even bother to care to look at the bigger picture.

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of Machine Alter Egos

Here's a site that I picked out form Corsarius' blog...

http://www.cyborgname.com

And here are some of the names I got...



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