RollingCamel
09-12-2010, 11:07 PM
Now that I'm going to graduate I have readied my CV but frankly, I didn't apply to a single job until now in the M.E.
The problem is that there is no real engineering. For example, a friend of mine works at Mantrac and what he does is servicing CAT's equipments and that's it. Technical education in Egypt has become so bad that they try to rely on engineers to do a technician's job. So the purpose of a mechanical engineer is quite blurred and I had problems trying to understand what a M.E should be which I found out after failing my 1st year in M.E. When we ask the doctors all what they tell you is that the engineer could analyze and know the causes of problems than the technician, which I strongly disagree with that's because education in Egypt got so bad that we have a deficiency.
The cycle goes as the following; the couples have a child now their greatest hope is that their child gets into the "Top Universities"; which are Engineering, Med and Pharma (If you open a pharmacy you get easy money). All other fields are considered "inferior". So the child gets raised on this concept and in the process many consider their hobbies as a waste of time and everything comes after you finish your education. My father for example gave up his photography and drawing all though he was great at it. Why? Because he must be studying 24hrs/7days/year. So now primary education is over and the secondary education will start, also called the "Egyptian Nightmare". Competition is high and the universities are already overcrowded, so you expect the students are concentrating at their school and schools are filled with active students? Well guess what, schools are in fact empty that is because Egyptians believe that they must break all their finances on private courses for the sack because everyone just do it. It is the norm now and even the teachers hold off information in school so the students feel compelled to take these courses and fuck school. And what is taught is basically learn problems by heart so that you solve it when it comes in the exam which never ever has new ideas. If it does the students and families uproar because they weren't expecting it and it must come exactly as it is.
Thankfully, I've taken the IGCSE route which is way better focusing on how the pupil thinks and learn.
So what you end with is a large number of incompetent students, who are taught nothing about life btw, and they enter in large numbers to the "Top Universities" which are now not listed from the top 500 rankings. I had very hard time coping with my colleagues acting as chimps trashing the lecture room, running on desks and giving no respect to the lecturer.
Anyway, I did really lose focus while in the project. In my previous years i really didn't care about my grades because I don't think that it was a good measure. You'll find many of the highest grades students never ever looked into books and read. However, I was wrong because employers do care and I think that it will cost me initially.
I don't have a strategy for now because I had one shot to the ground. I have been applying all over the English speaking world. I don't see future in Egypt for now and i still need to learn much. I was thinking about Isman's advanced automotive technology MSc, but to work first to get the necessary fund. I had a chat with Guy Croft about it and asked about training under him. He told me that motorsports is shrinking along with employers and real career growth opportunities are not in aerospace, motorsports and automotive. I understand that one has to be flexible and i frankly love to design anything not just in automotive industry.
The problem is that there is no real engineering. For example, a friend of mine works at Mantrac and what he does is servicing CAT's equipments and that's it. Technical education in Egypt has become so bad that they try to rely on engineers to do a technician's job. So the purpose of a mechanical engineer is quite blurred and I had problems trying to understand what a M.E should be which I found out after failing my 1st year in M.E. When we ask the doctors all what they tell you is that the engineer could analyze and know the causes of problems than the technician, which I strongly disagree with that's because education in Egypt got so bad that we have a deficiency.
The cycle goes as the following; the couples have a child now their greatest hope is that their child gets into the "Top Universities"; which are Engineering, Med and Pharma (If you open a pharmacy you get easy money). All other fields are considered "inferior". So the child gets raised on this concept and in the process many consider their hobbies as a waste of time and everything comes after you finish your education. My father for example gave up his photography and drawing all though he was great at it. Why? Because he must be studying 24hrs/7days/year. So now primary education is over and the secondary education will start, also called the "Egyptian Nightmare". Competition is high and the universities are already overcrowded, so you expect the students are concentrating at their school and schools are filled with active students? Well guess what, schools are in fact empty that is because Egyptians believe that they must break all their finances on private courses for the sack because everyone just do it. It is the norm now and even the teachers hold off information in school so the students feel compelled to take these courses and fuck school. And what is taught is basically learn problems by heart so that you solve it when it comes in the exam which never ever has new ideas. If it does the students and families uproar because they weren't expecting it and it must come exactly as it is.
Thankfully, I've taken the IGCSE route which is way better focusing on how the pupil thinks and learn.
So what you end with is a large number of incompetent students, who are taught nothing about life btw, and they enter in large numbers to the "Top Universities" which are now not listed from the top 500 rankings. I had very hard time coping with my colleagues acting as chimps trashing the lecture room, running on desks and giving no respect to the lecturer.
Anyway, I did really lose focus while in the project. In my previous years i really didn't care about my grades because I don't think that it was a good measure. You'll find many of the highest grades students never ever looked into books and read. However, I was wrong because employers do care and I think that it will cost me initially.
I don't have a strategy for now because I had one shot to the ground. I have been applying all over the English speaking world. I don't see future in Egypt for now and i still need to learn much. I was thinking about Isman's advanced automotive technology MSc, but to work first to get the necessary fund. I had a chat with Guy Croft about it and asked about training under him. He told me that motorsports is shrinking along with employers and real career growth opportunities are not in aerospace, motorsports and automotive. I understand that one has to be flexible and i frankly love to design anything not just in automotive industry.