Just as all of us have favourite subjects, we too have a subject that we detest which more often than not seem to gain more importance due to our constant cursing it. Hereby I make a promulgation by dedicating this blog to the subject that I abhor the most which seem to gain enormous dimension and ubiquity due to this technology era where it has become absolutely indispensable. What is referred to as the boon of this century or maybe the millennium has become a bane for me. Still couldn’t guess what I am talking about???Oh common’ people...the ‘COMPUTERS’.
Not that I mind computer and its related technology entirely, in fact I love it as this has given way to internet and a galore of new opportunities; eg. the way I am able to communicate my distress to all through this blog (which I find cathartic), it is the programming languages that are too abstruse for me. I couldn’t even think of a proper word to describe my feelings towards it. I abhor it for sure but I also fear it (to the extent of phobia maybe) and am acerbic towards it. The computer programming languages(C, C++, Java, Web Technology-HTML & ASP) eludes me. My anguish is quite comparable to that of the little boy Ishan Awasthi from Taare Zameen Par who found the alphabets and numbers dancing in front of him. I find the syntaxes and coding doing the same to me though I am not dyslexic (Don’t mistake me for a computer engg student. I am pursuing fashion technology from NIFT and I absolutely fail to understand the reason for studying such nuisance, as if we had any dearth of subjects.)
Only if I have the option to forgo it I would be more than happy to do so. Once I did get such a glorious moment in std V when I realized after studying DOS, LOGO and BASIC for two years that this was just not my forte (though then also I could never mange more than the full definition.) ;) Subsequently I stopped making any effort in that direction until the time I came to NIFT where for some unfortunate reasons I am forced to study it in all semesters with a necessity to pass in the respective subjects as well. Phew!!! I have tried by all means (teachers & friends) and efforts but nothing seem to ameliorate my plight. Even though I swear by the adage that “Nothing is impossible”, THIS is an exception. My friends tell me that I am just being histrionic and have created a mental block which I refuse to overcome but after all the trying I have come to realise that my cerebrum simply lacks such acumen or whatever it takes to understand such nonsensical stuff.
All my concern now is to somehow manage to get through my semester exams and assignments just as I have till now (abysmally though) and after the last semester exam I will be rid of it for good.
Even though I can now manage the computer and its applications reasonably well, I do not have any motivation or interest for programming nor do I see any need for it. I like my life devoid of such hideous syntaxes and cryptics which unnecessarily complicates and clutters my simple and decoded life.
At present I am strugging with copious amounts of assignments in both web tech and java due for submission on 25th april. So I should better get back to work now.
P.S:
1) This article is not intended to offend people who have a penchant for computer programming. This is just an account of my plight.
2) And yes of course I can do with some help if you intend to lend a helping hand. :P ;)
Aha....now here comes an honest confession right from the heart..a gr8 piece of words to which many people will rightly relate themselves to and people like me will wonder whether i should follow the 2nd point of P.S. or let u learn a lil bit more.....
ReplyDeleteoh wow. nice.
ReplyDeletethe last time I checked, the only productive work I could do on my comp was......
play dave.
on mute.
it actually helped a lot of people increase their productivity.