The Shez n Hez of An Engineering College

Disclaimer
This article is based mainly on the experiences of students of CS/IT department. Any resemblance to life in any other department is purely coincidental but empathically understandable. It bears no offence to the top rankers and concedes to the notion that engineering is an equally enriching and rewarding career option as any other field.

Moving On…
Who is an Engineering Student??? Well, to put it in simple words… An engineering student is student who is supposed to be technical, is born natural but made to do supernatural tasks at the cost of four most wonderful and could-have-been-eventful years of his or her life.
Other than the definition, there is nothing to oppose the non-existing parallelism in the two categories of and Engineering Student… the She-eng and the He-eng.
No, I am not taking you to a Chinese Engineering scenario. The She-eng is a girl student of an engineering college whereas the He-eng is the boy student of the same. This is no gender discrimination but just a schism on the observed variance in the behavior of two students of the same institute.
Prior to joining the institute, we all are exhilarated with imaginations of a new life… the college life. The guys may dream of having cool gangs, night-outs, suttas and late night boozing. While girls may recollect the beatific scenes from bollywood flicks like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , RDB n DCH ( well the last two can be counted for guys too) and may have retroactively vitalized their wardrobes. But reality hits them within two days of commencement of the first semester. The joy of cracking the entrance and joining an engineering institute, which obviously elevates your social status, slowly renders away and you are left gleaning the we-will-atleast-have-BTech-degree type feelings. Though, one later realizes that a bigger aim of getting placements is waiting ahead. And as soon as they get their first set of assignments or quizzes, they morph into the main leads of this article, the he-engs and the she-engs.

The She-eng:
• Give them assignments, you’ll have them done on time.
• Exams… not problem boss. Course almost (ALMOST) done till midnight.
• Maximum number of 9 pointers are known to belong to this species.
• Heavy circulation of movies, especially romantic and non-porno, is on till the network connection is alive.
• Gossips: Well, the content is relationship-centric. Who’s-with-who types. It may sometimes divert to the racking nature of the college system or unworkable solutions to lab assignments.
• Seldom get credit for any contribution to their project codes or such technical stuff. Well, this cant bring an argument as only a few She-engs are actually interested in coding and stuff. Most of them just do it for the sake of grades.
• No. of students pursuing engineering out of choice is much lesser than the no. of students pursuing the same due to parental or peer pressure.
• The victims of a “MYTHS”, “its easy for them coz they are girls”, “The whole system is feminist”, “they are here for a degree to get married off nicely, why do they need to slog??”, “blah..blah..blah..”. Give them a break!!!
• Hardly anyone of them plans for Masters in Technical stuff, they are not game to trip up again. Or even if anyone of them plans for MS, they can be found frisking for institutes providing less technical or non-technical courses.

The He-eng:
• Give them an assignment, then, give them the solution too.
• Exams!!!! No problem boss!!!! They’ll somehow manage to know the course till midnight.
• Technically superior species.
• Always accusing the 9 and 10 pointer girls for getting marks because of being-a-girl… and simultaneously busy in playing LAN games even when they have exams on the calendar.
• Heavy circulation of movies, especially pornos, is on till the network connection is alive.
• Always wonder what are girls doing in a technical institute but at the same time die for their presence.
• Always busy showing off their Technical Know-How’s and What’s-in’s, especially when they know that the receiving station is a dumb terminal.
• Using their technical skills in fetching proxies for “blocked” sites, which may lie in any category.
• Gossips: They may be chit-chatting about gadgets and stuff (to show who’s a bigger geek) but the content is girl-centric. Think of cheapest talks and you can have it from them. Though some sensible stuff can still be expected.
• Most of them planning for Masters in Technical stuff only.
• No. of students pursuing engineering out of choice is much greater than the no. of students pursuing the same due to parental or peer pressure.
• Generally, its hard for them to take it when a she-eng scores higher in a technical subject. So they just blame… “Oh.. she’s a mugger.. I can’t blindly mug things you see”.

Well, it go on like this. But I’ll stop here as its just about divaricating among engineering students. If you think that I am being a feminist, then, gimme points for the He-engs or if you think I missed out some points on the she-side, again feedback is most welcomed. You points will also be added. Hehe… enjoy.