Packed

The next day I sent KL those antique timetables, we met again in the corridor.

He looked entirely satisfied, and made a wicked smile to me, "You see ?"

"See what ?" I was at a lost.

"The emptiness of the timetable !" He went on and explained, "In the old days formal teaching session was sparse. In my days it was once a month. It probably became once or twice a week by your time. Just before the change-over, students still had 4 or 5 free sessions each week. Now, you could hardly find any."

He was certainly right. We all need some time to stop and think. After all, we are probably training up people to act like cows and horses and do the donkey job. You don't just feed them with grass - you must give the some time to ruminate and digest.

But, isn't more teaching a good thing ? That's what we achieved over the years, after considering the feedback from our graduates. Alas, we actually changed from feeding livestock to poultry - we now put a tube under their throat and force the nutrient down.

No wonder we see many doctors of the new generation run around like chickens of no head.

And they just duck when anything happens.