Mescopaul's Blog

Let me change direction today and speak about something that really bothers my mind about being a computer science student. Most people especially software developers see computer science as a waste of time. Well I might be wrong, but the few programmers I have seen think so. Due to this, I pose a question. If you see a road side mechanic who repairs a car, you really want to be a mechanic but if the opportunity comes that you have to go to school to learn how a car is made. Would you still choose to be only a car mechanic?. The answer is obvious. Mathematicians have made all the research for the Engineers and the Engineers are just applying the theories. Would you still say an Engineer is better than a Mathematician. Each and every one excel in the field they choose. Similarly is the case of a computer science student and a software developer. The theories are there to use, but we are taught to understand how the theories were made. *********** As a comput

Life is all about memories. The events, the happy moments, the sad moments and the teary moments soon become memories as time silently ticks away. In the cause of perusing into my pasts, I smile as I remember some hilarious, painful and sad memories. I'm not as one of those persons that attended the same school from primary to secondary. In fact I won't be exaggerating if I say I've attended so many schools, that I've lost count: Government, private, army, good, bad, all of them.. lol A notable secondary school I attended is at the far east of Anambra State. I still remember how fights and bullies were the order of the day. The inception of a new set of school prefects was often greeted with strong resentment from their immediate juniors and this evoked 'staged wars'. I was enjoying my sleep one afternoon when the bang on the desks woke me up. "Haa - !" They were at it again. A terrible fight was already in full swing.