here's my soul,now gimme better rankings,DAMMIT

Disclaimer: this is just a personal opinion of mine, as with everything I've written thus far. I do not think myself as having the position, power nor knowledge to have any (credible) say in anything or any decisions made. Nor do I have the vision of the people who are in possession of any (combination) of the things I mentioned earlier.

It troubled me greatly, reading this posting. Will it or will it not happen? Given that lots of prominent people in this country are the varsity's alumnus, maybe it won't happen. I'll keep my fingers crossed anyhow.

For quite some time I've been bothered by this varsity rankings thingy. Not 'what are we going to do to get better rankings?' bothered, but 'why the hell do we emphasize too much on getting better rankings?' bothered. Do we not have any other things which are much more important? Shouldn't scholars and academicians work to make the world a better place to live in (or something like that)?

There've been endless debates and discussions (Where did we go wrong? Where should we improve? How can we improve? is the rankings credible? did they implement the proper method(s)?), and various 'shortcuts' have been taken (in the 'look for foreigners!' spirit). I have nothing against progress, or achieving greater heights or whatever you wanna call it, but I'm very much against making (questionable) efforts just so that you look pretty in other people's eyes (and I'm not talking about girls and their makeup here). Why can't we just hang on to the cliche; 'do what makes you happy'?

Being an adult brings with it lots of confusion. I'm not looking forward to telling the younger generations; 'we should not bother what people say, we should just hang on to our principles'. It's hard to say things you know are not entirely true, with enthusiasm. And lucky me! I'm in the education business! Oh well..