academic learning in electronics engineering

its time i wrote anything (had my exams and am badly addicted to the stupid travian game(my latest rank was 547)). after giving my last sessional exams in engineering, i have been contemplating the 'academic excellence' achieved in our 4 years of engineering. Being of electronics and electrical communication engineering, electronics is an integral part of the course so i'll just elaborate how much exposure to electronics a guy may get if he's planning to utilise his 4 years in PEC, or for that matter, any engineering college in a chronological manner.

1st year
the only electronics learnt in the initial year is in the subject 'mechatronics', where i got to learn electronics is about diodes and transistors. it was wonderful to learn that curves of these devices are called characteristics. (for the people who have studied 11th and 12th NCERT books thoroughly, i guess its redundant, but hold on.. read more..)

2nd year
diodes and transistors rule the roost again. analog electronics was a subject of intense understanding, but it turns out to be a wasted chance because rather than learning, it was more important to crib about the teaching standards- the lack of it, for that matter. physics subject too helps us understand how the semiconductor physics make them work, while we wonder that had it not been invented, 2 years of our lives would have been saved .

3rd year
nothing really electronics was learnt, apart from diodes and transistors again (now the topic is how they are used in power electronics). people have just begun wondering is there anything except diodes and transistors in electronics worth worrying about??

4th year
the 1st semester teaches diodes and transistors (again) in the context of VLSI circuits now. and the 2nd semester teaches it in context of microwaves.

Now, the best (thats meant in a satirical fashion, ok ?) part has been learning the thing over and over again. while the 'characteristics' i.e. plots of working of these stupid devices have remained same (thankfully) over these years, everytime before the sessionals people provide different explanation to explain the graph over and over again, while everyone is now accustomed to make the stupid plot even in his/her dreams. What else, these bloddy devices keep on coming with different names just to mess up our lives.

so thats about it. 4 years of academic learning about 2 bloddy devices which even dont need any explanation at all.