Pedagogy or the real world....

So Azmi thinks if she doesnt like some of the courses being offered next semester, she will just extend her course by another semester and take a course then.........Nikki and Swapna are taking another semester to finish Thesis(they have already spent a year on it)....Mittra is in nooooo hurry to get anywhere close to graduating (his words - " where am I going to get a life like this again?.. a place where i can smoke up and go to class...etc"....I dont remember his exact words....but you get the gist:)....Jason wants to extend another semester too...Mark wants to find another master's to do after he gets his Master's degree in Architecture and Bryan wants to study in Australia after he gets his DUAL master's degree in Architecture and Media Studies (all of the above except for Mittra and Jason already have an undergrad degree in architecture) whereas Chikita is quitting her Phd program only to apply for an MBA.

What is happening to all of us?...Why arnt we in any hurry to get out of school, get a real job and become contributing citizens of the real world ? Are we all jaded with the job market or the work we will end up doing once we graduate? or are we just frightened out of our wits? hasent alllll this studying given us some degree of confidence to greet the real world? and if it hasent.....isnt there something terribly wrong with this???

I realise that I am in an environment where the natural tendency is study (i.e. graduate school in a big research university) but lets just examine everyones stated reasons to stay here........

Jason - hasnt been assigned a thesis chair and committee, but he has the option of taking a studio.......


Nikki/Swapna - dont want to go on their OPT in June some long funda on how its not good to get a job here........

Mittra - ask him!.........

Mark/Bryan- having the advantage of american citizenship and disadvantage of a lack of a practical education consider studying as the only interesting thing to do..............

Chikita - doesnt see herself where she wants to be in 5 years in the program shes in....but considers MBA the way to get her there....

I have a feeling that the underlying reason for all of these is a way to keep reality at bay....as long as you stay in school....you can believe that you will eventually be whoever you want to be/do whatever you want to do...verses being on the lowest rung of an increasingly cruel work environment doing job that gives you no satisfaction ( I am NOT saying this is where we will be....but this is where we THINK we will be)....

This place is then like a fantasy world......

Welcome To My World people....

hope you have a great stay;)