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人人争当工程师 　　还记得2011年让不少人赞不绝口的印度影片《三个白痴》（3 Idiots）吗？片中三位主人公就读的皇家工程学院其实就是指印度理工学院。而印度理工学院在印度各学府中的地位可是至高无上的。我们来听听印度人的工程师梦吧。 　　There’s a joke about Indian fathers. A father says to his son， “You can study any field you want as long as it’s engineering.” Dipanshu Aurora is only 15.He’s convinced that engineering is the only option， so much so that he’s overlooking one potentially important obstacle. 　　Reporter： Are you good at math and science？ 　　Dipanshu： No， I am not good at math and science. It’s challenge for me. 　　So Dipanshu left home after 10th grade and came to the town of Kota. The town’s famous in India for the dozens of cram schools that prepare students for the IIT exam. The IIT is the Indian Institute of Technology， the Holy Grail of education in India. Dipanshu spends six days a week sitting in classes like these. Forget sports， literature or history； just math， physics and chemistry for two years. 　　Mortaza Falsia is 18， and he says he’s not like many of the other students here. He’s sincerely interested in engineering， but he failed the exam， so he’s here in Kota for a year of tutoring. I asked him and some of his friends why young people don’t study liberal arts in India. 　　Mortaza： If you’re taking arts， then you’re scoffed at， you’re made fun of. 　　They tell me there are classes in things like psychology. 　　Friend A： …and if you take those courses， you’re going nowhere. You cannot expect a future over like taking a psychology… 　　Friend B： …in India. 　　Friend A： …yeah， in India. In India. 　　According to Mortaza and his friends， science is the only subject worth studying， but only if it leads to an engineering or medical degree. 　　Mortaza： They’re just looking to improve their style of living， and it’s not really the want of knowledge or that with that really motivates them. It’s basically better style of living； to achieve that. 　　The problem is IIT only has about 10，000 seats， and half a million students take the entrance exam each year. Tha