POLLS : HALLUCINATION — The Illusion of Readiness

Before internships, every student lives in a cute little bubble where textbooks look like superpowers and marks look like destiny. It’s not stupidity — it’s social programming. Internships don’t teach first. They un-hallucinate first.

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1. The Syllabus Illusion: We think finishing the syllabus = understanding the world. Cute, no? Real life doesn’t follow chapters; it follows chaos, deadlines, and Google searches at 11:59 pm.

Q1: When you stepped into real work, how useful did your entire syllabus feel?