But let me speak to you now differently. Not as a case number. Not as a module failure statistic. As a future engineer who has learned that the most unpredictable material in any construction is the human being.
So here is my deep request, Prüfungsamt: prüfungsamt maschinenbau rub
Do not lose your precision. But add a little plasticity. A student who fails not because they lack knowledge but because life exceeded their yield strength — that student does not need less rigor. They need a recognition of reality as a legitimate load case. But let me speak to you now differently
You can measure the force required to fracture a beam, but not the force required to get out of bed after a death in the family. You can calculate the thermal expansion of steel, but not the expansion of anxiety before a third attempt in Thermodynamics. You can simulate a combustion engine under extreme load, but you cannot simulate a student working two jobs, caring for a parent, and still trying to understand finite element methods at 2 a.m. in the RUB library. As a future engineer who has learned that
Tolerances of the Soul – A Piece for the Prüfungsamt Maschinenbau, RUB
You demand norms. DIN, ISO, VDI — we understand. A shaft without tolerance will never fit its bearing. A grade without a deadline is no grade at all. You keep the machine running. Without you, the faculty would drift into chaos — exams overlapping, credits uncounted, degrees delayed indefinitely. We know this. Some of us even respect it.