Exam time :-( !!

My exams are about to start, and I am feeling... IRRITATED :-( !! I am just tired of giving exams now, I mean, learning is an interesting concept, but formal education is GROSS!! There should not be so much theory, at least at the masters level!! Even now, we are supposed to read innumerable pages of useless stuff that we know for sure are meaningless.
Does it really matter if today's Journalism students don't know about the technical aspects of the working of yesteryear's' gadgets that became obsolete a century ago?
Do we really need to know by heart the names of the Chief Ministers & Governors of not just the Indian states, but also those of our neighbouring countries?
Is it necessary to read about not just Karl Marx, but also about the life history of his illegitimate son? Or should we today even be bothered about whether or not he had an illegitimate son, when what really matters is studying Marxism?
And the Internet adds to the torture- In case you don't know about the name of the mother of the twentieth child of an African president, you can easily check out from the net !
People, including my own lecturers & classmates would talk a lot about the moral and ethical issues in Journalism, but would they themselves ever steer clear of lobbying? There is just no connection between what people preach & what they actually do !!

Everything feels so meaningless!! As a child, I dreamt of becoming an 'Editor' one day, never knew the path would be so tough :-( !!