Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A day in the life of Student and Professor in College

Student:
Shit yaar, another day of boring lecture.
Sala firangi, i dont understand what he talks.
Upar se right from the first day of my college i have been hearing the same gyan. I would have heard this 100 times and he is going to repeat the same today.
i dont know what he thinks of himself.
udar ka sabse kachada lecturer hoga.. idar bahoot bada dikha raha hai...
i am just waiting for the 10 sessions to get over...
aaj bhi i will go at 11.55 jab 5 min rah jayega for the attendance.. Attendance deke bhaag jaunga....


Professor:
I feel especially powerful today.
I should make the session more interesting so that i can capture the attention of all the students.
There is something lacking in my presentation. Am i not able to reach the students or is it because my presentation lacks content. Let me make the power point more attractive, let me add more content which will benefit the students.
I dont understand why the students fail to make it in the morning. Is it because of the early timing. They are doing their MBA, they should be ready for any such challenges.
If i can instill in them something new today, that might interest the students and they might attend my classes regularly from tomorrow.
Today i should deliver a powerful lecture. Let me see what best i can give to the students.

The day ends a big failure for both the students and the Professor.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Strange!!!!

Lecture!! Lecture!! Lecture!!
This is what i have to hear for the next 1 year. An incident occurred today. I had to attend a corporate law lecture. The faculty was a young lady probably in her late 20's or early 30's. She did lay down some conditions in the class. "People not interested can mark their attendance and leave the class". This was not the only one she told, but this was the main rule(as far as we students were concerned). As usual, we started shouting break in just 45 mins of commencement of the class whereas most of the faculties give a break after 1.5 hours. She obliged asking us to take a break for 5 mins.
The irony was, half of the class just marked their attendance and started walking out with their bags. The reason might have been many, urgent work or had to go out or anything else. but isnt it the basic responsibility of a student to respect the teacher. And it was not that the faculty was not good. She was quite knowlegeable.
I am pretty much confused. Was it because of the age factor or was she not delivering to the fullest of her ability (according to those students) or was it because of her short stature or the students felt the course was not that important in life or etc etc....
The same applies to the world today. People in the name of being practical have forgotten the need for following some basic principles that are necessary to be a successful human being.