"There is somethig else too. It will be a part of your curriculum, I don't want any absentees on it! I will be taking attendance if I have to!......"
Okay sir. We will do anything for attendance. What is it?
"......How many of you have visited the Museum of Modern Art?"
WHAT?!!!
This was a huge surprise. We! Engineers! I suddenly remembered what another of our lovely professor once said.
"You are to be an engineer. A mazdoor! You must talk in technical terms. Even your jokes should be technical."
He said it all in present continuous tense. I have merely changed the verbs to their appropriate case.
Why did I think of him? I have no idea. (For reference sake, I will refer to the so far good professor as X (for mysterious) and the second one as M ( because he reminds me of a certain maggu!)). But I couldn't stop my grin. Had M been there! Just visiting maybe, or waiting outside for the class to finish, I don't know, just if he had heard X! Modrern Art! HA! It would have been a sight!
It wasn't just this once that X did something unexpected. I will continue on just X from here, M is one of those boring monotonous characters who simply take pride in their professional lexicon, not realizing that the other person is not interested.
So as I was saying, it wasn't just the first time that he broke the standard routine of most of our classes. I was hopping he would do such a thing, (his fame reached us before him), just I didn't know how he would do it.
For starters, lets take the first class itself. He didn't start off directly, he took our introductions first. Not just names, but hobbies, interests, future dreams! You say whats so big in that? Nothing. Just that no professor ever tried to get to know his students, barring just a few. And they too remembered only the maggus. Then we got daily invitations for one or another Classical program (given that he is the coordinator, but still!) And the best was his teaching method. It took a couple of classes to realise, but I do appreciate what he is doing! To understand a subject, merely writing the formulae ain't enough. He dives deep! Deep enough so we can see the ground below the wide see! Ofcourse, it takes the assumption that we know the basics, but the beauty he makes us realise! Kya baat hai! I only know a couple of professors who might stand upto him. One of the good courses this semester :):)
Enough about the professor. Its time for the PS
Maybe we can talk about
There's another thing
Okay, ending a random post is difficult! But IIT won't allow me to be online beyond 1 o'clock, and its already 12:57, so I better end it whatsoever. Tomorrow's Friday, actually today's Friday, so the laundry weekend is here. (just means I have to go home with the dirty clothes). It might be an extended weekend even. Jai Janmashtmi! Lets check the calender.
Ciao!
Okay sir. We will do anything for attendance. What is it?
"......How many of you have visited the Museum of Modern Art?"
WHAT?!!!
This was a huge surprise. We! Engineers! I suddenly remembered what another of our lovely professor once said.
"You are to be an engineer. A mazdoor! You must talk in technical terms. Even your jokes should be technical."
He said it all in present continuous tense. I have merely changed the verbs to their appropriate case.
Why did I think of him? I have no idea. (For reference sake, I will refer to the so far good professor as X (for mysterious) and the second one as M ( because he reminds me of a certain maggu!)). But I couldn't stop my grin. Had M been there! Just visiting maybe, or waiting outside for the class to finish, I don't know, just if he had heard X! Modrern Art! HA! It would have been a sight!
It wasn't just this once that X did something unexpected. I will continue on just X from here, M is one of those boring monotonous characters who simply take pride in their professional lexicon, not realizing that the other person is not interested.
So as I was saying, it wasn't just the first time that he broke the standard routine of most of our classes. I was hopping he would do such a thing, (his fame reached us before him), just I didn't know how he would do it.
For starters, lets take the first class itself. He didn't start off directly, he took our introductions first. Not just names, but hobbies, interests, future dreams! You say whats so big in that? Nothing. Just that no professor ever tried to get to know his students, barring just a few. And they too remembered only the maggus. Then we got daily invitations for one or another Classical program (given that he is the coordinator, but still!) And the best was his teaching method. It took a couple of classes to realise, but I do appreciate what he is doing! To understand a subject, merely writing the formulae ain't enough. He dives deep! Deep enough so we can see the ground below the wide see! Ofcourse, it takes the assumption that we know the basics, but the beauty he makes us realise! Kya baat hai! I only know a couple of professors who might stand upto him. One of the good courses this semester :):)
Okay, ending a random post is difficult! But IIT won't allow me to be online beyond 1 o'clock, and its already 12:57, so I better end it whatsoever. Tomorrow's Friday, actually today's Friday, so the laundry weekend is here. (just means I have to go home with the dirty clothes). It might be an extended weekend even. Jai Janmashtmi! Lets check the calender.
Ciao!
is M MR Ravi? He is awesome! and nice new look! but at least hv some medium to comunicate your blogs since u arent on fb anymore!just chanced upon ur blog u see!
ReplyDeleteNO! M R Ravi was one of the better profs. Never seen such a dedication in my whole life! Its just another one taking one of my courses.
ReplyDeleteYeah, left fb. I'm promoting twitter now :). Gotta find out something for promotion part, though i don't mind playing patient
Ohk! i dunno any other mech prof actually!:P
ReplyDeleteUse gmail then at least to spread ur blog! and if being not on fb makes u write then pls better not be back on it!:)..
i will check ur blog on my own! dont wry! :P