Sunday, August 7, 2011

Classroom Updates 1

I always wanted to write about one of the profs who handles business sustainability class and I always forgot. :((

Most of the time we hear from profs " We should do this way so that we can gain xyz / We should follow those principles and be the role model". There is no surprise in that and we have been hearing all that "gyan" right from our childhood. But there is a difference between teaching the good practices and practically implementing them. The prof that I am talking about falls under the second category. He handles a subject which is very much related to "green" environment. In that subject, he always stresses on reduction of carbon emissions. When I heard that prof is actually contributing something good for the environment in our campus, I was shocked and surprised. Prof roams in the campus on bicycle :)). Yes, you saw a statement that may not be convincing and its true. Its just amazing right ??. More over, I have observed one more thing about the prof. Normally, most of the profs ask us to submit our write-ups on paper and he is the prof who insists paperless submissions :) (i.e mail him directly the write-up). Truly, he is saving so many papers and there by trees. Kudos to Prof. I love to see others follow the same.

One of the profs was explaining on how a company can fail if they dont take the right sample for market research. She has quoted that "bandra" and "ghatkopar" are two different segments. When mam was explaining about these places, I had a glimpse of my stay at Mumbai. Bandra is such a beautiful place ;)). A perfect place for bachelors.

Regarding quizzes and exams, I understood one thing. The role that "block diagrams" play is huge. I have been observing this trend, if there is any block diagram, in relation with the case, in the answer sheet, we will get atleast average marks. Also, I have seen that most of the toppers papers' have one thing in common - block diagrams.
One day when I was checking my answer sheets, I have over heard two people speaking -
person1 - "Whats this I got very less marks ? I have written really well"
Person2 - "You dint draw block diagrams. What ever is the question first draw a block diagram and then answer the question" (a little exaggeration by person2 yet it was mostly a correct stmt)
Person1 - "Is it? I will do that from next exam on wards".
By the way, person1 and person2 have good CG and definitely stand in the top 10 of our class.

Continued in part 2

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