3 weeks up..

Yup..it is about 3 weeks since our college reopened, and it's been a very good period since then. For a variety of reasons. Firstly, as i already put it, going in as a senior makes a hell lot of a differene to your confidence. Secondly, we have such a 'peaceful' sem that perhaps only the SOM course is where we might have to use our head a bit. Thirdly,..well forget it..

Well, coming back to the courses, we have the 'woreshtesht' of 'em this sem, including the likes of 'Life sciences', 'Ecology and environment'..! And of course some sheer brute force courses like 'partial differential equations' and 'machine drawing'. So, amongst all this, only the ' Strength of materials' seems to be intellectually stimulating a bit. And the prof rocks. It's these kind of profs that make us realise that we ARE IN IIT..absolute stud, very friendly.

An example : The attendence is usually taken on a sheet of paper with our names and signature. One of the days, after the attendence was completed, the sheet went to him(when he was doing stress tensors). So, he just stopped lecturing, had a glance at the paper for a minute(while some of us held our breaths,u know for what!!), immediately made an 'announcement' the kind in railway stations, saying " ok..there are 4 proxies. Please stand up.!" most of us were dumbstruck.. And 3 guys stood up.. he took the names of those who got proxies from these guys and marked 'em absent for the class, that's all. Nothin more, nothin less.. And all he told us was ' As engineers, ethics rank first in importance, so if you don't come to classes and get proxies, you might end up adding more sand to cement tommorrow, where your kid might go and end up with the building over his/her head.!" Beauty ain't it??

Oooh yes.. I forgot the humanities course ' Indian philosophy'. At first, i was pissed that I got this, but as usual i concluded that all happens for good..! Now, i absolutely enjoy it. With arbit stuff discussed in class, including 'reality', 'truth', 'beauty' etc..Absolute ball..! Besides, I have decided to continue my work with my prof that I had so abruptly left in the hols. So I am going to have a good time this sem..

Lets hope it carries on well, and I don't screw up my grades..And every day is a memorable one..