Action packed week

Action packed week

After a long break, classes have resumed with a bang, at college. I was looking forward to these classes as there was a feeling that I am being wasted while being at home, doing pretty much nothing that is of consequence, for the past three weeks.

The same old teachers come everyday and give us long and tiring lectures, during which we hold intense discussions about the latest gossips around the college or make hypotheses about the future and how it may turn out. These hypotheses do not concern the future which might happen. They instead focus on things like world domination, how to drive USA bankrupt by printing dollars at home, etc, etc. They make the classes endurable.

Among other news, the attendance figures of this semester were published today. The University of Kerala demands a figure of 75% attendance from us as a requisite for writing the semester examinations. I have managed to get 67% (approx.) somehow. This event has given most of us the impetus to stay put in class during class hours. Nowadays, securing a seat in class is difficult as there close to full attendance everyday. Souls who have been seen in the class very rarely are now permanent fixtures there now, in the vain hope that something miraculous will happen and the attendance figures will shoot up.

The subtle point to be noted is that there is only about a week or so of classes to go and getting 75% attendance will be a tough challenge. Some people have duty leaves and the like to be added to the percentage calculations. Others are in danger of getting a condonation of attendance, which is a procedure by which we are allowed to write the exams, by special permission. By the looks of it, the majority of my class mates (incuding me) will probably have to apply for condonation.

The week ahead of me seems really action packed. We have to complete about ten more lab experiments (which translates to 10 + 10 = 20 , considering the rough and fair records), submit around four assignments, submit reports of industrial training and seminars, and the oh-so-painful drawing sheets(tons of them). One thing that I like about hectic days is that since your mind is filled with thoughts about how to complete the work before the deadlines, you don’t get time to introspect at all. As for me, I don’t get the feeling of getting “wasted” if I am immersed in some activity at college, or anywhere else.

I don’t particularly fancy my college, though it is not as hateful as my school was. I like to be there at the college to be part of the action there, ie. the usual shit. One thing that has come to my notice is that most of my friends at my college have come to develop a deep rooted hatred for the place. Some of my friends from other colleges too voice their opinions reflecting similar feelings. There is also the other extreme of the spectrum, the people who are sad to leave the college “so soon”. I don’t think that I will ever miss this place, or any other place, for that matter. I do not hate the college, but I certainly do not love it. There would definitely be valid reasons for the “hate” or “love” of the college, by various persons. My attitude to life is pretty much an indifferent one, and I am not an extremist. I don’t think that I can ever be passionate about any cause. I do admire such traits in others, though often, I wonder why are they getting carried away by the root cause of the concerned passion. To each his/her own, I guess.

so said -Poison- the in(s)ane one @ Wednesday, October 05, 2005

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