Of Desperate CP’s, Mid term results and more

For some classes, we have grades for Class Participation (CP). So, there is CP and then there is Arbit CP (wherein people talk just for getting points). And today, a classmate coined the term Desperate CP. DCP is when you have just 2 classes left and your CP points are way below average. So, you want to make the most the class by talking a lot. Today’s marketing was fun, with people raising their hands almost all the time and saying things which didn’t make much sense. And after some time, it stops being funny and starts becoming annoying. The discussion goes off track just because people want to say something only to improve their CP marks. The whole ‘discussion in class for a better perspective’ argument is good, but there has to be some control on it. We are a class of 75 people and if everyone wants to say something, then the whole of 2 hours would be spent doing that. Some points are good, but some are just examples picked up from Kotler. That’s when I want to tell them that I can very well read the book, I am in the class to hear something new and if you can’t say something new, please let the Professor speak. Your one point on CP is not worth wasting 75 people’s time. The last marketing class, I am sure, would be a chaos.

Today, the stats mid term marks were declared. The marks for Economics and Accounts were declared earlier. I heard someone say that they should declare all the marks on the same day. Bad news should be given together. Zor ka jhatka ek saath.

I have started spending more time in the library these days. And after seeing my stats marks today, I realised I should have started doing that earlier. I have my thumbnail session tomorrow for the student profile book, which will go to the recruiters. So, I have to write in 10 sentences how I dramatically improved everything in my earlier organization and how wonderfully brilliant I am The photo shoot was done earlier last week. It felt a little odd to be wearing a suit when the temperature outside was at least 35 degrees.

We have a ‘just out of the bed’ theme for tomorrow’s class. So, I can again get up at 8 for a 8.15 class, but not be late this time