Thursday, September 25, 2003

A new unexpected wave sweeps the community...

Today, the section lists for the 5th term courses were out... and that means two things... an emotional last day with our sections A, B and C... and new dynamics with the new section... and the dynamics include forming new groups... since now we all know each other very well, we have been left to form our own groups... and thats something lot of people werent ready for... except for some smart ones... there is some selection happening... all the ones who have given an impression that they are free riders (ppl who dont do their work in group work for whatever reasons) are being isolated... those who are known to be good in acads are in demand... as the groups are being formed, there is clear segmentation and self selection happening... in a way, i dont think its right... though free riders dont deserve any sympathy, it is important to have ppl who are not very good in acads but are hard working, sincere and bring in interesting thoughts... anyways, i did not take any efforts to form a group... i thought i can just let people approach me and i will have a group in place... and by the time it was 7 in the evening and no one approached me, i was beginning to feel weird... i was wondering if I was being isolated until the first mail came with an offer to be part of a group... i began to feel better and finally, it did work out and within an hour, i had all the study groups done for the different courses... hope this doesnt sound haughty but thats the laid back lazy bum that I am... it was an interesting exercise... new groups, new dynamics and new people to work with... its another means to get to know different people... lets see how it goes...

Response to a comment: Kanishka's blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kanishka_sinha/
Just today I realised that i have tonnes of pending mail and comments here to respond to... planning to do so over the next week...