New examination rules sux...big time...management running outta options ????

I hate the college's stupid rule, Where the students' answer papers gets examined 2 hour's after the commencement of the exam and if he/she hasn't written well, he or she has to stay back and write the entire paper till 3pm. it is so disgusting !!! i had to bunk today's exams .

Hari adds...: this is a desperate move to improve the college's pass percentage... but the college could have looked at some alternatives and could have held a meeting with students and parents.. I personally think that the management has run out of ideas!.. This so called rule( I'd say punishment) would work out with school children but not with college students... It's high time that the college understands that the students are all grown up adults and not kids.. "He" would be a "good" "school principal" than what he is now...But it's a very good idea for the school children... only thing is that this rule will not be appreciated even by the school children!!!

Shibs adds : To make thing's worst you are not even awarded extra internals for the open book house. If they would give a reasonable internal marks then i don't mind sitting back :)

trainging program !!!

The placement training program was worth it. I presumed it would be another boring session with tons of reading and writing. but on the flip side it turned out to be really good. Although Ramya madam periods were a bit sluggish and went at a rapid pace. Mythale madam rocked to the core espec. the GD and the interviewing programs. i am glad our college organizes such program in the middle of of all all those rules and regulation....waiting for more sessions in de the next sem !!!!

Story of Prakash

Once upon a time there lived a little boy called Prakash... He was jealous.. jealous of his friends.. coz they all had the privilege of going to a strange place he always dreamt of going to.. The strange place had chambers filled with enthusiastic children chanting something which appeared to be some sort of slogas to little prakash.. What fascinated little prakash was that all children looked alike and he couldn't see any kind of difference as they were all uniformly dressed. He wanted to see himself in that uniform. The strange place was called as Education temple by his village heads..his friends called it "school".. But the orphaned boy's aunt and and uncle called the strange place a stinking creche where children are locked up all day.. They warned Prakash about it and ordered him not to go near it. But Prakash was adamant. He wanted to enter the educational temple at any cost. His aunt decided that time has arrived to send Prakash to an education temple. But the education temple of the Aunt's choice was located far off from the village in a city called Chennai. It appeared strange for Prakash that this Education temple had no children.. it housed adults.. but these adults were carrying those similar bags he had seen in his village.

................................................But, in this so called Education temple... his dream of reciting those slokas was crushed and little prakash was put to work!

This is not an imaginative story... This is the real story of Prakash who serves "Appalam" in our Mess Hall... There are many Prakashs living in our college serving water and pickle... And whenever I sight them doing things they shouldn't be doing.. I feel ashamed to study in this college . Hundreds of students are taught about circuit breakers, switch gears and all those wierd stuff... but.. why can't the Management teach these little Prakashs A..B...C...D...?

These are some NGOs I know which deal with child labor... I'm not sure whether they'll help.. But do call them and tell them about the practise of child labor in our college... Don't hesitate and make way for a strong case..


Mr. T.V. Murali, Director,
Action for Child Labour Cholai,
3-A, C.G.E.Colony,
Old Beach Road ,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai-41.
24410265
..
2.
Ms. Sudha Sundararaman, General Secy.,
All India Democratic Women?s Forum, 13 Mosque Street , Chepauk, Chennai-5.
28511231
fax-8511819
3.
Dr. A. Peter, Executive Director,
Applied Interdisciplinary Development
Research Institute (AIDRI),
10 Nelson Manickam Road , II Floor,
Choolaimedu, Chennai-94.
24832873



The complaint can be lodged to the metropolitan magistrate in the area.. In fact, this is the legal procedure to be followed.. but the complaint has to be substantiated with proof/documents...

If anyone has a really good idea to solve this issue.. please have a say!

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Can someone give me an explanation?

Indians are of complaining nature.. and we complain for anything and everything. We try to find faults in what not?.. Whatever the measures taken by our government..we feel dissatisfied. But there is a bunch of Indians at st.joseph's who differ from the whole lot. They keep mum for a lot of things which affect them. This same bunch of Indians inspired by films made by Shankar and Mani would go on debating on the corrupted politicians and officials in India.. They want some Robin-hoods to be born to save them. This same bunch would urge their fellow citizens to actively take part in the democracy by sending e-mails and SMSes. But this same bunch of Indians have failed to check the wrong doings at their own door steps. You might now start wondering what the wrong doings are and what the hell is being said here...I'll come to this question a little later.. Now let us look at things which are very familiar to us but never aroused us to question about them

..................................................... We all know that the hostelites pay twenty five thousand rupees in addition to the prescribed fees each year.. This twenty five thousand rupees painted in black is accumulated in the backyard of you know who.. When I asked this question to an hostelite he said that this money is adjusted as tuition fees for the sports quota students who are admitted free of cost. So.. that's how black turns white. But why should the hostelites pay for someone else...?
Also one wonders.. what happens to the the book fees we pay each semester. We pay Rs.3500 inclusive of the exam fees(900 rupees). So the 2600 rupees is supposed to be the book fees. But if one goes by market values.. the books would cost only in the range of 1000-1500 rupees. One at least expects to keep those books with himself/herself... but you aren't allowed to take away those books as the book bank scheme is in practise. This scheme of things cannot be understood by itself nor can be explained by the so called progress of mind.
But what surprises me is that no one seems to bother about these... We take all these for granted as we take the Solar system for granted.. So... please start complaining and don't shy away from things.. these things affects you..

when parents are torchered !!!!

well, for the ones who study well and in the good books of the faculty need not to worry about it !!! but then for mediocre students like me its a nerve rack.. when one end up getting back lots !!!! here.. one's parents are torchered to the core. poor parent's have to come all the way to college and if they fail..they will be treated badly.

And when they do come to the college... they will be treated badly by the year in charge and co....One of the things I hate about the college

slept off in the exam hall

Oh..this is one funny incident i ought to quote. For one of my mid term exam's I was actually caught for sleeping in the exam hall.

As usual was shaky for exam for I neva touched my books the previous day. I treid to get to something in my head in the morning but could not do so as every little word looked greek. Finally i entered the exam hall with lot of hesitation wondering what to write. As the examiner gave a away the paper i was for certain i wouldn't clear the paper but wanted to avoid getting a digit mark.

so I wrote for a page and just dozed off. The next thing I could remember was my H.O.D shouting at me and the entire class looking at me.. for a moment I dint realize what was happening around and I am like... sir it's not my fault.. I am not feeling well!!!! the guy was in mixed reactions, didnt expect such an answer....and he was like....well then take rest !!!!

How to keep yourself engaged in the Exam hall

This paper is dedicated to a small chunk of guys
who have failed in all their attempts to lead as an
example to the other studious students
in this college.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
My sincere thanks to a set of lateral entry guys, guys from the CSE and ECE department who have inspired me to write this paper. I thank them all for standing by me in all my tough times and encouraging me to finish this paper when I was receiving thousands of murder threats from the toppers and the studious students who form the majority of this college.

Now coming to the topic...How to keep oneself engaged in the Exam Hall during the Mid semesters/Model exams.

Our college has made it mandatory for students to sit for the entire duration of the exam and rules are rules... you've gotta obey them.After a lot of research and some personal experience I've come up with a set of fool proof methods to keep yourself engaged in the exam hall when you've come totally unprepared.

When you receive the answer script,quietly count all the pages and check whether 44 pages are there..well you would end up with only 32 pages..Quickly look at the 19th instruction given to the candidates on the instruction page... what is it written...? can't you believe your own eyes..?
The 19th instruction is that students should check whether answer book contains 44 pages..The 19th instruction is one of the10 highlighted instructions on this page. Think over this paradox for sometime...you'll soon find the answer.. The 19th instruction is meant for the Anna University answer book... Whuf!!.. you were about to ask the hall suptd. for those missing pages..didn't you..?

There are still some more interesting things you'll find on the instructions page.... look carefully at the very first instruction.. what does it say....? It asks you you to write your Registration number..the same as given below... But the registration number given below is 64380912751... It's not yours..!!!.. look again at the instruction and you'll realize what has been asked by seeing the two key words "type" and "example".
Coming to the very next instruction..the instruction number 2. It asks you to get the answer book replaced if 1.stitch thread is missing,2.it is not stapled,3.The page numbers are not in order,4.The serial number of the answer book is not printed at the top of the title page.
Hmmmm... you can replace your answer script for all of the above reasons except the 2nd one.
There is no stitch thread in our model exam answer scripts. The question of.. page numbers not in order does not arise at all as there are no page numbers printed on our answer scripts.
And...the serial number... just search for it on the title page..you'll be searching all day.
By now...you'd have had an interesting session with the instruction page

Now.. moving on to the title page... It's time to fill the title page. Start with your registration number.. Here you ought to remember that you need to be very careful in writing your regn number on the dotted lines... even a slight deviation.. can cause rejection of your paper for evaluation?.. well,you'd be only pleased if it happens.. but actually it spoils the beauty of it.. doesn't it...? Now take the scale and "draw" your regn num on the dotted lines. After this..we move on to other sections.Here..we can show our artistic works.. Adapt different styles of writing to fill each section..Now disturb your neighbour(don't care whether he's your junior/senior)..Ask him the date,time and also ask him whether it is AN/FN... Give him a wry smile and move on with your business.

After filling in the title page.. wait patiently for the Hall supdt. to sign on your paper.Do not make any attempt at looking into the question paper in the mean time.. After you've got the Hall supdt.'s ink on your paper... say a prayer aloud and look at the questions.. Read the question paper for two times...If it's Greek and Latin to you.. just say adios and go to sleep.. If by chance a word or two appears familiar.. it's time for some superlative creative writing.. Borrow a black pen from your neighbour and write the question in block letters. Now..start developing on the question itself... start your answer by addressing and analysing the question. Make in sentences from the words and phrases in the question. Repeat this procedure with the other questions as well.

Some hall supdts do not allow students to sleep.. At this juncture...to pass 3 hours is a real challenge with people all around you busy writing.And it gets even worse when your neighbour is of the same trait as of you... you both have to look at each other and pass the entire 3 hours. If your neighbour is busy writing.. then it's a kinda entertainment for you..especially if he/she is a fresher... You should look at these people taking the exam so seriously...The things they do... the way they use different colours of pen,sketch pens and some even use glittering pens and whiteners..the way they panic at a difficult question... the sorta gimmicks they do when they find a easy question... and how hurriedly they fill the pages...it's a real entertainment.Now start staring hard at your neighbour's paper and make strange gestures...this would annoy him/her like anything...By this way you can pass time with ease.

Having companions in the exam hall who are of the same trait as of you is an added advantage.You people can make pre-Exam agreement by which you people would turn back and stare at each other and confirm that each of you are not attempting to write and are behaving strictly in accordance with the pre-exam agreement.

During the last few minutes of the examination.... please don't forget that you're writing the "model exam" and not the university exam...coz some students go on putting all the question numbers on the answer script expecting them to be out of portion questions...This act must be avoided. Else the teachers would have a nice laugh in the staff room.

After finishing the writing part... start counting the unwritten pages and this would absorb some time..Now borrow the calculator from your neighbour and subtract the total number of unwritten pages from 32....Aaah..alas you've given some work to the calculator.Now fill the 'number of pages used' column.

If you still have some time left... try this damn interesting play. Do you remember the bar codes on of your ID card.. Well take your ID card and start looking at the bar codes.Imagine the bar code to be white strips in the black background and start counting the number of white lines..38?40?..count again and each time you'll find a new count..Now take the calculator again and find the mean. Try this with the back lines in the white backdrop....

When the Hall supdt. knocks on your bench..ask him to wait till the mean calculation is over and if you're finished with it... hand over the paper.

CONCLUSION:
All the methods prescribed in this paper are tried and tested methods and if you have any difficulty in implementing them..please let me know.


Hari.

दे truth about my col

Shibs:

St.Joseph's College of engineering. When I first made to the college I was glad to be in one of the most prestigious colleges. After two weeks I found out the bitter truth. The college is one among the most pathetic colleges in Chennai. Firstly it’s got the worst set of rules. Rules that that makes no sense. Girls and boys are not supposed to talk to one another, for some reason the director thinks it’s a sin and hence all cultural programs or project work or let it be any simple program, we are banned from doing it together.

Secondly they say punishments are banned in the educational system but over here you have something worse than that, known as office duty ( abbreviated as OD ). Over here what one has to do is stand outside the office with the ID and tie from morning till dawn and it gets even worse if you stay in the hostel. Sadly nothing can be done about this because the director has links with almost everyone in the educational system, or maybe over the country.

The next ones are to watch out are the blockies and year in charges, a set of buffoons who are hired for no reason, they are the biggest pain in the ass. If you end up scoring low marks in any of your papers they will immediately call up the parent and let them know about it and immediately ask them to come over to college. Ask them to meet the director, who would give an appointment at 10 in morning and will come at 3 in the afternoon.

The next one is the internal marks, most colleges end up giving good internal or at least a minimum of 14 of 20, so it’s easier to pass in the paper but colleges end up giving even 5, and it get’s worst if you are in the bad books of the faculties.

The worst part is no one is ready to voice their opinions, if it’s faculties or students. Sadly the director has a way to shut everybody's mouths. What I feel is.. surviving four years in st. Joseph’s college is a talent….

Dedicated to all those who survived in the college and the one’s are planning to join hell….

This is something you probably won’t find anywhere !!!!

why our coll's compared to a prison

There's a popular cine song in Tamil...

"Mani adicha soru, ithu Maamiyar veedu"

The song refers to the scenario in a prison. The song can be modified as

"Mani adicha soru, ithu Jeppiar veedu"

This suits our college... There are many a many reasons for a josephite to feel he/she is in a prison...

SIREN:
Well.. the siren sound.. for every half an hour or so constantly reminds you that you are in a jail..even if you'd forgotten about it.

SECURITY:
The high rise walls/compounds...The Block in-charges(jail-wardens)...Monitoring from the terrace.. All these stuff makes one feel he/she is in a prison... Hey... what do you think about the sexy attire our security guards are sporting.. Looks like the security of the prison has been handed over to the military following the failure of the local policemen(many have had successful attempts escaping from the campus)

LOCATION:
The remote location of our college speaks for itself... It's a norm that prisons are located far away from cities/normal life in places such as middle of a rough sea(We'd have seen this in many films)..But our college is located in the middle of nowhere.Anyone who wants to escape is a fool..One has to walk miles if he wants to reach the main road.There's not even a nayar kadai(tea shop) in the vicinity like one SVCEites have got.

CLASSROOM BLOCKS:

The classroom blocks have always reminded me of the cellular jail in Andaman..

Just try to imagine and you'll see the connection.

RULES:
Hmmm... the dress-code can be compared to that of the uniform in the prisons..
The ban on electronic equipment reminds you of the same kind of rules imposed in the prisons..
The strict(esttttt) rules and consequent punishment for breaching it all reminds you of the jail.

The other notable comparison that can be made is the colour of our buses(It seems it's going to be painted white)..The buses which appear like a municipality bus catching stray dogs will now on be looking as Police vans loaded with criminals( Joining this college can be termed as a crime)

Also there are no trees and no hide-outs in the campus...

Also... life in this college is so dull and grey! and in no means better than a prisoner's life..

Some good things about our college

As this is the 1st post.. let's start on a sugary note.Hmmmm... I guess this is a really tough one. Well... it's good to start on a good note... but where to find good things in a college like ours. When you get three spoons of sweet syrup and two spoons of bitter-gourd juice... you'd only complain about the bitter gourd juice and never even think about that three spoons of sweet syrup. This is the case that's prevalent in our college... hmmm someone seems to say that even the bitter-gourd juice is good for our health.Well one can see mixed reactions to this issue.. Let's stop debating about the Good V/S Bad in our college and save it for a new post.Let's get along with the topic and let us try finding some really good things about our college.

HOSPITALITY

There's a popular saying in Tamil

"vanthaarai vaazha vaikum thamizhagam".

It means the land of Tamil is known for it's great hospitality as anyone who comes to this land in search of prosperity thrives and is benefited by the land. We should admit that our college has been following this tradition. Anyone who comes to the college is welcomed with warmth. We should appreciate the efforts put in by the staffs of Mess department.

TRANSPORT MADE COMPULSORY

Many would have different say on this. I'm sure most of the boys do not like idea of coming to the college in the college owned bus.But there is a positive thing about it. Hey don't you feel a lot of fuel being saved because of this.While the world leaders are coming out with out of the box ideas to curl global warming, our college has silently shown the way for others to follow. If public transport/unified transport is made compulsory in all colleges and even in industries/companies the emission of CO2 can be halved( hey! please don't brand me as a flatterer..I know I'm making too much out of it.. but these are all facts)

FOOD

It's needless to say anything about this. Most of us attend the college for this.. So I don't want to read much into it.

PLACEMENT

Well... the placement record is good and is improving year by year though EEEites are kept at bay... Everyone knows about the placement record and the type of training given in our coll... So let's not waste too much time on it.

REPUTATION

The college has got a good reputation.. atleast among the parents(We should never care about other college students calling us school boys and shouldn't be upset when a guy from another institution comes and asks us to help him wear a tie)..Aaaah.. I hope everyone remember what Jeppiar said on the inaugural day.. I'd like to quote him "If you are a josephite, then the mother and father of girls will come in queue to marry you"(Hey.. stop thinking like that... he did mean the girls marrying you and not their parents... We know him nah...)

TIMING

I guess we are the only set of lucky guys to come back home around 4 pm. Every other college student comes back only at 6 or 6.30 pm. I think it's nice to come back early than to go to the college late.

SPORTS

Though the students from academic line are not encouraged to cross over to sports.. our college is far ahead in this department and it's one thing we can be proud of.

Hmmmm I guess I've got some goody things about our college,,Also I didn't throw any light on the infrastructure and facilities available(Everyone of us fell as prey on seeing those mighty buildings and let's not revive our foolish act by reviewing about those mighty buildings)..If anyone wishes to add more he/she is welcome to do so..

Hari.