There they go again, SRM, India's no 1 private university. Instead of asking me to come and complete the lab exercises during lunch hour(considering which i would have finished all the experiments in a week), they make me come to college on a saturday, ya, a S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y!!!!!
My first thought was, what the eff, i am gonna be all alone in a 250 acre campus on a non working day with only about 24 different machines and a couple of humans(in simpler terms, the lab assistants) for company. but boy was i in for a shock when i arrived at the college gates, for the university campus that i had so expected to be empty was teaming with life.
I made my way to the machine shop, still in surprise as to why there was so much activity in campus(for a second, i did think there was some cinema shooting going on, but one closer, and i realised that there were actually professors, my very own professors, walking past me!!!). The lab assistants solved my doubt, it seems there are classes on saturdays and sundays for a part time b.tech course at SRM, India's no 1 private university. oh, the poor souls. :P
The day went off pretty well from there. Lab assistants i had not even given a second thought till then turned into amazing companions, each one revealing their true nature, calm, friendly and eager to help, well probably because rite then, there was only one 20 yr old brat to deal with.. :P :D
But it was definitely a very very new experience for me. Having been to labs till now only with my age group students(well ok, age groups with a tolerance of + or - 3 yrs :P ), it was a completely different experience to be working with a bunch of 35-40 yr olds, all professionals working in major companies in and around chennai, a group of people that concentrated more on the surface finish and accuracy of the work piece(considering their work experience, they were spot on most of the time), but at the same time, a group of pople that found it difficult to decipher the answer for 0.5 divided by 50. :D
As i was saying, it was a completely different experience. A campus that i had known so well for the past 15 months, a campus that i had seen overflowing with 20 yr olds was suddenly filled with 35-40 year olds, . A completely different experience, but a good one at it.
Love it or hate it, SRM, India's no 1 private university is truly
ONE OF A KIND!!!!!
Nice to know that :) I probably should visit on a Saturday to get such an experience as well :) Thou' I knew there were part time courses conducted on weekends .. Didnt really attempt to see on how it really happened ..
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ReplyDeleteI have done it too... the workshop thing! it's fun! i forgot to bring pencil and they searched the whole workshop to get one for me only to find it was not sharpened!
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