MY COLLEGE DAYS
From school to college was a big change. It was a movement
from a big campus to a bigger one; from an enclosed atmosphere to an open and
liberal environment, and from the status of kids to that of young adults. The
behaviour code was also in tune with one’s adulthood of legitimate freedom. The
school kept me under thumb and to some extent restrained my developmental
instincts whereas the college encouraged them, and allowed me to unfold myself with
full potential in both academic and co-academic areas.
I realised that college faculty was more humanistic and
progressive. It believed in opening up the minds of the students and make them forward-looking.
It was a dedicated lot itself and loved
to create the same spirit of dedication
among its students. It felt proud of abandoning
the outdated methodology and infrastructure as quickly as possible to meet the demands
of the fast-changing intellectual and technological world of today. This was my most inspiring experience during
the whole period of my college days.
My first interaction with the teaching faculty of my course
of study was very delightful. I found that
every teacher was highly learned and efficient and measured up to the great expectations of the
students. Each one of them was well- equipped with the latest teaching skills,
and apart from upgrading himself day in and day out, spared time to monitor the progress of the students almost
religiously. This created among the
students a passion for more and more learning. There were also frequent
question-answer sessions where differences of views and personal originality of
students was welcomed rather than discouraged.
As for my peers, they belonged to
highly cultured families, believed in exchanging and sharing notes , were both
competitive and co-operative. The finest thing was that whenever
we met as peers groups, we talked less
about studies and more about the funny things of life. This helped us in
forming permanent friendships which we will continue to cherish throughout our life.
The college had a
good variety of sports; sports teachers took care to keep the sports rooms full
of sports items demanded by the students. Personally, I felt that whenever I took part in my
favourite game…………..my whole body got its due gratification and made me realise
that a complete man does not read only books but also plays games.
Besides sports, the college provided
in many other co-curricular activities like debates, painting, dramatics, music
, dance, outdoor excursions and competitive activities suggested by the teachers
or groups of students.
As regards placement, as the final
year course was about to reach completion
, there various private and public organisations to select the personnel
required by them. The calibre and
ranking of the college was very high, so every student was lucky enough to be
picked up. I got placement in__________where I had the very first gratifying administrative experience due to my superiors and the congenial working environment.
Though the distance between my residence and the first ever
workplace was very long and physically
tiresome, nonetheless it was mentally and emotionally; and I will never forget
because it was my maiden professional
love affair.
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