Today I am relatively free & hence decided to make the best use of the same. Schedule here at Great Lakes is real hectic. It is the 80:20 rule that works here & our Profs tell that for every 20 hrs of lecture we need to prepare for 80 hrs. Before every class we get to know the list of chapters we need to read & we have to read them & go for the class.
This pedagogy keeps the student up to date at any point of time & the students are real focused. Credit should go to our professors who are giving us a lot of material to read. As laptops are expected only after a week, we had a tough time even to browse / make the report in our lab. Once the laptop arrives the pressure will ease a bit.
As a part of the philosophy subject, we need to do a karmayoga project. We had visited an NGO in R A Puram. It is an NGO for special children. It basically runs a non residential school for special children ; helps them acquire social skills. They also have vocational div where these children are taught to make candles, plastic garlands , vadams etc., The products are marketed by a retailer. This way the special children also make a decent living & most important are not a burden to their family members. 
This was the main objective of the Director , she said that the current public opinion of the all NGOs helping special children is of charity; she wants to change the same to a self sufficient model which will be a long term sustaining one. We have decided in our little ways to help them. First 2 weeks we will visit them & spent some time with the kids, helping them to socialize.
Lot of committees have been formed, Admissions com, Placement com, Events & PR, Entrepreneurship etc………..& lot many study groups. I am in the placement com & we have had 3-4 meetings. Though it takes time to come to a consensus, it is fun working as a team.
Tomorrow we have our first class on Financial Accounting. Life will get more hectic , what else ?? By the by, tomorrow is Sunday guys !!. This is the way how it works in a 1 year program!!
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yes, before that Raghu Iyer is taking the prep courses.
Hey Prasadh.. nice description of how life is tough in 1 yr. course .. hey U write very well da.. mujhe complex aa raha hai.. now requesting to teach me enough so that I also match up with ur standards...
Hi Parag, This is a bit too much !! I don't think i deserve a special praise. I found u to be a great writer. The humourous touch that u bring in ur posts is just class..
Keep blogging dude !!
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