Thursday, May 29, 2008

Faculty to parents of aspirants - II

This is the response posted to a few comments on the post Faculty to parents of aspirants

A student enters into the institute after completing school education with number of expectations and hopes. This is the reason why everyone wants a good institute which can develop many skills apart from knowledge in relevant areas. The criteria of campus selection in mere temporary and largely depends on market conditions. The environment in an institute is totally different than in a school. The teacher in the college has to play very important role as well as by the institute.
Broadly speaking a teacher has to be a role model for the student. He has to develop the skills of knowledge, organization, managerial, humanity, character, honesty, awareness towards country and society etc. The student always sees his teacher before inculcating above mentioned skills. If the majority of teachers are not to his expectations it is impossible to the student to develop in himself.
The institute has to provide the platform to develop above mentioned qualities. The infrastructure, systematic approach in educating the student and the impact and image of the institute in society play the important role.
Now any one can imagine that where our beloved institute and respected faculty stands? Newcomers are to be made aware from these facts.  There is no shame in telling that we are lagging for something. It means only that we know and accept our weaknesses. This is the only way of improving the various wrong things. 
 
from a faculty

4 comments:

weeping_clouds said...

Does the whole India goes awfully awry with the fact that a majority of the political class is either corrupted or glorified criminals. It's the same logic for the college. I wish if we had motivational thoughts infused in us by the so-called 'saviours', we had definitely inched ahead. College faculty is never a role model, they've the roles of a mentor. In college, you get motivated either by the prospect of a career or your role model is some business or academic icon whose life is lay bared.
Implying that, in commercial class, having a bad boss doesn't make the company bad. But a boss who just rants bad about the company & does nothing to his subordinate is worse.

I am confident that sincere advises are mostly taken positively by the students. There's no instances in MANIT that sincere efforts have ever been unanswered. If the ongoing efforts are having noble intentions, it would definitely get its reward, certainly not through some unwise remarks made public.

weeping_clouds said...

Does the whole India goes awfully awry with the fact that a majority of the political class is either corrupted or glorified criminals. It's the same logic for the college. I wish if we had motivational thoughts infused in us by the so-called 'saviours', we had definitely inched ahead. College faculty is never a role model, they've the roles of a mentor. In college, you get motivated either by the prospect of a career or your role model is some business or academic icon whose life is lay bared.
Implying that, in commercial class, having a bad boss doesn't make the company bad. But a boss who just rants bad about the company & does nothing to his subordinate is worse.

I am confident that sincere advises are mostly taken positively by the students. There's no instances in MANIT that sincere efforts have ever been unanswered. If the ongoing efforts are having noble intentions, it would definitely get its reward, certainly not through some unwise remarks made public.

Chidu said...

I would have to disagree with the remarks of the faculty member even it was made with the best of intentions. The best students will survive and out-shine others in the workplace. I am in a doctorate program here in the US and the person in charge of my doctorate program is also a MACT Alumni. He was a gold medallist in the late 70's. I graduated in 1995. All my batchmates are hugely successful in life both in India and Abroad. I can easily count more than 75 of my batchmates who are in the US. You get exposure to the realities of life a little early in our college. That is just about it. We will get through this phase and such comments by faculty really don't help.

zuko said...

I am pretty much of the scenario back at MANIT, as I have passed out this summer.
I am all for changing MANIT, have tried to, in my four years of college life.
The point that needs to be understood here is not to go berserk, bizzare and post such irresponsible comments like discouraging rank-holders to join this institute.
I ask who gave you all the power to not let fresh thought, fresh energy and new talented blood come to our college.
Who will change this place, they or you all?
What have you done all these years?
Why do you think that morality is a divine drink and only you get to drink it.
Recall Mahabahrat, Pandavas fought Kauravas, not Shikhandi......
Teachers to waise hi sub-standard hain, agar quality intake nahi rahega to college ko bachana bhool jao, ban karna padega.
Please be clear in your motive, i hate this approach.How many of you have thought of going to the hostels of freshers and teaching them
Kya , dekhiye main sab jaanta hoon, change chahata hoon, lekin college band karna mera motive nahi.
AAp sab bade hain, haare hue hain, lekin umeed pe duniya tiki hai.
Aap ko apni haar doosron par nahi thopni hai, balki young students ke krishna baniye.
I am sorry to see this post, it's shameful.
No war is won by tired legs, tired minds, outdated armoury and ammunition.
I am sure, the negative feelings will fade.
For the sake of our college, we need good students.
I have nothing else to say