Jul 10
They were playing games. Dressed in multi coloured jackets and yellow coloured hats they were getting a kick out of centering the ball and hopefully learning about how to focus their minds on doing things which were more important than the Balls - or that is what it seemed like from our vantage point from the first floor where our class was based. From what we could gather they were really enjoying themselves. Reminded me of the book Games People Play. We watched with amused tolerance as the loud cheers rent the air drowning the cacophony of the traffic The sound of ladies laughing was like the gurgle of a cool stream on a hot day. Soon they tired of the game and came in for lunch. They were not a little sunburned. There was exciting chatter in the dining hall. One participant was castigating others in her group and telling all of them to man up and perform better. She was disappointed and did not make bones about hiding her feelings. Who said competition was dead? Post lunch they headed off to the badminton courts and started playing catch with a ball. the only difference being that four persons were holding a sheet at the four corners and jerking the ball over the net with four others holding another sheet were catching the ball in their sheet. Perhaps the aim of the game was to teach them team spirit and how co-operation and co-ordination played a big role in achieving their targets.
We in the services play a similar game where the fault of one man may be life threatening... Team spirit is one thing that is induced in the forces right from the first day. Psychological profiling plays a huge role in the forces . A game of a different sort was on for us in the classroom where one thing we did not have to fight against sleep - due to the scintillating form of the instructors - but definitely had to make an effort to understand the aggregates of supply and demand. The funny thing was the instructors were so accomplished that when they taught the subject everything was crystal clear but when it came to interpreting the same on paper one found oneself at loss for words till the explanation by the instructor made everything very clear.- then you mentally tended to kick yourself saying" of course : how could I have missed that?" Sandhya added colour to the proceedings by celebrating the weekend by dressing colourfully. Professor Ashita had a matching mobile cover .... Professor Dasgupta was her usual professional self . Her only passion being that we understood what she taught correctly and did not forget it. Jagpal was lost in his own thoughts and was preoccupied. Himanshu went beyond our mandate and asked questions which the instructors had to put a stop to as it was beyond the need of the class. Creating a database on suicides and how to prevent them was also a part of the learning - although unofficially - and was being worked upon by Jagadeshwar Rao garu. Asking pointed questions to elicit the maximum learning is a way of life for Prasad. Technical analysis and logical conclusions therein were ingrained in Sivaram. The only two normal people in the class were Banerjee and ......me. Our effort to view the water diamond paradox were nullified due to the slow speed of internet at ASCI. Between Himanshu and me we disproved the Law of marginal utility when we established that the 'more the consumption of whiskey - the more happy a person became'- and that even if your stomach was full you could make space for more by working out OR.... something -my memory fails me at this point...
They were playing games. Dressed in multi coloured jackets and yellow coloured hats they were getting a kick out of centering the ball and hopefully learning about how to focus their minds on doing things which were more important than the Balls - or that is what it seemed like from our vantage point from the first floor where our class was based. From what we could gather they were really enjoying themselves. Reminded me of the book Games People Play. We watched with amused tolerance as the loud cheers rent the air drowning the cacophony of the traffic The sound of ladies laughing was like the gurgle of a cool stream on a hot day. Soon they tired of the game and came in for lunch. They were not a little sunburned. There was exciting chatter in the dining hall. One participant was castigating others in her group and telling all of them to man up and perform better. She was disappointed and did not make bones about hiding her feelings. Who said competition was dead? Post lunch they headed off to the badminton courts and started playing catch with a ball. the only difference being that four persons were holding a sheet at the four corners and jerking the ball over the net with four others holding another sheet were catching the ball in their sheet. Perhaps the aim of the game was to teach them team spirit and how co-operation and co-ordination played a big role in achieving their targets.
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We in the services play a similar game where the fault of one man may be life threatening... Team spirit is one thing that is induced in the forces right from the first day. Psychological profiling plays a huge role in the forces . A game of a different sort was on for us in the classroom where one thing we did not have to fight against sleep - due to the scintillating form of the instructors - but definitely had to make an effort to understand the aggregates of supply and demand. The funny thing was the instructors were so accomplished that when they taught the subject everything was crystal clear but when it came to interpreting the same on paper one found oneself at loss for words till the explanation by the instructor made everything very clear.- then you mentally tended to kick yourself saying" of course : how could I have missed that?" Sandhya added colour to the proceedings by celebrating the weekend by dressing colourfully. Professor Ashita had a matching mobile cover .... Professor Dasgupta was her usual professional self . Her only passion being that we understood what she taught correctly and did not forget it. Jagpal was lost in his own thoughts and was preoccupied. Himanshu went beyond our mandate and asked questions which the instructors had to put a stop to as it was beyond the need of the class. Creating a database on suicides and how to prevent them was also a part of the learning - although unofficially - and was being worked upon by Jagadeshwar Rao garu. Asking pointed questions to elicit the maximum learning is a way of life for Prasad. Technical analysis and logical conclusions therein were ingrained in Sivaram. The only two normal people in the class were Banerjee and ......me. Our effort to view the water diamond paradox were nullified due to the slow speed of internet at ASCI. Between Himanshu and me we disproved the Law of marginal utility when we established that the 'more the consumption of whiskey - the more happy a person became'- and that even if your stomach was full you could make space for more by working out OR.... something -my memory fails me at this point...
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