My primary school teachers used innovative ways of punishing students. When we were in grade 4 or 5, if a student would perform badly in a quiz, the teacher would send him off to sit in a grade 1 classroom for a while. The shame of a big boy sitting with first graders was worse than any other punishment.
I never got that punishment since I was a stellar student in my school days.
Many years laters in college, I had different interests and pre-occupations. I got an ‘F’ in Solid State Electronics in sixth semester. I was at home when I got the result. It was the first – and the last – ‘F’ of my academic carrer. I was disturbed. That night, I saw in a dream that I was sitting in a grade one classroom…
That semester, Dr. Khasan Karimov (a Russian scholar) taught Solid State Electronics, and was the only teacher in my academic career to fail me.
“Someone has finally evaluated me correctly” I thought, “He is the one worthy to be my final year project advisor”.
So in our seventh semester, I chose Dr. Khasan Karimov – the only teacher to ever fail me – as my project advisor.
lubna said,
October 21, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
In some odd way…it DOES make sense!
jayna said,
October 25, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
i dont understand .. whyy ?
stinger said,
November 16, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Lol… I’d rather be dealt fairly with respect than be dealt with sympathy for a lesser cause.