Proxy @ IITM

In my previous post, I wrote about an exam which we had to take even before our classes started. Yeah, the exam which tested whether one should attend the English O Level Course or not. The results of that exam were announced on 4th Aug itself. Luckily, my name was not in the list , hence I was not expected to attend that particular class. I felt very happy. My first Success in IIT Madras. More than 80% of the MTechs had to attend that course. 100% attendance was mandatory for that course. ha ha...Nice IIT System!! The schedule for the class was like this : " ME,AERO,EE,Ocean .....students..Classes on all Fridays from 3 to 5 pm. Venue : CRC 201, 202 ,203. "

The first class was on Aug 10th. One of my friends, Mr X( actual name I am not going to disclose here) had to go home on that Friday (10th) . He was a bit desperate. Read the thing written in RED COLOR. So he approached me and asked me whether I could attend the class on his behalf. Or more precisely ,I should give a proxy for him. MY FIRST EVER PROXY IN MTECH . I agreed to attend the class. To avoid unnecessary confusion, I decided to sit in the Last Bench along with some of my Mallu QIP friends. I just wanted to remain as silent as possible so that the person handling the class , had no doubt at all. For that purpose, I decided to take down the notes neatly . The teacher came to the class at exactly 3 o'clock. She introduced herself and told that she was not going to take the class on that day. I wondered what she was planning to do for the next two hours.

The teacher was really friendly with the students. She wanted to know what they expected from her. Lots of answers came from here and there. Only a few things I remember properly .Murali said, " Mam, we want something thats useful for writing our project reports" . I dont know what he meant by that. Then some body else said that he wanted to have GD sessions that would be useful for the placements. She said that she would try to include every thing in her future classes and she wanted us to do some thing that day after she took the attendance. She started calling the names one by one. When she called out the name " Mr.X", I said, "yes, mam". I dont know what caught her attention. She told me to come to the front row. Shit!!!

She said that she would call the students from each state. The students, were supposed to introduce themselves and reply to the questions asked by the students of other states. Herself being a Keralite, she called the MALLU JUNTA first. Mr X also belongs to that category. So I was forced to go infront of the whole class along with my state mates. The most difficult task was, when I had to introduce myself . "I am Mr X. I am from Kerala. I did my BTech in....My future plans....blah blah..." Some how, I did that. After that, the students started asking us about ONAM, tourism, Communist Party...Those things we were able to answer nicely.After that she said, " Mr X. U are answering things really well. I wonder why you couldnt pass the exam".. I was happy when I heard those words from the teacher, but wondered what Mr X would do in the following week.

The class got over by 4.45pm. Many students came to me and appreciated my courage. ha ha...Even now, I dont know how I got the courage for that. May be, I might have forgotten how the lives of the three students got screwed up after they had to face the DISCO. (Ack: Five Point Someone) .