CPs and their classifications

In order to encourage participation from students many B schools have a separate components called Class Participation where specific marks are allocated just for asking questions and bringing up relevant points in the class. I personally have never been a very participative student but this topic of CP has always been a topic of discussion among my circle of friends. Having spent few months studying management, I couldnot help myself classifying the different kinds of CPs.

CP classification:

1. Constructive CP: This is the ideal version of CP. This being the purpose for which it was introduced. It normally galvanises the entire class’s thought process (Why didn’t I think of that). The professor too thinks of the point and sometimes discusses about it even in the next class (it happened with me once, was not very pleasant). Such CP rarely occurs.

2. Prolonged CP: This CP is like Amaron Bunny. It goes on and on. In short its verbose. Of course some people have become an expert in this and have even earned accolades for it. The pattern normally is something like this, the participant repeats the same question or the point, gives his point of view normally a very clichéd one justifies it with an example and then repeats his point again. It normally evokes stares from the class and if its at brink of the break then a few not so pleasant words also from the class mates.

To be continued

Bored of boredom

I am in the midst of fifth term by far the most exciting term for any B school. After all placements are done, it is a known fact that you will pass irrespective of your performance. All these give ample of time and opportunities to enjoy yourselves. But after some time you exhaust all your sources of enjoyment and boredom creeps in. The situation is in stark contrast with the first term where you are hard pressed for time (atleast that’s what you think at that time) and you are worried about your continued existence in IRMA. We never seem to be satisfied no matter what the life has to offer. When I was outside IRMA, it was the place I wanted to be in. When I got here, I was thinking about the field work segment and predictably when I reached there I was again thinking of IRMA. When I would start work I am sure it would be IRMA that would occupy my thoughts most of the times. In hindsight this has been the pattern throughout my life and I believe that holds true for most of us. But my knowledge of this predictability has not in anyway helped reducing the boredom.

Lull after the storm

The placement season has come to an end and I find myself being placed in the organisation of my dreams. Actually I always found myself attracted towards the banking sector and IRMA I felt gave me a perfect opportunity to fulfil my wish. But fate had something else in store for me. ICICI group the biggest recruiter of IRMA for the last five years failed to show up twice in a row. Even Bank of Baroda did not show up this time. Given the situation, I felt that my current organisation gave me a fair chance of fulfilling my desire of joining the banking sector in the future.

The picture though doesnot seem as rosy as I thought a few months back. It happens all the time with all of us. We work hard for few things in life (atleast think about it continuously) and sometimes even achieve them, but after achieving them you just don’t feel the happiness that you would normally expect. In my experience of 15 months with an organisation I never did anything that an ordinary twelfth pass guy would not be able to do. I also believe the same about my current job and for most of the jobs offered to my colleagues. I might be a little presentable and speak fluent English but that’s where differentiation ends. Sometimes I really wonder why do the corporates hire people like us and make us do monotonous things which any person of average intelligence can do, many times better than me. I believe the same holds true for jobs requiring some mathematical aptitude, the brainy people make the mathematical models used by companies but other guys including those from IIMs and IITs just operate these models which have a set of standard operating procedures.

Anyways I only hope that I would be able to do what I am expected to do and maintain some expected standards for a reasonable time(Stick with the organisation for atleast 2 years). It might happen that someday I might open my open an enterprise and actually put into practise some of my beliefs.