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
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