It gets very difficult to hide
the emotions but I manage somehow, we learn this trait with the passing years. Last
class of last semester always gets me emotional and this time I need to pen
down to get rid of it. I know I will remember them all and miss their presence
every time I visit the room. God has punished me with the ability to remember the
selected place where each mind loves to sit. Those right side silent 1st
bencher girls; then back the doers some geeky, some freaky, some engrossed in
their laptops and projects. The centre and the left, the loud, the pairs, the
groups, the commentator, the lousy, the dreamy, the lost, the sweet, the singer,
the writer, the designer, the thinker, the bookish, all I registered in memory
forever. The spectacles, the bands, the colourful pins and the nail arts and
all those grins. The running behind placement, the disappointments and joy, the
desire and aspirations with CAT preparations, GRE and reco, and bargains for
attendance. I will remember them and do remember the gone.
I may not be a good teacher of image processing especially when I am teaching it for the 1st time and that too inclined to some class room assignment experiments. Being the last semester and known students, I knew it was them who would be best to experiment the latest learning aids. (I regret making them victims of my experiments.) The most promoted flipped classroom. They would be out for placements and events and I wished they learn too although, being out of the class. This was possible due to flipped way of class and working on class assignments. Not telling the answers and allowing think-pair-share, I witnessed them learning the concepts on their own. They may be unaware but I know, that the experiment is successful. The previous batch did only 10 simple program statements but these people have had a far more amount of hands on. And ended up doing around 20 to 25 worth-while experiments with images. They may have copied things and used in-builts, but who writes from scratch in industry? The main part is learning, how things work. Learning that they had and that I had were worth noting. I learned what to do and what not during a flipped mode class, how it can be better received and all. They have explored much more beyond the book and as I took that to my scrutiny where should they start exploring, with some shared stuff, they were sure to be on right track. I got to see much of their work in person, I got to discuss projects and got to know them more just because of this experiment. It was lovely experience at-least from my side. Students were 50-50 as they really did not get to compare and see how far they have come with the subject. The slow may get a chance to redo the thing as if lectured, its gone, but videos stay there and the fast becomes faster and get much ahead. A win - win for all.
A batch ended again with learning to remain .. Wish all flourish and fly....shine and be the colors of my sky.