Association Hour activity
Every week, a couple of afternoons will be free without any laboratory classes. As per the tradition of our department, we used to assemble in our classroom once every week and spend the time preparing ourselves for placement related processes and other general development oriented activities. When the lateral entry students came to join us in the second year, we would use the time to get a detailed introduction from them. Even when some students came from other departments through a rank-based allotment, they introduced themselves during the Association hour.
I very well remember the first Association Hour that we had. Naturally the PR of the final year batch came and introduced many of the placement related processes and procedures to us. Senior NK talked especially about Group Discussion and asked us to develop our skills in that. He held a GD for us. I volunteered for that first GD along with Anbu Smiles, Gomathishankar, Saravana Babu, Rosaline and J. Sreenivas. I think the topic was about Indian cricket and the selection policies used by the Cricket board. We did a pretty decent job in it.
Other typical activities that we used to have in the Association hour included Quiz, Aptitude tests, and some interesting games. I will always remember two games that we played during the first year. One was a story telling game. Four of us were invited to the front and were given a particular emotion such as sorrow, comedy, horror, mystery etc. The girl who conducted the game would start a story and we were supposed to continue the story using only our emotion in turns. The story really took interesting turns that day because one of the participants decided to make that girl a character in the story. She became a nun in the story, went inside an abandoned church and basically went through a lot of sufferings in that story.
Another unforgettable game was Ship Wreck. As you may know, in this game, each participant assumes the role of a celebrity, all travelling in a ship that is about to sink. Each celebrity should now attempt to convince the audience that only he or she is eligible to take the only remaining life boat. Some of the celebrities were TN Seshan, Nakkeeran Gopal and Jayalalithaa. The students who got these celebrities did a creditable job. But Rangarajan had the most difficult job, as he had got actress Rambha as his celebrity. He was dumbstruck for a few seconds. But he quickly recovered and presented one of the most fascinating arguements I have ever heard. He said that his(her) job was only to entertain people, but the others had much more serious and responsible roles to play in the society. So he(she) decided to forego the opportunity to take the boat and will instead sacrifice his (her) life for the greater good of the society. Even though Ranga acted against his brief, his arguement was so convincing and sincere that it was very much appreciated. That was one of the great presence-of-mind reactions I have ever come across.
As out placement time approached, we conducted a lot of GDs and mock interviews during the Association hour. Whether conducting or attending, those were some of the most useful things I did to myself and others during my stay in MIT.
(Posted on 19-Jan-2004)
I very well remember the first Association Hour that we had. Naturally the PR of the final year batch came and introduced many of the placement related processes and procedures to us. Senior NK talked especially about Group Discussion and asked us to develop our skills in that. He held a GD for us. I volunteered for that first GD along with Anbu Smiles, Gomathishankar, Saravana Babu, Rosaline and J. Sreenivas. I think the topic was about Indian cricket and the selection policies used by the Cricket board. We did a pretty decent job in it.
Other typical activities that we used to have in the Association hour included Quiz, Aptitude tests, and some interesting games. I will always remember two games that we played during the first year. One was a story telling game. Four of us were invited to the front and were given a particular emotion such as sorrow, comedy, horror, mystery etc. The girl who conducted the game would start a story and we were supposed to continue the story using only our emotion in turns. The story really took interesting turns that day because one of the participants decided to make that girl a character in the story. She became a nun in the story, went inside an abandoned church and basically went through a lot of sufferings in that story.
Another unforgettable game was Ship Wreck. As you may know, in this game, each participant assumes the role of a celebrity, all travelling in a ship that is about to sink. Each celebrity should now attempt to convince the audience that only he or she is eligible to take the only remaining life boat. Some of the celebrities were TN Seshan, Nakkeeran Gopal and Jayalalithaa. The students who got these celebrities did a creditable job. But Rangarajan had the most difficult job, as he had got actress Rambha as his celebrity. He was dumbstruck for a few seconds. But he quickly recovered and presented one of the most fascinating arguements I have ever heard. He said that his(her) job was only to entertain people, but the others had much more serious and responsible roles to play in the society. So he(she) decided to forego the opportunity to take the boat and will instead sacrifice his (her) life for the greater good of the society. Even though Ranga acted against his brief, his arguement was so convincing and sincere that it was very much appreciated. That was one of the great presence-of-mind reactions I have ever come across.
As out placement time approached, we conducted a lot of GDs and mock interviews during the Association hour. Whether conducting or attending, those were some of the most useful things I did to myself and others during my stay in MIT.
(Posted on 19-Jan-2004)
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