Comments on: Notes of a Wannabe ‘Professor’

By: Tina Younglas

Tina Younglas — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:46:38 +0000

You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!

By: Journomuse

Journomuse — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:39:08 +0000

Hey funny how I didn’t see this reply….was reading some other post on your blog when i narcissistically rewound back to this old mail and there was a comment from you post mine that I hadn’t seen…the Menon rule is that no comment must go unchewed…so the late reply…

Well, I had the dubious honour of being called back to my Uni nearly 8 years after I passed out to dole out the ‘mission message of goody two shoes’…but my experience of being the youngest one imparting wisdom to much older ones was way earlier in college when I took up teaching spoken English at an IATA training school…Since I was all of 19 and most students well into their 20s, I was instructed to turn out in a saree everyday to add gravitas to my teaching…Should I say how embarrassing it was to not really know how to keep it under control while teaching a bunch of mallu men who can strip a stick naked…and appear neither sweaty nor grammatically wrong and keep them ‘sufficiently entertained intellectually’…:)

By: Erik Qualman

Erik Qualman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:20:46 +0000

Thanks again Vinni and keep up the great work!!

Cheers,

@equalman

By: vinni

vinni — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:00:28 +0000

Yeah, There were times I could feel the energy go down, not just mine but also the class. And yes, I was lecturing a class which was mostly elder to me.
So you were not just a snooty student, but also a lecturer? In your university?

By: Journomuse

Journomuse — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:47:33 +0000

Well…sometimes I think its a worthwhile excersice Vinni to quietly record your lectures…and then you will see what all you inadvertantly end up saying coz you are trying to appear non-chalant and really in the grip of things..it gets worse when you are lecturing a set of people not too much younger than yourself…but who think they know everything there is to the world and how it is run…thats the bane of lecturing post graduate jerks..:) i was one, so i know the Mind of a Snooty Student..;)

By: vinni

vinni — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:23:18 +0000

Thanks Deepthy for dropping by. really appreciate you taking time off to comment here.
So what you are saying is, his nervousness added to the fun factor that he made a fool of himself? LOL

By: vinni

vinni — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:08:56 +0000

tell me about it! Would be glad to make it to SCIT sometime! Btw, I think the university exams are on for you. So all the best!

By: vinni

vinni — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:42:05 +0000

What you say is absolutely correct. there are times when you can see through the prof and know he is no longer passionate about the subject. It could be also because of having outgrown the excitement about the subject. At this stage they should either stop teaching that subject or stop teaching altogether!

I had a good time with English teachers too, thru out my education. The best was perhaps in 12th class, where we were taught about life and not about english! LOL!

By: vinni

vinni — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:24:06 +0000

Erik,

Thanks a lot for commenting on my blog. Can’t tell you how kicked I am. The Socialnomics videos are a great source of inspiration nor just for the students but everyone in the Social Media fraternity.

Loved the work you have done over the years on Social Media. Must admit, I am a great fan!

Vinni

By: vinni

vinni — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:21:16 +0000

LOL! Thats very flattering, but I am just another blogger not any authority or THE MAN like you put it But I am glad my suggestions helped you and your blog! Drop me a line anytime using the contact form!