tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post112735584233624440..comments2023-05-01T10:35:59.787-04:00Comments on Can You Hear Me Now?: Whats wrong with JU?dipthoughthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235211045530849384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post-1127406736786767812005-09-22T12:32:00.000-04:002005-09-22T12:32:00.000-04:00Thanks Arnab for pointing it out.Forget JU - in a ...Thanks Arnab for pointing it out.<BR/>Forget JU - in a premiere research institute like Saha Inst of Nuclear Physics had student computers shutting off at 6 pm.And add to that JU library closes at 8 pm.The basic problem is they dont trust the students enough - and until they do that, students wont feel responsible either.And the irony is - I have seen non teaching employees treating students with much better respect in some of the so called not so progressive states!<BR/><BR/>Debashree - may be things are slightly different in humanities -that is actually nice - but they did not look that impressive in the rest of the campus even in last December.Its less about the available facilities than the mindset.dipthoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235211045530849384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post-1127404342944180532005-09-22T11:52:00.000-04:002005-09-22T11:52:00.000-04:00another clarification please, nope, computers do n...another clarification please, nope, computers do not shut down at 5 pm anymore, didn't know they did that in the first place...of course, i speak from my experience in the humanities in the post 1999 time period.tuktukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145847815793043901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post-1127397434532957472005-09-22T09:57:00.000-04:002005-09-22T09:57:00.000-04:00In engineering we have had the sem system for long...In engineering we have had the sem system for long...but even then the admin's claim of meeting "international academic standards" is quite a stretch. Principally because, as you point out, the woeful technological infra-structure.<BR/><BR/>In 1999 (I dont know if this has changed), at 5:00 right when in the middle of coding, a message would come from the server:---Systm shutting down in 2 minutes....). WTF ! In the Comp Sc department, all machines are shut off at 5 in the afternoon like government clerks.....pathetic !greatbonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095742894399841700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post-1127360778483431392005-09-21T23:46:00.000-04:002005-09-21T23:46:00.000-04:00Thats probably true for humanities - which I am af...Thats probably true for humanities - which I am afraid I dont know much about - since I left JU in 2003.<BR/><BR/>But for Engineering/Science - which have been follwing what I would call a pseudo-"semester system" for years now - continuous evaluations or mid term examinations with sufficient weightage are just a myth - everything boils down to the end sem examinations - thats why "sem" starts and ends with that exam in student mindset!dipthoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235211045530849384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14751463.post-1127359941386924142005-09-21T23:32:00.000-04:002005-09-21T23:32:00.000-04:00just a minor clarification, JU is following the se...just a minor clarification, JU is following the semester system since the last two years. So, semester exams would involve internal assessments, mid-terms, and end terms et all for any student since all of the above carry some weightage as far as their GPA is concerned. And students are equally concerned about all of those exams that have to be taken.tuktukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145847815793043901noreply@blogger.com