My second year was burdening enough with two papers for each of my majors..On top of that I had mass communication.To add to the misery,I had three teachers for it,and what was worse,they were all Literature teachers.Every literature student had warned me that they were known to be merciless,exceedingly opinionated and obnoxiously miserly when it came to giving marks.The icing on the cake was there was no syllabus.For a boring and completely uncreative student like me,who likes concrete,predictable things,it was basically hell.
The eve of my mass comm paper,was therefore,very obviously,alarmingly stressful.Both terms,I went berserk.I gave my papers hoping my teachers had liked my face enough to give me passing marks.
However,after all these months,when I look back,I find myself looking at a completely different picture.Looking back,I remember how i got a chance to talk about all my favourite things.One of my sub topics was cinema,my most favourite thing ever.I remember how i got to give a demo on writing movie reviews,study about the history of this art,and more intriguingly,learn the very craft of this unique art.
I also now realise now that I met my role model,Jihasa miss,in these classes.She is the woman i want to grow up to become.She also motivated me to write,appreciated my amateur efforts and encouraged me when i felt lost.She also very often spoke of things that our generation loves..Sitcoms..music..fashion magazines..we made us think,challenged our views and encouraged discussions and debates.We were free to express our opinions..Talk about covers,judge models,cover art,the works,Now that i wonder,where else would i get such freedom of expression?
Mrs Kanoriya,let us analyse advertisements,tear them to shreds,criticize,be cynical,judge biasedly,and most importantly,carry these views up to our answer sheets..It makes me realise,do i really need a syllabus all the time?Didn't I thoroughly enjoy myself in those classes? I did,I most certainly did.Hence,now I know and realise fully,how much I will miss my mass comm classes.They did a lot to show me who I am.I will always be grateful to those wonderful teachers of mine.:)
The eve of my mass comm paper,was therefore,very obviously,alarmingly stressful.Both terms,I went berserk.I gave my papers hoping my teachers had liked my face enough to give me passing marks.
However,after all these months,when I look back,I find myself looking at a completely different picture.Looking back,I remember how i got a chance to talk about all my favourite things.One of my sub topics was cinema,my most favourite thing ever.I remember how i got to give a demo on writing movie reviews,study about the history of this art,and more intriguingly,learn the very craft of this unique art.
I also now realise now that I met my role model,Jihasa miss,in these classes.She is the woman i want to grow up to become.She also motivated me to write,appreciated my amateur efforts and encouraged me when i felt lost.She also very often spoke of things that our generation loves..Sitcoms..music..fashion magazines..we made us think,challenged our views and encouraged discussions and debates.We were free to express our opinions..Talk about covers,judge models,cover art,the works,Now that i wonder,where else would i get such freedom of expression?
Mrs Kanoriya,let us analyse advertisements,tear them to shreds,criticize,be cynical,judge biasedly,and most importantly,carry these views up to our answer sheets..It makes me realise,do i really need a syllabus all the time?Didn't I thoroughly enjoy myself in those classes? I did,I most certainly did.Hence,now I know and realise fully,how much I will miss my mass comm classes.They did a lot to show me who I am.I will always be grateful to those wonderful teachers of mine.:)
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