This blog is a sequel to the one i wrote the other day on evicting three guys from class for breach of decorum. These guys tried their luck to get in through dubious means... guess what... they tipped a clerk of another dept into faking as their uncle.

A clerk who doesnt know head or tail of what a lecture meant, and what discpline meant, and what breach of decorum merits, was here in front of me, shedding crocodile tears on their behalf, and "warning" them not to repeat 'such things' in future.

Stating that even his daughter studied under me and got a very good name, he asked them to get a good name from the teacher. So remember to behave, he "raved" at them.

I was just puzzled, and my puzzlement was not whether to let them in or not, but how shameful of them to go to a clerk to mediate.

Education has really gone to the dogs... or atleast so in some Colleges...! Too bad!!!... i thought to myself...

This takes me to yet another million dollar question...

is the university teacher at the beck and call of a clerk that he can be overruled at times by students tipping a clerk...

or is it simply that tipping has entered even the noblest of professions...Education...?

It happens quite rarely.. once in a bluemoon... should i say... but when it happens it becomes epical in scale and historical in perspective. Today was one such day for three of my students who had to face the music, for breach of decorum. The euphemistic language i use here is evidence to the much cruder stuff behind this phrase. Having laid down the preamble for my classes, and insisting on students following it atleast in spirit, i was quite immune to some of the antics played by some of the students. But most of the time, i could find three guys who were nonchalantly disturbing the very ethos of the class right from the word "Go". This gave me anxious moments and the class too was seemingly perturbed. Good ones at the back benches were deprived of their cup of tea, and the ardent ones were also seen looking at those special ones and their teacher, alternately. This gave me the clue and slowly but steadily i opened up on the issue and said that three golden guys would face the music today for "exceptionally good" behavior. And the guys hung their heads. Later, when they came to the dept for pardon, i rejected it rightaway. Cos, this was the umpteenth time i had gone slow on them. This leads me to another question... which is, does punishment really merit these guys? Or is it simply yet another case of lackadaisicality on the part of these "golden" students.?