Good Luck!

From tomorrow, my itty-bitty kiddies (ok, so they are not itty-bitty. they are grown adults, and only act like kids!) start their exams. Practicals, followed by theory exams placed intermittently over a month and a half. Such a nice time - table, somebody may say... and I quite agree. For the moment.

The last line is in honour of the dear University of Mumbai, an institution that has effected multiple changes in the Final year Psychology course Time - table itself. Not counting the various "rumored changes" of course. Shifting practical dates and jumping theory ones have caused me to take it one zero change day at a time. Not that it affects my life all that much as a teacher thats not been hooked into correcting papers; but I do like to be up-to-date with the happenings around me when students call to verify the latest rumor.

So, anyway, with no changes intimated to me yet, i venture to say that my students start exams tomorrow. I hope they conduct the practicals well, and answer a few VIVA questions too - with the right answers. But I'm not too worried. I thinkum they will.

I'm hopping around with worry, not about the students, as much as about the exam itself, since ours is a brand new department, and this is the very first official exam being held. Hopefully, nothing will be considered too out - of - the - place.

Anyway, it seems am blabbering. so I shall stop that and get back to worrying in peace. Good Luck Kids!! (not that any of them reads my blog... so that was not really much use!)

Happy Women's Day.... and all that!

It's "Women's Day". I hate to be sarcastic about the one day the female of the human species is celebrated, but what to do? It still does not make too much sense to me. We still hear of dowry related problems every other day.... and women are still the only ones who work at home! So why bother? If the best thing an unmarried woman can do is get married, and she is still known in relation to the men of the house, just where is her identity?


Now, don't get me wrong! I love the concept of womens day. And all the freebies that go along with it. It feels good to hear all the lavish praise about the greatness of being a "Woman". All I'm wondering is... where does it all go for all the other days? Which cave is it hidden in? Because, Women do not (or at least this one does not) ask for much. Appreciation of the efforts taken, acknowledgment in the form of a little help whenever possible with the every-day, and acceptance - less bickering about who we are.

I think women's day will be every day that there are two equal halves in a couple, wholeness to an individual, respect for good work done; regardless of whether the doer was male or female, and the freedom for a person to be whoever they want to be.... homemaker, scientist, corporate person, slob, educator, or any of the thousands of job titles out there. And that's going to be Men's Day too.

Dream on ....... :)