Well, convocation is the time when you meet your friends along with parents and also get a chance to meet your faculty again.But what is rather surprising is that people with whom you may have not talked much in your college time too are very open and friendly and in-fact we behave as if we know each other very well.Well that's the magic of our college I guess- BITS -Pilani , its magic.
While the convocation ended last weekend , I was also undergoing soft skills training as part of the induction program for the new recruits, since August 5 which ended yesterday.Earlier I had the view that this training is not required for new recruits and that is it waste of money and time for the company.However, I feel being stupid of having such presumption, as the program turned out to be really educational, informative and motivational.Having spent 6 months at the company as an intern, I was able to relate things quite well.
The topic which was covered during the day I left for convocation was on networking, rapo building , meeting etiquette and what I found very interesting for inquisitive people like me -" paraphrasing and importance of open ended questions".As was told by the instructor, I tried out networking with people.On the convocation day, at the auditorium, I met Arka B., one of my EEE classmates with whom excepting CP-1, I don't think we ever had any much interaction.On probing him, I realized that he was working for "Teach for India" , at a school at Sion(Mumbai).I was amazed to find that a guy who in my my view was of "hi-fi" kind would ever be involved in such work.That aside, what I wanted to know from him was basically what are the difficulties faced when teaching such children and even more importantly how much is language a barrier ?
While the convocation ended last weekend , I was also undergoing soft skills training as part of the induction program for the new recruits, since August 5 which ended yesterday.Earlier I had the view that this training is not required for new recruits and that is it waste of money and time for the company.However, I feel being stupid of having such presumption, as the program turned out to be really educational, informative and motivational.Having spent 6 months at the company as an intern, I was able to relate things quite well.
The topic which was covered during the day I left for convocation was on networking, rapo building , meeting etiquette and what I found very interesting for inquisitive people like me -" paraphrasing and importance of open ended questions".As was told by the instructor, I tried out networking with people.On the convocation day, at the auditorium, I met Arka B., one of my EEE classmates with whom excepting CP-1, I don't think we ever had any much interaction.On probing him, I realized that he was working for "Teach for India" , at a school at Sion(Mumbai).I was amazed to find that a guy who in my my view was of "hi-fi" kind would ever be involved in such work.That aside, what I wanted to know from him was basically what are the difficulties faced when teaching such children and even more importantly how much is language a barrier ?