St.John's Palayamkottai - Part 3
Part 3 of the St.johns series is exam special :-)
As I mentioned in my earlier posts, teaching is the last thing on the agenda of st. johns facutly. So we have to devise our own methods to crack the so called tests ( exam is kinda scary word, used mostly to denote the finals or the public )
The most common thing is private tutions. Some folks are so obsessed with tutions that they join 2 tutions for the same subject ( my friend Aravind had 2 maths tutions..and its not a joke ). The parents are much more obsessed with their wards, attending private tutions with leading centers. The brand value of the tution teacher ( don't mistake it for the malayalam matter movie ) is very important. Gangs where formed around based on the area. Shanthi Nagar Gang, Samathanapuram Gang, Maharaja Nagar Gang, Town Gang etc.
Some of the tution centers were much greener due to co-education . Folks started getting brand new TVS-Champs ( mostly the blue colored one ), putting their old faithful cycles to rest. Tutions played a major part in the studies, as folks spend more time in tution centers than in classrooms. By means of repeated lectures of the same lessons, repeated practice tests, atleast something is learnt to 'pass' the tests. This is less adventurous and less exciting for some of our friends.
Their kolgai is very simple tution porathe sight adikarathukku.... so its obvious that they bunked the practice tests and missed the important questions dictation etc etc.. So at the time of the so called monthly tests, they are under more pressure to clear the papers. They had their own techniques in bits & pieces to acheive their targets, a simple pass 70/200 in the tests. Hope you understand what am talking about. There are different methods followed for "bit adichifying".
The cateogories of Bit is classifed as follows but not limited to this :-)
1. Imporatant Headings Only
2. Formulae Only
3. Big Questions Descriptions Only
4. Diagrams Only
5. Important Sums - Answers only
6. Full Detailed Page - Torn from the Guides
7. Manapaada Seyyul Only
8. Chemistry Equations Only
9. Flow Charts only
The content of bit, depends on the skill level of the bit'ter and his memory level also.
Some folks can build up the whole story, if he know the diagram of the apparatus or the specimen used. Some guys can solve a complex mathematical problem, if they get the formulae right. Some friends, can explain the whole chemical process better than the inventor, if they get to know the equations used.
One of my friend can memorize big chunks of text, but he forgets the headings only.
The pages from the text books/ guides are usually torn for the public exam and the conventional method of small piece of paper + ball point pen is used for monthly tests. Bit Paper is not the only media used in bit 'ting.
The improvisations includes
Plastic/Metallic Rulers ( we call it scale)
Geometry box Instruments ( protactor, set square)
Exam Pad (pareetchai attai ) - under the clip, reverse side
Log Book (remember the boring blue colored Clark's Tables)
bittugal pala vidham, avai ovov ondrum oru vidham
Creating a bit, is the easier part. Hiding them for easy retrieval is the most difficult part. The most common place is inside the socks, along the sidelines of tucked-in shirts, trouser pockets and some real 'secret' places.
Usually the bit'ter form a gang and they carry bits to cover the entire syllabus amongst them. The most daring of them all, who is the master of the trade will carry an index bit, which has the table of contents saying who is carrying what bit, at the start of the test. The bits are usually not destroyed, and are re used for subsequent tests. But they are destroyed or thrown away immediately, provided there is a checking or a strict staff comes for supervision.
I think its enough of bit-stories;
Lab and Mark Sheet distribution jokes to continue in next post. Ciao !!
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