[This is a repost. This
also happens to be one of my favorite posts. When
Atrocious Scribblings
suggested I do a repost, I did not think twice. So here is the post for a
re-read]
Back Bencher
Consortium(C):Now
Now…What would a First Bencher (read the geek, nerd, book worm...) have to confess?
We have all read the chronicles from Last Benchers...
And
My My they are very interesting. But then if you ask my opinion first benchers
are a bunch of bumble bees who just sit around so that the professors don't
feel bad..
They
just sit and sit and sit, eyes wide open, nodding there heads as if they
understood every single word said and is blessed by the newly acquired
knowledge. Worse? They ask questions. Not that we mortals are attentive to
lectures( we are away, far far away
dreaming and catching up some sleep after the late night movie marathons...)..You
do not get a word of what they are talking about (you feel you were just
teleported to classroom just this second) and they have inevitable spoiled a
good day's slumber...
Despicable
creatures!!!
ME (Representative, World
First Benchers Welfare Organisation. WF(W)O):
Whoah!!!So
many allegations. Such a personal attack on a community which never bothered to
compete for the much sought student territory of back seats?? Now the time has
come for the truth, the revelation. Time to cleanse us of the malicious
charges.
Let
me confess. I am a frontbencher (Oh!The
despicable me!). Yes. Someone who always sat right in the front of any
class attended. But not even for once be beguiled by my intentions and my poker
straight face. See it was never a choice and allow me to explain.
1.
I am short. Which means some times I cannot even see the tutor let alone check
which direction the tutor is looking before I can attempt any of my not-so-authorized-activities
in the class.
2.
And more than often tutors tend to concentrate on the backbenchers than us the
"poor-nerds"...Or may be not. But being in first bench gives us the
unique vantage point for the tutors movement allowing us better opportunities
to fun..
3.
Once when I was very late to class, I happened to get the last but one
bench...After the class I had a handful of tiny paper balls on my pony tail and
two miniature paper rockets. I was the butt of the joke that day for the Backbenchers.
I heard one of them had applied for NASA...I'm pretty sure he'll get through
from the preciseness of the rocket launching he had done the other day...
4.
Again couple of times when I landed up in the last seat. I smiled at the
prospect with a wickedness that matched Tom's(from Tom and Jerry)..But on each occasion I was hauled right on the
stage near the board to solve difficult problems; right in front of the
class...These evil things happen only when I sit at the back bench.
Oh
ya call me superstitious !!!
5.
And Hello non-front bencher!!! We are not nodding our heads in acknowledgement
with the tutor we are dozing off. Remember I was the one next to you when you
screamed your lungs out after watching Tom Cruise in that entry shot of Vanilla
Sky, You Moron!!!..And Talk about screaming at 3 am in the morning!!!
6.
And that look of bliss, that one comes when you successfully stifle a yawn. And
when we actually miss stifling we drop our pens rather unobtrusively. Bend
down,yawn,pick up the pen and sit up. Come on,After all we have a
reputation
to maintain..
7.
Sorry about disturbing you with the questions. Most of them even we don't know
what we are asking...When someone jostles us from sleep(Oh Yes !You. You back
bencher, by passing notes or creaking the furniture or by chatter and
giggles.), it's our reflex action to create a question from the last technical
term that pops up in the subconscious...
eg: Madam,Do you think
the electrical energy in the motor can be harnessed in a more efficient way by
working on the coefficient of friction in the windings??
See
it made sense to no one in particular...
8.
Most importantly if you are actually in the mood to study(read the day after
new year/resolution),there is nothing to come between you and the educational system.
Not even the rustic benches and desks...
Back
Benchers we are sorry for keeping you all in the dark. We are just like
you...Around to have fun, make friends and in process learn [enough to land up
a job with plush salary..]..We are not really no-fun people..
We
are just into an unconventional way of having fun sitting right under the nose
of the teacher..
P:S:
NOM to any of my teachers. I believe in holistic education. More than what the
text books can teach or one can cram up to clear the papers..
