The results of the 3rd Semester are finally out. The date of this unexpected event turned out to be 9th June, 2009, a little less than 2 months after DCE took out their results for the 3rd Semester. As I have said in the previous posts, most students had given up on the result coming out anytime soon, hence the surprise. I did ok. Should've done better, rather, the teacher should have done better while marking my paper. Here's a piece by piece review of the course and the teachers of 3rd sem. The identities of the teachers shall remain undisclosed for reasons unknown to all:
1. Electronics I - A reasonably good teacher teaching us a not so reasonable subject. The fact that the entire course revolves around the one and only 'jugaad' book, Electronics Circuits and Devices by B. Kumar and S. Jain. Getting to know about it a day before the electronics mid sem didn't help matters. The subsequent abandoning of Sedra and Smith for this book was a decision i made, for better or worse. The net result being a score of 63. Not bad, nearly as much as I expected.
2. Circuits and System - Taught by a teacher who got an infamous reputation for giving suppli's, just because a person on lounge gave him a nickname that had a nice ring to it and had the word suppli in it. The teacher was able to some extent, but unfortunately would start becoming incomprehendable over time, with the greater complexity of his subject and verbal skills getting the better of us. However, I still appreciate the heartfelt and optimistic advice he gave me after flunking me in the mid-sems. I really felt I could change it for the better, and after working hard, I ended up with a 62.
3. Electrical Machines I - A subject with a teacher who was a guest faculty, who for all reasons of putting this conversation in the right context, was an alumni of NSIT. With a total of 7 lectures in the semester, which was the combined effect of either the students bunking or the teacher not turning up, the only things that could save us was some efforts on the part of the teacher. However, when the result came, the promises he made felt like he was rubbing salts on our wounds, and effectly ended up betraying my hopes of getting even a 70%. I could only manage a 56, although i hoped for 65+.
4. Electrical Measurements - A vast and theoretical subject with an understanding teacher, who was also coincidentally, an alumni of NSIT. For all the difficulties faced in the semester, the only teacher who helped us manage the semester in whatever way he could, was him. We all put extra efforts to ensure we did well in his subject, which i'm glad to say, I did, as did the rest. I got an 80.
5. Mathematics III - A difficult course, which had me going through the subject till 6:15 am on the day of the exam, my only disappointment apart from the fact that I would not have maths as a subject, is that I would not be taught another course by the teacher who taught us in 3rd sem. A brilliant teacher, and after knowing him over the past year, my respect for him has only grown. Had I had the aptitude, I would have seriously considered his advice to get into teaching.
Well, thats all for now. I will really have to pull up my socks for 5th sem, if i'm to make any improvement in my percentage for sitting in placements.
Adios!
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