It is fascinating to revisit old times ... I am now most curious as to how things were when we were younger - how we viewed the world - what our journeys were like from St Josephs onwards.
It is fun to recall the teachers we had, the fun we had (I do not recall to much sadness, though I am sure there were moments of not-so-much fun and joy). We had some good teachers, some really terrible ones and some that were just mean (in the mean category, I place Fr. Victor D'Souza - he was just way too mean and terrified people for no reason). I remember Fr. Menezes, Fr Samala, Fr Matthew
Menezes was an excellent adminstrator and I remember him for the 1967/Golden Jubilee celebration.
I remember Mr. Syed very well on how he used to teach Mathematics - Matthew on how he taught science ... there was this teacher who taught PT (Physical Training/whatever we called it then) who was like Fr Victor - he was just a mean individual who had no business being in the school, but he did - what was his name??)
I am curious as to how we have changed - what we thought and did way back then, what we are doing today - could we have predicted where we are and how things have turned out - I will start the process
I will start by commenting on something Ananth wrote about me - "Nerd" (not really was also a comment) - I do see the context of that comment - but I agree with Ananth - I was always playing cricket or some other game (even as my mother kept telling me not to - Oh, yes - she was always on my case!) - I do remember being a "nerd" - though what I recall best was enjoying doing whatever I was doing - I tell everyone today that I had always wanted to teach - and here I am - so, in a sense, I found something I enjoy doing and it does not seem like a job (though on some days, it seems like a job when I have to deal with some people around me or when students complain about their grades or when I have to read something inane from someone sitting in some office with no idea of what the world is really like!)
My "introduction" to chemical engineering began when my father used to bring to our home young engineers the company he worked for hired ... I think his objective was to make an impression on us (my brothers and I) about how intelligent these young men were and what important jobs they were doing for the company - I heard so much about "R&D" - and about the excitement of discovery. Yet, I knew I had to find my own path and decide what really interested me.
It is fun to recall the teachers we had, the fun we had (I do not recall to much sadness, though I am sure there were moments of not-so-much fun and joy). We had some good teachers, some really terrible ones and some that were just mean (in the mean category, I place Fr. Victor D'Souza - he was just way too mean and terrified people for no reason). I remember Fr. Menezes, Fr Samala, Fr Matthew
Menezes was an excellent adminstrator and I remember him for the 1967/Golden Jubilee celebration.
I remember Mr. Syed very well on how he used to teach Mathematics - Matthew on how he taught science ... there was this teacher who taught PT (Physical Training/whatever we called it then) who was like Fr Victor - he was just a mean individual who had no business being in the school, but he did - what was his name??)
I am curious as to how we have changed - what we thought and did way back then, what we are doing today - could we have predicted where we are and how things have turned out - I will start the process
I will start by commenting on something Ananth wrote about me - "Nerd" (not really was also a comment) - I do see the context of that comment - but I agree with Ananth - I was always playing cricket or some other game (even as my mother kept telling me not to - Oh, yes - she was always on my case!) - I do remember being a "nerd" - though what I recall best was enjoying doing whatever I was doing - I tell everyone today that I had always wanted to teach - and here I am - so, in a sense, I found something I enjoy doing and it does not seem like a job (though on some days, it seems like a job when I have to deal with some people around me or when students complain about their grades or when I have to read something inane from someone sitting in some office with no idea of what the world is really like!)
My "introduction" to chemical engineering began when my father used to bring to our home young engineers the company he worked for hired ... I think his objective was to make an impression on us (my brothers and I) about how intelligent these young men were and what important jobs they were doing for the company - I heard so much about "R&D" - and about the excitement of discovery. Yet, I knew I had to find my own path and decide what really interested me.
