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| The
letter ‘A’ matters here |
‘A’ for attendance, ‘A’ for assignments and above all ‘A’
grade. The letter ‘A’ decides whether you get the diploma at Xavier Institute
of Communications (XIC) or not. Hard work is the key to maintain the balance
between them. The picture captures all the three aspects: Students near the
desk for attendance, collecting their assignments and grade ‘A’ which one
the fellow students got in her assignment.
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| The board: Loved by overachievers, feared by backbenchers |
The notice board which displays grades and attendance is
feared by majority of the students at XIC. Attendance and grading which
always comes with the message of “withholding the diploma” gives shivers to
students. No doubt it is loved by a group of students who are termed as
“Overachievers”.
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| An
ode to forgotten names |
With digital attendance coming into picture, the old-school
tradition of manual attendance came to an end at XIC long back. It brings back
the memory of our childhood days where we used to get called by our name for
attendance and the responses varied from “Yes Ma’am”, “Present Ma’am”, “Absent
Ma’am” and “Ma’am, Ma’am”.
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| Complementing
each other |
It is important in every institute that the relation between
the faculty and the students should be cordial and respectful. At XIC the
faculty always encourages students to ask questions and are always ready to
answer them. The picture depicts a student having interaction with the faculty when
the class got over. The idea behind the caption was the color of teacher’s
dress and student’s hair.
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| Where is the smile? |
If you have seen Dheeraj Sir in XIC, he is always seen smiling.
But when I asked him for a picture the smile vanished. I didn’t look at the
picture then but now when I am looking at it, this the only thing that is
coming to my mind, “Where is the smile?”
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| The beauty of non-verbal communication |
The
picture is taken during one of our lectures with Professor Julian Hollick. The
picture shows the students and professor watching something on the screen. If
you observe hand gestures of the people in the picture, you will get to know
the idea behind the caption of the picture.
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| And
visit library too! |
The picture was taken at XIC library when it was empty or is
it always empty? With lectures lining up from 9 am to 6 pm, the frequency of
students visiting the library is low except when a lecture is canceled.
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| The
official DJ of XIC |
The picture was taken in the studio at XIC, School Campus.
Arvind Sir handles the sound editing department of XIC. In one of our classes
he came up with two tunes for demo and mixed them together like a DJ.
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| Shav
Asan ft. Upside-Down |
It is not an unusual scene at XIC. Naps between breaks have
become a custom. A comfortable bed is not required, you just need a bench and you
are ready for the upside-down shav asan.
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| XIC after effect |
You are a changed person once you come out of XIC, said
someone, here is the proof.
