Coldcall Part II

Thursday the 23rd
Life is cruising along fine. Slept in the second hour finance lecture. Quant lecture going on fine.
Sir is teaching joint prob distribution n stuff.

Suddenly he throws open a question to the class n asks for volunteers.
Now i wouldnt even dream of volunteering in proving theorems n stuff. Some people did raise their hands, but then they were the studs of quant. So sir said, they would be needed in subsequent proofs.

Now a piece of advice. To avoid being coldcalled, 2 things must be done (or rather not done). Dont look at the prof. Look down, or look east or west but dont look at him (n if by some teeny weeny chance u do look at him, look totally disinterested n totally lost). The 2nd thing is dont discuss nething with ur neighbours, not even the answer. Be totally silent.

I broke the second sacrosanct law of avoiding coldcall. I talked to randolf on my left. I was asking him "abbey saale kya karna hai ismein". Before he would reply, i heard "Anurag, would u like to do it on the board?"

Now dont be mistaken. This stt was not a question where one can answer yes or no.

So i slipped on slippers (i usually open my floaters in class), and collected my notebook and pen and walked towards the board. Sir said i wont need the notebook. So i left it somewhere on the way. And then wit big foolish grin on my face, reached the board, collected a chalk piece (we use yellow chalk in class usually for the benefit of the back benchers).....n i didnt know wat to do next.

But our prof is really nice. He helped me out with the problem and finally i did fine.

So that was my 2nd coldcall of the term.