The past few days- two to name it- hasnt been good for me. Some very subtle things had happened which really turned out to be sensitive things and it left a bad taste in my mouth.
First thing, I am selected by Microsoft as the Microsoft Student Partner for our institute. As part of the work I am supposed to lead a club which will deal with popularising MS technologies in the campus. There was already a MS club in the college for the past one year. As the student partner I assumed that now it would be my duty to lead that club. But when I had a talk with the student convener of the club, there arose many complications- I prefer to call it administrative hurdles. I was not allowed to lead the club because the student convener tells me that he is supposed to be the head of the club -as discussed with MS last year. That I would be a high priority member of the club but the administrative decisions will be taken by him. As said to me by MS, the student partner is the person who is the most close to MS from a campus-so that should be me. But it was opposed. This not only frustrated me but also gave me an insight that the club was a prime platform for "playing politics". I have lost all respect to this club but I ought to be a member of the club. And so will I. But I will never have any affinity for it.Nonetheless the discussion ended in a peaceful note- I will say that I didnt like the tone of the student convener- and I had written to MS for clear divison of the responsibilities incase the student convener has to be retained as the head of the club.
Second thing, I got inducted into another club, CyberSOFT club which deals with IT advancements of the institute. It was a good thing. But when I saw the list of the people who were selected I realised the induction process was a joke. Good people were chucked away and some people who didnt deserve were selected in place of them. Moreover, I attended the first meeting of the club in which there was an election to decide the position-holders in the club. Again seeing the way it was being held, I would like to call it illogical to me. Some rules were set up which no doubt, was not for the welfare of the club. Clearly, I concluded the club was altogether crap and I lost my interest.
Third thing and the thing that hurt me the most. Something happened-which even I am sure of- in our Sun club which led to the disappointment of one of my closest friends and he is now leaving the club. One thing I would like to say is that of all the clubs I have seen, I can say with certainity that the workings of the Sun club is the best. One reason for this may be that over time all the Sun club members have become best pals and so this promotes transparency and smooth working. Even we are very close to our juniors in the club. But something had happened, which I still have no clear idea of, which disappointed a junior and my friend, Subhankar. We at Sun club had an idea that in no case our juniors should feel left out or disappointed on anything.
Final thing, I will not refrain from saying that I hate this college. Even if you do something which is beneficial for the student community you are being opposed by the administration. As part of Sun club activities, we are conducting Java classes for the first years to bring them soon to mainstream programming leaving the traditional programming using C/C++. But our HOD told me that whatever we are doing is "bullshit"- he used this term and that it is not beneficial to the first years. According to him, we should not be teaching Java but should supplement them by re-teaching them what they are already studying as part of their syllabus. According to me, its the duty of the college to do that and not ours. I told this to him but this got him infuriated and he told many more illogical things and humiliated me. I hated that person from the very beginning but after this incident I hate him so much that I wouldnt give him a drop of water even when he is dying of thirst. I do not understand why incapable people get angry when someone challenges them in their area. But I dont care anymore. He can do no more harm to me and so I dont care.
I hope things get better. And the first thing that I want to fall in place is the matter with Subhankar.
