IS 8 O'CLOCK TOO EARLY, BETA?
Pic.: Shoba N Krishnan S ome of my twelfth-standard students, whose college timings are in the afternoon, had joined the morning batch in my classes. The batch timing was 9 to 10, thrice a week. Two days ago, the majority of these students approached me to change the timings to 8 to 9. As I was discussing this issue, I found a couple of students throwing a lot of resistance... “Why… What is your problem?” I asked them. “Sir, it is too early,” the answer was unanimous. Had the answer been, “Sir, we have another tuition class at 8,” or “Sir, my Gym or Cricket- coaching timings are clashing,” or, “Sir, I have to help my mom in the kitchen (Most unlikely, though!”)… yes, had the answer been one of these, I would have empathized with my resisting students… But, “Sir, it is too early”? “Nothing doing," I blasted, "i t will be 8 from the next class.” Today was the ‘next class’. I was keen to note the impact of my decree. Surprisingly, the...