Did I do the justice?

From 16^th till 21^st December I attended the class all alone for at-least two modules of the six. Professors for these four modules told me they will continue from January once the University commences after the recess. Somehow I could convince one the professor teaching GIS module by reasoning that other thirty four class mates would be at lost. They would have tough time grasping the paper being so technical in nature when they read on their own later. Professor somehow challenged me to conduct the classes for the rest of them later while she will continue teaching me till the University closes for holidays to which I disagreed. I disagreed not because I am scared of doing the presentation but because I am afraid that I may not be able to convince majority of the local classmates who are from Telugu background and the whole presentation will simply become a mockery. She finally consented to discontinue the classes for last two periods. 

Deserted Classroom. Desks and chairs accompanying
the lone student in the class

Yet, the professor teaching the Urbanization and Regional Planning Module continued conducting the class till the end for the lone student. Two more units were covered accounting to 60% of the total syllabus coverage. This makes me to start questioning myself whether I have done the justice by attending the classes all alone. Of course Professor himself asked me to attend the classes till the end of the academic calender. What will rest of the class mates think later? Won't they blame me? No, they would not dare to. Nevertheless, none of them have the right to blame even if they want to since they are not supposed to leave for vacation days ahead of the commencement of the holidays. Or the final question that arises in my mind is, did the professor do the justice on his part by conducting the class for a lone student? Will he be repeating the same thing to the rest of the students after vacation? The answer as far as I am concerned is, yes he too did the justice. When will he be in the position to cover up the syllabus if he has to conduct classes only when students' attendance is 100% as there is not a single period that 100% students attendance is there with an exceptional case during examination times.  

A lone student in the class

The University is yet to close for Christmas and Pongal Holidays but most of the classmates have left for holidays, days ahead of the commencement of the real holidays. My Bhutanese mates who attend the classes regularly left for vacation by the second week of the month. Angeline, another regular mate left on 12^th. Local friends followed them. Some of them never attended even a single class after the last semester exam. Though some are within the university campus, they hardly make their presence in the class. To me they appear like a visiting professor visiting just once or twice in a month’s time to give lectures. Narasimha Swamy, the lone local class mate who attends the class regularly and gives me company in the class in the absence of my Bhutanese friends and the other one from Jharkhand left two days back. He left because he has National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on 18^th December.

With Swamy's departure I am the lone student attending the class and will be continuing till 23^rd December. This is because Professors wanted to conduct the classes as per the academic calendar. Today Prof Anuja asked me whether to continue the class with me all alone attending the class in which I replied I am comfortable with her decision. She mentioned that smaller the size of the class, more attention can be given to the students by Professors. She further added that it's more or less like a tuition class where the teacher and the student can sit face to face and discuss unlike in the other class where the strengths are more. She indirectly conveyed me that classes will continue till the vacation starts officially. Nevertheless, I would love to attend the classes as long as Professors conduct since my sole purpose of coming to the University is to learn and broaden my knowledge sphere regarding the discipline. Otherwise I would be failing in my responsibility as a citizen. Above all I have nothing to do back in my room than facebooking. So I guess it’s all the better to attend the class and learn something at least and take advantage of not going home for holidays.