She is tiny. A kid- many call her. She feels so, too. Her tiny feet take their first step in the vast campus filled with giant-size buildings and busy people. She is guided well, taught the etiquette to be followed in office. Still she is not sure if she can fit in.
Her self-built confidence guides her on. She is taken through various glass doors and turnstiles that won't budge unless a valid ID is shown. She is asked what project she wants to do. She mumbles that she is still a student and wants to learn instead of work. She waits for an hour outside a cabin. She feels ignored. Restlessness, anger and impatience seep through her. She regrets having come to the big place alone. She draws a clumsy cartoon. She forces herself to keep calm and at last, her patience is awarded.
She is taken to a learning center and allotted courses to learn. In all eagerness, the little dwarf signs up even for a course that she has no idea about. But the path is made smooth for her from now. She realizes that she can make friends with strangers in a matter of minutes! She is introduced to friendly and helpful instructors.
Her classes begin. She is late by half an hour for the very first class! Her once-upon-a-time-class rep- mind cooks up a tangible excuse before entering the room. But luckily for her the class has not yet started. There is an introductory session. Then the teaching begins. She is amazed that she isn't sleepy at all during a class ( only on the first day though! ). She is eager to learn the course, which, the instructor feels, might be above her level of understanding. She makes an effort to relate the stuff with her little knowledge.
While our little dwarf works on her notes with her very basic knowledge of flip flops and registers, the rest use terms like BST BSC MSC etc. to discuss over-the-dwarf's-head-transmitted-topics!!! Well, she manages to relate to them in as clumsy a way as possible. But her instructor and co-learners are friendly and helpful to the core. At least, the dwarf is happy to see an instructor who can speak about modulation, transmission, reception etc. without having to read them out directly from a book. :p
Even as she types now, she is laden with guilt for not trying to go through the incomprehensible topics. But she is lazy. Nothing can change that. She concludes by asking the patient readers to hope that she is able to cope up and successfully finish her tiny tenure in this colossal campus (where she tends to get lost daily)!!
Some more of the dwarf's view's will be posted soon... :)
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