the "waste of time" stuff was awesome. Admittedly, in my time (2000-4), IIT Madras computer science was rather rigorous - classes were ~8-12 but every single course had a massive programming term project (to be written in Java, with applets and stuff, and that put me off programming for half a decade after graduation).
However, I spent a LOT of time "wasting" at Sri Gurunath Patisserie. And a lot of the "network" I made came from these sessions.
on the topic of this post, i've been watching this keenly. Daughter (now 8) goes to a Montessori school, which is largely 1-1 (or 1-2 or 1-3 ) teaching and lots of group work to "practice". She is learning at a very fast rate (she goes 830-3, which is good) but our worry is the small class size. So trying to figure out what might be a sustainable model for high school for her.
It's always connecting when alums mention about Sri Gurunath. As a current student, I didn't see it but have definitely heard dozens talking about it. hehe.
I visited IITM in 2023 and 2024 and was really sad to see that Gurunath Patisserie was no more. is there one such "focal point" for people to randomly hang out on campus now?
Navin, what about B? Was there a focal point for hanging out in your time? and now?
1. Unfortunately, I learnt the value of hanging out like this long after I graduated. So I did instinctively hang out in my hostel, but never really even looked for hang out spots or activities in the rest of the institute, so I don't know the answer.
2. This is not "hijacking the post". And in any case, what is a blog but a tool to attract discussions from people who have vaguely similar interests!
sadly no. maybe gurunath was successful because it was at a time when there fewer students. these days, there are multiple hotspots, for example techies roam around and work in this new building called CFI, culturals peeps work/meet in a space called quark. there are a couple of more places like CCD, HFC but none are lively focal points.
the "waste of time" stuff was awesome. Admittedly, in my time (2000-4), IIT Madras computer science was rather rigorous - classes were ~8-12 but every single course had a massive programming term project (to be written in Java, with applets and stuff, and that put me off programming for half a decade after graduation).
However, I spent a LOT of time "wasting" at Sri Gurunath Patisserie. And a lot of the "network" I made came from these sessions.
on the topic of this post, i've been watching this keenly. Daughter (now 8) goes to a Montessori school, which is largely 1-1 (or 1-2 or 1-3 ) teaching and lots of group work to "practice". She is learning at a very fast rate (she goes 830-3, which is good) but our worry is the small class size. So trying to figure out what might be a sustainable model for high school for her.
It's always connecting when alums mention about Sri Gurunath. As a current student, I didn't see it but have definitely heard dozens talking about it. hehe.
(apologies, Navin, for hijacking your post)
I visited IITM in 2023 and 2024 and was really sad to see that Gurunath Patisserie was no more. is there one such "focal point" for people to randomly hang out on campus now?
Navin, what about B? Was there a focal point for hanging out in your time? and now?
1. Unfortunately, I learnt the value of hanging out like this long after I graduated. So I did instinctively hang out in my hostel, but never really even looked for hang out spots or activities in the rest of the institute, so I don't know the answer.
2. This is not "hijacking the post". And in any case, what is a blog but a tool to attract discussions from people who have vaguely similar interests!
sadly no. maybe gurunath was successful because it was at a time when there fewer students. these days, there are multiple hotspots, for example techies roam around and work in this new building called CFI, culturals peeps work/meet in a space called quark. there are a couple of more places like CCD, HFC but none are lively focal points.