What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?
At the
Ruparel college (Mumbai), the science lecture hall has benches placed such that
the front benches are on the ground, the next 2 rows are placed on an elevated
platform and so on. Pretty standard arrangement so that all the students can
see the professor and the chalk-board.
Once, the
back-benchers sent small glass marbles down these steps. The bouncing sound and
the resulting laughter right in the middle of a lecture annoyed the professors
to no end, and it was near impossible to locate the students playing this
mischief.
The very
next lecture was by the famous Prof. Bhide, who used to teach chemistry. In the
middle of the lecture, this rolling of marbles happened - but as soon as the
initial laughter died down, the professor remarked: "Looks like somebody has
lost his property!"
Thunderous
laughter followed and thereafter the marbles were never rolled down.
Submitted
by:- Rajiv Bhagwat, Software developer for
too long!
