In Conclusion

It is very unusual to call an exam day - a day of conclusion. I probably had a final day with the FSD-3 Class at the Department. The day was also little unusual in the sense that I spent the whole time in the two departments (Org. Strategy & Leadership and Dept. of Theatre & Performance Studies) shuttling between the two places with hurried paces, holding breath under a fear of missing the appointed scheules. This BLOG post is different from the other posts in the sense that I intend to shed some light on my pedagogical method and analyse my personal MOTIVES, which came under certain amount of curiosity. I hope I am forgiven for this little show of self-interest. Here's an hour-by-hour description of the day.

1. 8.30 - 9.00 am: I first had a class with the Theatre Dept. where I met a number of students who wanted to work with me the issues of Lacanian Psychoanalysis - a particular Philosophical School that builds on the Freudian School of thought. This method explain the way we try to make sense of our world. 
2. 9.30 - 11.30 am: I rushed to the Org. Strategy Dept. and conducted the Semester Final Exam of FSD-3 course.
3. 11.45 am - 3.30 pm: I came back to the Theatre Dept. to work on the task I had given and we had a long 3 hour lecture and reading session on Jacques Lacan and his method of Psychoanalysis. 
4. 3.30 - 5.30 pm: I went back to the Org. Strategy Dept. to engage the students in a Sunday Reading Workshop session based on the reading of a chapter they chose for the session titled: "Perception and Individual Decision". 

In the meantime a strage thing happened - two students of FSD-3 class asked an identical question. First, it was asked by Tanzil at around 11.15 am when he had to leave for a presentation. The second time it was asked by Touhid at around 5.15 pm. The question, if I frame it in more general terms, would sound like this:

• What makes you so passionate about teaching?   

I am sure that I felt a little embarrassed on both occassions - because you would NOT know whether "Passionate" is a term of "Commendation" or "Concern". I secretly hoped that they expressed both - a praise and a concern. Here is my reasoned response to both of you: "Because I do not know how else to make my day more productive, more meaningful".

Thank you all FSD-3 students for giving me a chance to work with you.