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Teaching is an art!!!

        Teaching is an art,which everyone must have experienced in their  school( lucky ones ). Teachers  spend more time with students than their parents. Radhakrishnan, Former President of India,was a teacher. In kind remeberance of him, we celebrate Teacher's Day.

Does  teachers of these days ( i don't mean everyone, there are few good ones.) are one,who teaches  life skills?

I have seen few teachers who teach(which they think they do), just to  complete the portions  and show it in their log book. They never worried about, " what extent a student understood the topic/subject?".

Completing the syllabus or teaching just for name sake, I don't call them as teachers. Do you?.

One example, I would like to say :

If a primary student was given a problem something like .

 Add

    57

+ 24

----------------

   711

-----------------

When this is what the student writes , the present day  teacher simply  marks wrong, without seeing or asking how the child got this as a answer?

What the child wrote is perfectly correct in his point-of-view.

Because the teacher only taught him that, 7+4 = 11 and 5+2 =7.

So, when a student makes a mistake like the above one, the teacher must say "What u have done is correct but a small correction is neccessary".

57 means 5 tens + 7 ones.

24 means 2 tens + 4 ones.

7 ones + 4 ones is 11(which in turn means 1 ten and 1 one).

5 tens + 2 tens is 7 tens.

So we must add the 1 ten to 7 tens. ( We can add apples to apples and oranges to oranges , not apples to orange.)

so the answer will be 81.

Can you say me a teacher who does all these?. Students are not the one to be  blamed for the  level of thinking. Once a child is made to be naive, we cannot make the child to think. He can't develop that any more. ( 5thil valayadhadhu 50thilum valayadhu - Tamil Proverb).

My dear fellow,if you are taking your profession as a teacher. Be a architect of the student.

Courtesy: Nair sir.

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law are famous around the Globe...

MURPHY'S COMPUTER LAWS:

• Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
• Any given program costs more and takes longer each time it is run.
• If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
• If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
• Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory.
• The value of a program is inversely proportional to the weight of its output.
• Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.
• Every non trivial program has at least one bug
  Corollary 1 - A sufficient condition for program triviality is that it have no bugs.
  Corollary 2 - At least one bug will be observed after the author leaves the organization.
• Bugs will appear in one part of a working program when another 'unrelated' part is modified.
• The subtlest bugs cause the greatest damage and problems.
  Corollary - A subtle bug will modify storage thereby masquerading as some other problem.
• Lulled into Security Law
  A 'debugged' program that crashes will wipe out source files on storage devices when there is the least available backup.
• A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.
• A system software crash will cause hardware to act strangely and the programmers will blame the customer engineer.
• Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.
• Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
• Make it possible for programmers to write programs in English, and you will find that programmers can not write in English.
• The documented interfaces between standard software modules will have undocumented quirks.
• The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer.
• A working program is one that has only unobserved bugs.
• No matter how many resources you have, it is never enough.
• Any cool program always requires more memory than you have.
• When you finally buy enough memory, you will not have enough disk space.
• Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk space. Data expands to fill any void.
• If a program actually fits in memory and has enough disk space, it is guaranteed to crash.
• If such a program has not crashed yet, it is waiting for a critical moment before it crashes.
• No matter how good of a deal you get on computer components, the price will always drop immediately after the purchase.
• All components become obsolete.
• The speed with which components become obsolete is directly proportional to the price of the component.
• Software bugs are impossible to detect by anybody except the end user.
• The maintenance engineer will never have seen a model quite like yours before.
• It is axiomatic that any spares required will have just been discontinued and will be no longer in stock.
• Any VDU, from the cheapest to the most expensive, will protect a twenty cent fuse by blowing first.
• Any manufacturer making his warranties dependent upon the device being earthed will only supply power cabling with two wires.
• If a circuit requires n components, then there will be only n - 1 components in locally-held stocks.
• A failure in a device will never appear until it has passed final inspection.
• Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
• A program generator creates programs that are more buggy than the program generator.
• Every non-trivial program contains at least one bug.
• Bahaman's Law:
  for any given software, the moment you manage to master it, a new version appears.
  Yakko's addition:
  The new version always manages to change the one feature you need most.
  
• Most computer errors can be attributed to a similar problem - a screw loose behind the keyboard.
• Whenever you need a crucial file from the server, the network will be down.
• Whenever you need a crucial file from your hard drive, your computer will crash.
• E-mailed tasking will always come just before you log off.
• A quarantined virus - will be opened.
• A chain letter - will be sent. To global. A dozen times.
• The chance of a virus infecting your network is directly proportional to the amount of damage it does.
• The chances of getting off work on time is inversely proportional to how much e-mail the boss leaves for until end of the day.
• The faster you need a hardcopy, the more people will be using the only office printer.
• General Fault Errors are the "Check Engine" light of computers. If it can be fixed, chances are it's not by you.
• A patch is a piece of software which replaces old bugs with new bugs.
• The probability of forgetting your password is directly proportional to the frequency of changing it.
• No matter how fantastic your latest and greatest PC is, you will be able to buy it for half the price in 12 months.
  
• It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.
• The amount of time taken to successfully complete a software project is in direct proportion to the amount of Marketing input.
  Corollary: Marketing should not be located in the same city - much less on the same campus - as Engineering and/or Programming.
• The only thing worse than an end-user without a clue is an end-user who has a clue - usually the wrong one.
• According to most Tech Support people, the most common user error message (regardless of Operating System) is ID 10T.
  End-users' Corollary 1: most application failures occur between the hours of 2 and 4 am on a Sunday night - with a 6 am Monday deadline for the project.
  End-users' Corollary 2: On the graveyard shift, there's no Tech Support to hear you scream!
  Bugs mysteriously appear when you say, "Watch this!"
  corollary: If you call another programmer over to see if he knows what's wrong the bug disappears.
  
• The probability of bugs appearing is directly proportional to the number and importance of people watching.
  
• If a project is completed on schedule, it wasn't debugged properly.
• Non Crash Operating System aren't.
• Philington's First Law
  If it works, it's production. If it doesn't, it's a test.
• Philington's Second Law
  Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
  
• Law of Recycling
  A computer that has been on the market for 6 weeks is still usable as a boat anchor.
• Law of Anti-security
  The best way past a pesky security feature is a 13-year-old.
• Law of Acceleration
  A computer that has surpassed its user's frustration capacity (FC) will accelerate downwards at 9.8 meters per second squared.
  
• Computers let you waste time efficiently
  
• Make a system even a moron can use and a moron will use it.
• Make one that requires training or intelligence and only a moron will use it, but there will be more help desk calls.
  
• The likelihood of problems occurring is inversely proportional to the amount of time remaining before the deadline.
• You will always discover errors in your work after you have printed/submitted it.
  
• The OEM did not actually manufacture the part you need to replace
  Sent by Bryan Lord
• By the time you learn your new computer you'll need a new one.
  
• When the Downloading Window says "99%complete", there will be a fluctuation in the voltage and you'll have to start all over again.
  
• Millions of people believe they are animals, but I have yet to meet one that believe in Windows' stability. Even human stupidity has limits ;-)
  
• The troubleshooting guide contains the answer to every problem except yours.
  
• Plugins Law
  Whenever you install a group of plugins one by one just to find out which one can make your software work, you either haven't gotten the right one, or have accidentally skipped the right one or it has become the last one installed.
  
• No matter what problem you have with your computer - Its Always Microsoft's fault
  Corollary: If its not their fault - Blame them anyway :-)
  
• You will get disconnected from the Internet or experience a computer crash when you are downloading. If you don't experience one within 80% completion, then it will happen at 99%. If you do manage to get the file, then it will turn out to be completely useless and/or invalid.
  
• You'll always receive an e-mail from a web site that you never visit before.
• 75% of the bugs laws in this page can be applied to MS Windows (Any version).
  
• If you need to shutdown your PC ASAP, It will restart.
• The quickest way to shutdown a PC is to unplug it.
  Corollary: ACPI shutdown (sometimes faster to get to than the plug) does not always work.
  Corollary: ACPI shutdown will fail most frequently when you run the risk of being caught doing something.
  
• Complete computer breakdown will happen shortly after the maintenance person has left.
  
• A virus will be erased when the hard drive crashes, making it useless for antivirus program to fix it.
  
• The problem always exists between one keyboard and it's respective chair.
  (On submission problem was insomnia... zzzzzz)
  
• A program that compile on the first run has an error in the algorithm
  
• Edward V. Berard Law
  Walking on water and developing software to specification are easy as long as both are frozen.
  
• The smaller the size of your email account, the more junk mail you will get
• The boss will always come to your workspace when you accidentally open an adult link
• The more pop-up screens you have, the more likely the boss will come by
  The last three laws were sent by Mark
• A computer is only as smart as the person using it
• If it ain't broke, Overclock it!
  
• If you're in a hurry, your computer will crash, a hard drive will become corrupted, or your files will be erased. Any way, you're screwed if you have a deadline.
  
• Software Reliability:
  Investment in software reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors.
  
• Computer sadism: When the computer causes physical or mental damage to a person and can't receive such a return favor (due to management rules).
• Computer masochism: When a computer takes all the abuse you think you can give it and continues working as it should.
• The sound of grinding metal or the sight of smoke coming from a case is a warning that you are trying to do too much with too little.
• The survivability of a system is directly proportional to the price of the cooling system applied to it and inversely proportional to the amount of use it sees.
• Antivirus systems only effectively work on a virus after given virus has passed its prime.
• The most frightening of viruses is the virus you do not know is already there.
  
• The amount of damage that a string of code can do is inversely proportional to the length of the string
  
• You only receive instant messaging, when working on a project that's due instantly
  
• When designing a program to handle all possible dumb errors, nature creates a dumber user
  
• There is an inverse relationship between an organization's hierarchy and its understanding of computers.
• Pioneers get arrows
  
• The smallest problems will immediately be brought to the attention of the CEO, but the big problems will be ignored until the affected system goes down.
  
• Leet speak is nothing more than some poor fool's attempt to type really, really fast.
• Computers never work the way they are supposed to. Especially when nothing is wrong with them.
• A program will work the you think is should only when you don't care if it does.
• The longer the e-mail, the greater the chance it will not make it to its detination, for whatever reason
• If you were preventive enough to save a copy of anything, you will not need it. Therefore - Not saving a copy of anything is directly proportional to the value of the information lost and the amount of time invested in gathering and typing it
• Proof-read all e-mails three or four times before sending it. All errors are detected immediatly after being sent
  
• Murphy works for Microsoft. In fact, he is in charge of their QA
  
• the chance to lose data is inversely proportional to the number people in the room when updating a simple server program
  
• Good enough - isn't, unless there is a deadline.
• Don't take it personally, stupid
  

Courtesy: Murphy's Law

"Indian thatha is True" ?!

"Indian is the Country where Gandhi, Buddha, Nehru and many noble people lived. This Sentence seems to be very old. But do we get the real meaning of what it is?"

Here i narrate a real life story happened a few hours ago. And its go like this.........

Few of my juniors, who completed 12th are planning to write entrance examination certificate conducted by IMU(Indian Maritime University). The entrance examination is to be held on May 30th for which the submission of application closes on may 14th. The norms says the community certificate must be in CENTERAL GOVERNMENT FORMAT.
IN Government Office:
The application form was recieved and all required details are filled out and submitted with all necessary document like Ration card Xerox,Community certificate Xerox were submitted. The certificate must be authorized by VAO, RI and Thasildar.

IN VAO Office:


Everyone of us will never forget the Indian Movie where Kamal Hassan(indian thatha) goes to the VAO for getting sign when kasturi was met with an accident. The exact scene went over here. We the students submitted the apllications and documents. The VAO turned all pages and said some documents is missing. [ Remember in the same movie actor senthil will say this word for signing the document]. Hope you would have found the missing document. Thats nothing but " MONEY ". He asks without any shame.
The dog also asked " எக்ஸாம் எல்லாம் எதுக்கு டா எழுதறிங்க ?".

When i heard this entire non-sense the words in the movie rolled in my mind." வெளிநாட்டுல எல்லாம் வேலை செய்யாம இறுக்க தான் லஞ்சம் , ஆனா இந்தியால வேலை பண்ண லஞ்சம் ".

In this is situation, those students are not in the position to fight back by saying "Why should we give money?" .( Though they asked to me "Why should we give money to that .......... ?") The best thing to do is get the sign by giving the amount 150 0r 100 he asked. That the best and better way.

This doesnt mean I encourage bribe, What as youngester we can do is when we work at any cost we must not do the same to someone. When this attitude fills the mind, atleast the upcoming generation will be bribeless... Because we cannot chnage those VAO or RI or any donkey who does,we have our own work, problems to face.

"The future of India is in the hands of Younger Generation.... Jai Hind"