5 Most Used Nicknames May 30, 2010
Posted by Karthik Venkatesan in Classroom, Lists.10 comments
Nicknames are anything but uncommon in our class. There are more nicknames than there are rules at FIITJEE. Among the millions, here are the five most commonly used ones (these nicknames include only the ‘different’ ones and not standard ones like ‘Raghav’ for Raghavender, ‘Chandru’ for Chandrashekar and so on).
#5. Genius
Pronounced ‘Jeeeennnnyus’, Parul is commonly called this for obvious reasons. Pooja came up with the nickname a few months ago and the use of ‘Parul’ has been coming down ever since.
#4. Gausseshwer
Predictably, this one holds for Rajeshwer. After applying Gauss’s Law with at most easy while the rest of the class was still coming to terms with it, Rajeshwer earned himself this name from Dutta. The nickname ‘Gaussesh’ is often used as a shortened form of the original nickname. As a tribute to his Chemistry knowledge, he is occasionally called ‘Markeshwer’ or ‘Markesh’ as well.
#3. Deshi
Akshay Desai became commonly known as ‘Akshi Deshi’, or simply ‘Deshi’ when the old Chemistry practical teacher repeatedly made the mistake of pronouncing his name that way. Calling him ‘Akshay’ since then has been out of the question.
#2. Molly
Number two on this list, ‘Molly’ or ‘Mollypoo’ became a fancy way to call Malar Vizhi… and there was no real reason for it! The girls just probably figured that calling her ‘Molly’ was cooler, especially after seeing PSOM, MP and some of the others struggle with the second part of her name.
#1. Mella
Remember Aadithya Krishna? I wouldn’t be too surprised if you said you didn’t. ‘Cause almost ever since he’s been with us, we’ve been calling him by the second half of his family name ‘Garimella’. Initially started in our class for distinction between the two Adithyas, the trend soon spread to the rest of the school and we haven’t heard of ‘Aadithya’ ever since.
There were a few nicknames that just missed out on making this list. Shvamshu (Shivamshu), Poy (Aishwarya Pai) and Chirageyh (Chirayu) came mighty close!
5 Big Moments of the Year May 23, 2010
Posted by Karthik Venkatesan in Classroom, Exams, Lists.4 comments
The summer vacation brings to halt a very eventful first year of FIITJEE at Chettinad Vidyashram. If you look back at the year, you’ll realize that there were some moments that made a big difference. Here are five of them, in chronological order.
1. The Orientation Phase Test
It was the first major test we wrote since we joined FIITJEE. After all the easy tests we’d written until 10th grade, the results of the orientation phase test were discouraging. Most of our marks were not even close to what we’d been getting until the previous year. Raghav was the topper, scoring 114 out of 156.
2. An addition to the FIITJEE roll – Abhishek Dutta
Abhishek Dutta became a prominent name among the students XI-F after the board exam results were out. He got 486/500 in the boards and was the topper of the school. One fine day, the CRP student decided to join our Pinnacle batch. And then came change. There was a new topper in class, added competition and a gutsy mouth that would boldly yak to teachers as it liked.
3. Change in Chemistry faculty
CBS, our Chemistry teacher, on account of his wife’s illness temporarily took a break from teaching at FIITJEE. This meant that we needed a replacement to teach us the subject. And that’s when CVM stepped in. Things unheard of suddenly sprang up – Chemistry homework, paying attention in class, standing on the bench, adult jokes in class and whatnot. The average Chemistry mark showed signs of improvement, and suddenly Chemistry became another subject in our course.
4. The All New Sourav Mondal
PSOM wasn’t Sourav Mondal anymore – he was the All New Sourav Mondal. He wasn’t the same old teacher who’d answer calls from his girlfriend/wife (you could tell by the look on his face) during class and play games with us when we didn’t feel like listening to class. He became a more serious, intense teacher. Leave letters were to no longer be taken for granted, and neither was our uniform. Not bringing packages and textbooks to class wasn’t gonna be excused either. Anything of that sort got us standing up or sent out of the class, depending on his mood.
5. The Reshuffling Test
The reshuffling test came after the completion of Phase IV. The students were to be sorted for 12th grade on the basis of their marks in the reshuffling test. The test papers were never returned, we were only notified who is supposed to be in what class, so no one really knows whether these papers were actually corrected or the students were sorted based on previous performances. Either way, there were quite a few students who had to exchange their seats with those from the other batch.
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