Kudos to Samuel George...!

Kudos to Samuel George, I BSc Chem, whose article featured in this fortnight's Sportstar magazine, dated 24 January, 2004. It was a commentary on Sachin Tendulkar.

Part II English Classes Today: Web log:

II Hr - I BSc Phy/Chem: D.O - V:
Mock Press: T.V.Gayathri (Kalpana Chawla)
Thailand - kingdom in SE Asia formerly SIAM
Bahrain, GAZA STRIP etc.
FEDER/FIDE - trust/faith
federalism - principle of national organisation
confederacy - a union for mutual support and common action
bonafide - in good faith
confide - to have trust in someone
confidant - person in whom one can confide
confidence - self-reliance - trust in oneself
fidelity - faithfulness
infidel - one who has no faith
perfidy - disloyalty

D.O - IV - Part II Web log:

I BSc Phy/Chem: From February. quiz will be based on mental aptitute/ Next Mock Press: Kalpana Chawla
Introduced the vowel sounds -
Dollar and Pound are called Cable. Why?
Busman's Holiday - a holiday that involves doing the same things that one does at work.
Nike - Goddess of victory
the obverse side of a coin - reverse side
Difference between American and British English - explained with illustrations.

Phy: All Present :-) Special Kudos to all of you!
Chem: 13,22,28,37,41

II BA Tam/Phil/His (Voc)
Taught Adjectives and conjunctions.
Gave introduction to Merchant of Venice
His: 3,4
Tam:9,10,12,19,23,25,28
Phil: 4,5,8,9,10,12,13,17,18,19,20,22,23,26,27,28,29,30,31,35,36,39

[Febrile mood at Westminster - Febrile - having, showing a great deal of nervouse excitement/feverish]
Consonants - Plosives, affricates, nasals, fricatives, lateral, approximants, etc.

Spoken English classes begin..:

Today, at 2:30 pm, started the Free Spoken English class for my students. Students were asked to be regular, to ward off shyness, and to participate enthusiastically. The following students were present: 1. R.Vidhya Rani, I BSc Chem 2. M.Anitha, I BSc Chem 3. V.Prakash, I BSc Chem 4. S.David, I BSc Chem 5. J.Benny Thomas, II BA Tam 6. D.Sudha, II BA Tamil 7. V.Hemavathi, II BA Tamil 8. N.Reena Devi, II BA Tamil 9. V.Jayanthi, II BSc Zoo (Voc) 10. A.Chandrasekar, II BA Tam 11. R.Vetriventhan, II BA Tam 12. P.Amul Sofiya, II BA Tam 13. M.Gayathri, II BA Tam 14. A.Gnanamani, II BA Tam 15. M.Kamatchi, I BA Tam 16. R.Vijayalakshmi, I BA Tam 17. N.Prakash, I MA Eng. 18. K.Suresh Kumar, I BSc Phy 19. B.Ram Kumar, I BCom (V) 20. M.Portia Roselin, II BSc Zoo 21. K.Jeyaseelan, II BA Phil 22. S.Vetriselvi, II BA His (V) 23. R.Mahesh, II BA Phil 24. T.Vijay Amritraj, II BSc Zoo (V) 25. M.Ilavarasi, II BA Tam 26. R.Anandhi, II BSc Chem 27. R.Nandhakumar, II BA Tam 28. R.Sivasankari, II BSc Zoo (V) 29.D.Aruldoss, II BA tam 30. Gopikannan, I BA Tam 31. Chennakrishnan, II MSc Zoo 32. Jeevitha, II BA Tam 33. J.Sakthivel, I MA Pol.Sci 34.Felix, I BSc Chem 35. N.Bhuvanesh, I BSc Chem 36. C.Saravanakumar, II BSc Zoo(V) 37. T.Selvakumar, II BSc Zoo (V) 38. K.Sudha, I BSc History 39. E.V.Catherine, II BSc Chem 40. S.Sharmila, II BSc Chem 41. T.Grace Prabha, II BSc Chem 42. Latchathipathy, I MAEng.

D.O - I Part II - Web log:

I BSc Phy/Chem: Introduced Phonetics.
Pronunciation Practice.
Republic Day guest of Honour - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
superscribe/subscribe/zenith/meridian/nadir/advertisement/environment/women
Fruity/Flowery/Resinous/Spicy, Foul and Burned together are the basic odours.
Cardomom spices are by tradition picked only by women in India.
Other than water, CLUB SODA is the only substance served in restaurants that has zero calories per 100 grams.
Roman Emperor Caligula had pearls dissolved in his vinegar.

II BA Phil/Tam/His (voc):
Gave units test - Asked the class to write a paragraph of fifteen lines without a single mistake.

Tam: 12,19,24,26
Phil: 8,9,12,13,17,19,20,29,30,31,35,36,39,40

Exam alert - exactly three months from today, semester exams begin.
CA marks - given.
Asked students to pay the text book amount.
UK - comprises England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Commonwealth - states that were previously part of the British empire, and dependencies.
Absentees:
Phy: 26,30,32,35,36,37,38,41,42
Chem: 22,35,36,42

Super Tuesday - a day on which several states hold primary elections.
Taught 'A Doll's House'
Think like a man of action; act like a man of thought - Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist - greatest scientist of the 20th century.

I BSc Phy/Chem - IV Hr - Taught poetry analysis.
The MITSMA technique for analysing a poem.
fer - bring/yield
fertile - yield much
fertilization - causing to bear richly
conference - bring together
odoriferous - bring a pleasant odour
suffer - bring sorrow or pain
transfer - bring from one place to another
offer - bring openly
'PATIENCE' and 'FORTITUDE' stand guard to the NY state Library. They are Lions.
Shehnai, is an Indian musical instrument, which, translated into English means, 'Royal flute'
Traditionally, the leaves of the tamarind tree are supposed to improve your singing voice.

Absentees:
Phy:14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,25,30,31,32,33,34,35,37,40,41,42
Chem: 3,12,13,14,22,23,28,29,32,36,41,42

MITSMA Technic for Poems..:

Taught the Part II English classes a simple technique for analyzing poems the easy way. Mood of the Poet Idea of the Poem Tone of the Poet Style of the Poet Metre of the Poem Age of the Poet Started the play 'A Doll's House' for the I BSc Physics/Chem class.

'A' Plus for MCC...! Cheerios..!!!

A Staff Meeting was convened by the Principal to brief the Staff Council about the NAAC Report of the Peer committee. The Principal gave us all a surprise by announcing that the College has got a A + grade, a rare honour for colleges in India. This coveted grade will be in vogue for a period of five years, he said. 

For all ye Book lovers, the International Book Fair is on, at Quaid–E–Millath Government College for Women, 754 Anna Salai, Chennai – 600002. You also get a special discount of 10% on all books.

Warm up for the I CIAs

Gave a warming up for the I CIA Tests which start tomorrow.

'First class' of the New Year!

Day Order I. In International Quiz, conducted for the I BSc Phy/Chem Part II English classes, Jacob (I BSc Chem) won.

Dear Students/friends, wish you all a happy, successful, prosperous and dynamic New Year ahead. May you taste success in all your endeavours, both academic and otherwise.
Regards, Rufus

II Hr: I BSc Phy/Chem:
The Chinese name their years after various animals. On January 22, the Year of the Goat gives way to the Year of the Monkey.
The Chinese calendar has 12 months (13 on a leap year).
Ordinary year has 353, 354, 355 days - whereas leap year has 383, 384, 385 days.

POWERFUL PHRASES FOR POSTIVE PEOPLE:
Simple, but powerful - we all like to hear them:

I'm proud of you
I believe in you
I trust you
You can do it
I thank you

People come into your life for a :
REASON/SEASON/LIFETIME - illustrations

Absentees:
Phy: 13,36,37
Chem: 35, 37, 42

II Tam/Phil/His(voc):
Took Grammar Class - the basics in phrasal verbs, parts of speech, figures of speech etc.
Hist: all present
Phil: 9,10,11,12,19,20,21,27,29,30,31,36,37,39,40
Tam: 14,19,21,23
Achieve your goals -
Life of Dr.Abraham Lincoln
Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam