New framework for UGC-NET 2012

The National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC), undergoes a drastic change from 2012 onwards. Students who have had problems with writing long, descriptive essays can now breathe easy. All the three papers have now been made objective. The first objective type NET exam is to be held on Sunday, 24 June 2012. 

II BA Rhetoric - Internal Marks

Dear Student of II BA English Lit., 

Before you start working on your assignment, ask yourself this simple question: “Does your dissertation have a valid claim to “an original contribution to the domain of knowledge?”. Dr. Joseph Dorairaj, a beloved friend and a great scholar, makes repeated emphasis on these two phrases “original contribution” and “domain of knowledge”.

This morning, we were in conversation with a renowned professor from a reputed University in Thailand, Dr. Rajeevnath, who happened to visit his alma mater - MCC. He said that, in Thailand, as in some other countries, “Literature is a luxury,” as they view English more from a language point of view than from the literature point of view.

By luxury we mean, not everyone can afford it. By all means, Literature is a luxury. Yes! 

Will books soon become out-fashioned? (Student Assignment)

Books – the best friend of man! Can they ever be out-fashioned? Well the technology and the World Wide Web might replace newspapers with e-papers, magazines with e-magazines, paperbacks and novels with e-books. But who can deny the joy of feeling the paper in one’s hand and turning it page after page.

Is the law easier on celebrities? (Student Assignment)

It is not uncommon to find celebrity faces flashing on the TV screens. It is shocking only when they are flashed for some crime that they’ve committed. Be it Paris Hilton driving under influence or Sanjay Dutt’s illegal weapon or Salman Khan’s poaching, when they flash on the TV screens, there is really nothing else that matters in the NEWS. Live coverage of this is what in the main agenda.

Should 21 be the legal driving age? (Student Assignment)

First, the question that needs to be asked is, are we, the youth of this country, responsible drivers?

Going by statistics, evidently not.

The highest number of road accidents occur to people belonging in the age group of 17 to 25. We see it everyday, right? Some irresponsible person on a bike meandering through traffic at 150 kms/ hr while the the rest (including cars, buses, trucks) are ambling along at a steady pace of 20, maximum 40 or 60. This, of course, raises questions about 18-year-olds being too young to drive or ride bikes, therefore there is a need to protect them by restricting their road privileges. An interesting fact to note is that if the legal driving age was increased, there is a significant economic benefit as well. This is because there is huge reduction in petrol consumption.

Do Youngsters learn from their elders or is it the other way round?” (Student Assignment)

Before I started to writing this I just wanted to be on one side i.e; either elders or youngsters but later I came to realize people in life are not fully perfect. At each stage he/she is learning something from something from someone that may be either elders people can teach or convey their own experience and the younger people can teach elder people by their innocent, pure and intellectual thought.

Euthanasia - Should the Right to Die be Granted? (Student Assignment)

O,death the poor man's friend

The kindest and the best

                       -Burns (MAN WAS  MADE TO MOURN)                                                                                                                                                        

The above lines glorify death as a poor man's kindest and best friend. According to Burns a man is forced to befriend death due to the sole reason that he is poor. But friends, death being the ultimate reality can anyone befriend it? What do you say? Here comes the topic for the day

Before going on for the discussion i would like to ask you the meaning of the word Euthanasia?

Mobile Phones in Schools / Colleges: Should we ban them? (Student Assignment)

For long the use of mobile phones in classes have been considered as a vital threat to the system of education, but for as far as the student may be considered, the mobile phone tends to open a new doorway to isolated and some reliably accurate educative facilities such as the internet and the now available touch screen phones that provide faster shorthand notes, that almost anyone who uses a mobile phone can make use of.

Should Death Penalty be Abolished? (Student Assignment)

A SATIRE ON INDUCTION:  

An inspection of deadly woes

 

Imagine a tightly tied noose hanging in front of you...imagine putting your head inside it...imagine the cords tightly wrung around your neck, choking, suffocating you...imagine the chilly pangs of impending death moving through your veins & you see faces most beloved to you & are reminded that death is not a beholden stranger anymore...imagine life departing from your being & everything fades, fades away into oblivion...now tell me, would you submit your worst of enemies to this plight if it were in your hands to decide so? 

Should Death Penalty be Abolished? (Student Assignment)

Death Penalty: Should it be abolished? - is the biggest, the oldest and the highly debated issue, to which no proper solution have till now been arrived at.

‘Death Penalty’ is said to have existed in India, even before independence. Even after the independence-during the drafting of the constitution-despite all oppositions, it was retained. From then on, Death Penalty has been inviting mixed response.  Some people have been for it, while the other group stays against it; and each have their own set of justifications for their stand. I am one among those who are against it. The following are the points to validate it

Written Exams alone serve no useful purpose! (Student Assignments)

We have been giving examinations from the day we learnt to write. How many of us would have questioned the effectiveness of exams? We have always confined ourselves to learning only those lessons taught to us in classrooms. Exams should not only be about what is inside the book but also what is outside.

II BA English - Assignment on Rhetoric - Reg

Paper: Prosody and Rhetoric

The following is the list of students who have e-submitted their assignments.

Name                                    Date of Submission         No. of Words

Manivannan, G.                27 March 2012                    272

Christy Jenila                      29 March 2012                   1335

Nikhila, S                             30 March 2012                   311

Jasmine, G                           30 March 2012                   207

Sandhiya, M                       30 March 2012                   220

Akilandeshwari, M          30 March 2012                   234

Angel Ezhilarasi, K          30 March 2012                   211

Jagadeesh, K                       30 March 2012                   277

Subhashini                          30 March 2012                   525

Vivek                                     30 March 2012                    -   (No files attached)

Sharadha Devi, S               30 March 2012                   649

Nilavarasan, T                   31 March 2012                   359

Kaveri Murthy                    31 March 2012                   1073

Renjini Mariyam               02 April 2012                      482

Sruti, MD                             03 April 2012                      510

Ruth Samuel                       03 April 2012                      578

Shiny Teresa                       03 April 2012                      701

Daisy                                     03 April 2012                      2200

Mariya Anjalin, L.             04 April 2012                      1100

Jeevan Sajan                        04 April 2012                      500

Abisha Selva Sharon        04 April 2012                      1340
Pema                                      04 April 2012                      529
Jeon Kyuwon                       04 April 2012                      429
Jisha Anna Jose                  05 April 2012                      1000

All assignments will be checked for plagiarism, and marks will be awarded based on the following five criteria: originality, creativity, word-length, presentation and date of submission. The last date for submission was 02 April 2012.

And, remember, this Assignment substitutes One CIA!
All assignments will be uploaded onto the blog after the teacher's evaluation.


With all best wishes, 

Rufus 
Course Teacher