College Gate – Testing Times

From the childhood days, I am fond of mathematics. Quantitative methods one of my favorite subject. There was a mid semester test on this subject. Generally, I was the first to crack the problem during lecturing hours. So this skill got me few college mates. Lecturer gave three problems and asked to solve two of them. I finished two problems quickly.  One of the college mate’s sitting beside me asked to show answers. My head said this means encouraging malpractice. But my heart said allow him. Usually, if someone ask help from me, I always help them irrespective of difficulty. That is my nature. So deferred my answer script submission due to this.

But lecturer saw this and asked me to submit if am finished. He has copied only half of it. I could not help further and submitted the paper. But continued to sit in my place and started resolving third problem for practice. This I showed it to college mate. It was a simplex method. While drawing a table there is one critical step for iteration. That is the key for this method. He did submit his paper. Lecturer caught him and asked to explain the problem. He failed to explain this critical step. He asked from whom did you copy. He kept quiet. Then he turned towards me and asked did he copied from you. I said am not sure. By this answer lecturer got wild. Since, I was realtively new, he pressed full throttle on me and said come out with the truth otherwise I will give one of you the marks. The test is for 10 internal marks added onto mid-semester exam. I was worried.

Lecturer collected the papers and went to staff room. I followed him along with the college mate. There he again scolded me for showing answer.  I said sorry sir, i just wanted to help him and he should not feel bad, so only showed him. If I give you marks to you, he will feel bad. So decide who wants marks, any one of you will get it as it has been copied and qualified as one answer sheet. I was in a fix. I cannot leave marks also and this college mate also. In a jungle, one side there is a fire and other side tiger, where should I go? But fortunately, that college mate told to lecture ‘I don’t want the marks, please give it to suraj, he deserves it’. I was touched by this friend’s gesture of sacrifice. I don’t know if can put his name here but his name will be there in my heart. Lecture said leave for the day as it was end of the day. I was in confusion. What will happen? Suraj will get marks or not?

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