The IIT Kharagpur Seema Singh video is certainly disturbing. But not surprising if you've ever been in an Indian engineering college. A big chunk of professors take pride in acting like the drill sergeant from FMJ. And if it's dalit, tribal, muslim students, they get it extra.
Btw I'm usually a strict professor in terms of attendance, punctuality, deadlines. Not a screaming one, but smilingly firm in terms of how it'll affect grades.
But I'm also a human being living through this nightmare. These are my covid times class policies.
But I'm also a human being living through this nightmare. These are my covid times class policies.
The strict insistence on cameras sounds downright cruel to me. You don't know how someone's house is. Or how their hair looks because lockdown messed up their sleep cycle. Requesting them while explaining why is ok. But to penalize off cameras? Don't be Seema Singh.
Also let he who hath NEVER turned the camera off during a zoom conference call cast the first Fail grade.
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