By Kanwal Naz
I am tired of writing negative views about my varsity, but whenever I set out on a mission to find positive points, I find something rather irritating and then I am forced to write about it. For instance last week I decided that I will not write a post unless and until I find something interesting to share. I entered my International Relations classroom, while discussing these plans, where I saw something really annoying.
All my plans of writing “happy-happy” views about my beloved KU vanished when I saw that absolutely pathetic teacher’s desk facing the class. International relations is one of the best departments we have at our university, often where foreign delegates give lectures. It is frustrating to see how the administration is neglecting its duties. Okay, we are well aware of the fact that the university is not getting funds and blah blah…but is there not enough money to buy decent furniture for the teachers? That table, for a whole week now, is standing in the same terrible position. My requests to that irritable receptionist have had no effect. And this is not the only table that needs to be replaced; there are hundreds of chairs, fans and tube lights that need to be thrown away.
But my focus is this desk. Just take a look at it if you ever visit KU these days. Room no.5 ‘International Relations’ department. This table is a masterpiece of its own kind and the best part about it is that you will find it in the same pose every time you visit it. It is a sign of creativity on the students’ part, because I am sure of the fact that its stability up till now has been maintained by the I.R. students. It’s a regular teacher’s desk which should have, like any other desk, four legs. Unfortunately, it lost its two left legs (God knows how and when) and now, after two whole weeks, someone was kind enough to take out its drawers and place them under the “deprived-of-legs-side”. (It reminds me of those pirates with wooden legs)All said, that table and her sisters are older than the Victorian desk present in the White House. Please I.R. authorities. Wake up! Change this table before it loses all its legs and the teacher will have to carry it in his lap. Wake up!!!
oh how horrible :(
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ReplyDeleteGood one Kanwal I enjoyed it a lot. I was doubled with laughter when i was reading it. You are a very good humorist. :D. Keep it up. No errors in writing. Flawless :)
ReplyDeletea good piece with subtle humour:) way to go kanwal:)
ReplyDeletewhat a pity :P
ReplyDeleteWell let me tell you about this table....certainly you can't hold University Officials responsible for it because this table reached this destiny due to students....I remember that this year 14th August celeberation was taking place at ARTS LOBBY and boys and girls were stupidly dancing on SHAKIRA Songs...national celebration a day before Ramazan on Shakira Songs (afsoos hay!!!) and this table was lying over there. It was abducted from room no 5 of IR Department and I remember Sir Faisal Awan was searching for it anxiously after the event. Before the event he could not stop students from abduction of this table in front of his eyes for obvious reasons you all know that he had to protect his "IZZAT". When this table was retrieved after couple of days it had lost its two legs in the event. When it was brought back by "IR ambulance staff" (hehehe) the table had lost its two of the legs. When Sir Faisal saw that table in unacceptable situation he got sad. IR staff was ready to throw it into scrap but Sir Faisal said that we will have to wait for ages to get the new table from University administration so lets make constructive use of what we have rather than day looking for new one. It was actually sir faisal's idea that take out the drawers and use them as the table's legs:):):)....this is how table reached to this destiny....not everything in the university is due to University Officials....we students, I believe, are equally responsible for deterioration. We consider our "Thoughts" to be part of solution however in fact we are all part of "Problem". So Kanwal I hope you would now reconsider your thoughts....and so we all should!!!!!
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