I was dismissed from the University!! My dreams were shattered, and I was broken.
There were about 20-30 students who were dismissed from the University. I was in Multan when I saw my result, and my SGPA was Just 1.01. Having a GPA above one and below 1.75 meant that I was dismissed from the University but would be allowed to rejoin after a year’s gap. I couldn’t tell anyone about what had happened, my parents only knew that I had a bad result and advised me to study harder. I went back to Islamabad and locked myself in my Hostel’s room praying to God that a miracle happen, and so it did. Some how or the other my parents acme to know from the university that I have been dismissed and they, consoling me asked me to come back and prepare for the next year. I was about to leave that night, when in the evening I received a call from my mother telling me that I, along with other students have been allowed to rejoin the current semester. It was to be our first semester again and we would finish our second semester in the next two summer semesters.
This was not the start of good times but perhaps it was first of the many miracles that had to take place during my University life. I would like to thanks Dr. Tasneem Shah, who according to my knowledge was the real force behind this decision. We started the semester in January, late than the others. We were around 25 students who were in the same class but from different departments. The subjects were the same, Calculus was with Dr. Tasneem Shah, Physics was taught by Mam’ Saima Zaman, C++ by Mam’ Uzma, Workshop Technology’s teachers were the same, whereas Communication Skills was taught by Sir Rashid.
This was the only semester where all my concentration in life was on studies, I did not have any other thought in my mind, I did not have any other distractions, all my concentration was on studies.
Dr Tasneem Shah was very kind to us and whenever we had any sort of problem we talked to him, He was in fact our class advisor. He taught us really well and also introduced us to Mat lab software in the very first semester. He taught us calculus and made this subject very easy for us due to his way of teaching. It was the most interesting subject of the semester for me and we never missed a class.
We as a group of three, Sheraz Ahmad Abbasi, Tehseen Baqir Khan, and me were very strong alliance in that class as we worked very hard together, making notes and visiting professors for solutions. I was a very active student in all of the subjects actually. Workshop technology was a mere formality for me as Sir thought I was a really good student, believe me that Sir marked us for the final by just watching our faces and marking our grades. C++ was easy in the first half but gradually failed away. Our madam was not at all serious to teach us and was mostly busy on the telephone. I had the top marks in the Mid term exams but after the mid term I understood nothing of this subject and fortunately for me, I requested for an I grade just on time.
Physics was going smoothly as well and Madam Saima Zaman was also very lenient. That was the most relaxing lecture of all as we had the measure of Madam even in the regular semester. As we had also studied from Madam in the previous semester that was the reason we did not have any problem with her, UNTIL Dr. Abdulla Sadiq came along from no where. He took over as our senior professor of physics and madam was sidelined. His way of teaching was way too high class. We did not understand anything of his and Icing on the cake was that he asked us to give a viva worth 20% marks of the final. No one was able to pass that viva and we knew that trouble was near. Each one of us tried very best to get rid of him one way or the other but failed. I just had 17 internal marks out of 55 and it took another miracle to pass that. I dropped C++ just because I did not want to fail in physics. Madam was very supportive once again and assured us that she will try her best to give us as many marks as possible. I did pass the paper, although atone stage I was sure that I will fail.
‘Communication skills’ was my favorite subject of the semester. It had always been my favorite as this was the subject due to which I am currently in this University. I got an A grade in this subject and that’s why my GAP was above one. Things were not different even this time as I got the same grade in this subject.
I had some memorable moments this semester. Of course rejoining was one of them, and then the result of Midterm exams was another but the better one was the sports week. It was the first time a sports week was held in our university. It was a five day event and I stayed here for only the first two days. Initially it was very boring as we were bound to the university premises by the authority and we re not allowed to leave the university for the full day. But then without any planning we started doing something that lit up the event all together.
There was a Meena Bazaar to be held in the IAA Lawns and on the first day not many stalls were active. We (Tehseen Baqir, RaafayAshraf, Nauman Khalid, Raheel Abbas, Sami Ur Rehman and a few others) went inside an empty stall and started shouting. There was just a single fan placed there and we sat down and initially did loads of stupid things. Later on as the crowd gathered at the place we thought we could enjoy a lot more than what we already were. We made that stall our own by giving it a name of ‘Come and Shout, get your frustration out.’ Many people including the staff and professors came to our stall and shouted, we also had soothers as a gift for anyone who was willing to shout. We also decorated our stall by empty bottles, rubbish and stolen goods from the girl’s stall next to ours. When in the evening the actual stall holders came (They were the famous KFC) they enjoyed with us a lot as well and also took photos of ours. It was perhaps the most enjoyable time I had in my University life.
One other Incident that was interesting was with our current Mathematics HOD, Dr. Tasneem Shah. Due to my Ill health he had advised me that whenever I find uncomfortable and am not fit to take the class I should just tell him. One say when I was not willing to take the class I went to his office and told him that I have to go to the hospital for checkup so I cannot take the class. He was wise enough so he started inquiring me. He asked which hospital I have to go, I did not know any hospital name and told him that it’s some hospital in Rawalpindi and my fathers’ friend is the doctor. He asked the doctor’s name which I could not tell as well. Then he asked for my father’s phone number which I told him that my father does not have any cell phone. I was getting tenser when he asked my mother s phone number which I had to give. He also took me to HOD but instead of making me the culprit he told him about my health and that I need to go back home so he asked the HOD to call my mother and tell him, which thankfully the HOD never did.
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