The First Day Of College

Wasn't it supposed to be fun? Whoever said that, was either a big jackass or had meant to exclude engineering colleges in India. Because the first day was as dull and uneventful as a Katrina Kaif bollywood flick.

We had to reach the place at around 11 am, for the director's address. When we reached the convocation hall, where the address was to take place, we got to know that the director was supposedly 'ill', and the address had been postponed to 4th August, 2008. We then waited for about half an hour, as a guy on the stage announced group numbers and the names of the students from that group. After our groups were announced, we were asked to queue up outside the hall at a specific place marked for our group. Two teachers came along and asked us to follow them, for a tour of the whole college campus. They showed us all the boring labs and classrooms, the computer centre, and a library (it wasn't called a library, it was called something else, which sounded really dumb). After the tour, we sat in a classroom, and were asked to fill out registration forms. As we filled them out, we were handed a copy of the time table. Then our names were called out, and as we went one by one to the teacher to submit our duly-filled registration forms, and sign our attendance sheet. After the whole process was over, we were just asked to leave.

That's right. No ragging, no interactive session with the seniors, no fun, no welcome, nothing. We were asked to leave. All I can do is hope for better, but somebody tells me that engineering colleges aren't a lot of fun.