Yesterday, PGP-11 bid goodbye to one of its most beloved professors - Dr. Mathew, when the course "Social Transformation of India" was wrapped up with the screening of the Italian film, "Ciao Professore!" (translates to Goodbye Professor) The film - a light hearted comedy, highlights the social situation prevailing in Southern Italy in the early '90s. Sounds like serious stuff, but throw in a dozen 8-year olds who swear imaginatively and yet retain their innocence, and an honest North Italian Professor and voila! you've an entertaining fare on your hands. Everything said and done, this movie was a befitting finale to a string of foreign movies that were shown as part of the course curriculum.Before the screening of the movie began, StudCon members felicitated Dr. Mathew for having enlightened us during the course by raising a lot of questions, most of them very uncomfortable and probing ones. After the students gave him a standing ovation, he took over the mike and spoke about how he was skeptical before coming here about the way the course would be received by the students. In a speech peppered with Mathewisms, he added that he was very happy to have had a chance to teach us and hoped to come back to teach at IIMK. We'd love to meet you again, Sir. Ciao!
The list of movies that were shown during the course:
Colors of Paradise (Iranian)
Two women (Iranian)
Grave of the fireflies (Japanese)
All About My Mother (Spanish)
In the name of the father (English)
Central Station (Brazilian)
Ciao Professore! (Italian)
11 comments:
What started as a just another course ended up becoming the most interesting and discussed series of lectures within a short span of time..Mathew Sir's amazing style of teaching along with his humour and friendly chit chat made the classroom more like an informal reunion of friends..
I hope he'll come again to improve our wretched lives and announce merrily
"Let there be light"..
The movie was hilarious!
"Professor, can I tell something intimate and confidential?" :))
Apart from that, we'll miss you sir. hmmmm... :D
Guys, why dont we share a few Matthewisms here?
Prof par excellence!!!!
The choice of the movie once again highlighted the extraordinary skills of Mathew Sir to exploit the students' emotions ( in a positive sense!!!).In marketing terms , the movie was just another of the marketing strategies to build his brand.
In addition to being an encyclopedia on two legs, what was outstanding was his diction , style of speech delivery and vocabulary. Who else would use terms like ' unicellular organism' n 'underdeveloped zygote' to playfully mock at the morons!!!!
Hats of to u sir , u rock......
Almost all of the movies that we saw were truly top class. Great course overall.
'And God said, "Let there be light" and there was Mathew.'
Professore ... *sigh* ..
The one who brought light into our wretched lives :) ... hmmm
Am i connecting ?? hmmmmm :)
couldn't agree more with you guys...Prof. Mathew plucked us from the realms of indifference and ignorance and literally showed us the pther side of everything....hope he comes back for another term....Kudos Professore!
I honestly feel that Prof Matthew was one nice beacon of "light" in this otherwise hectic schedule we have.. Not to undermine the other teachers or anything, but his was the class which evoked the most discussions, drew most controversy and was the most fun! :)
Honestly sir, if you read this, we would love to have another round of your sociological sessions!!
You PGP11ers are so lucky!! Movies indeed! Our STI course passed in a blur of boring lectures!
Any idea if these movies can be hosted on wormhole? Spare a thought for your poor seniors!
would have loved to study under this prof.. a professor who shows movies would have been a "dream come true". have seen a couple of these movies and must say the collection is good... but one thing i dont understand is what do these movies have to do with STI??
Hey Guys,
It was wonderful to read your blogs and comments! And yes, Prof. Mathew was made to read it too :)..hmmmm
Am a friend and a colleague of Mat and agree to all you guys said about him. Besides being a great prof he is also a great human being and will end up turning few of morons in to being at least 'good human being!' Cheers! Mat rocks!
The greatest teacher i ever came across and i m pretty sure i can never in my life meet a Prof better than Matthew sir.He is an ocean of knowledge and is surely a god's gift to mother earth and we are very lucky to have him in our country.We at IIMK PGP-11 batch are the most lucky to have interacted with him.Thank you sir for the privelege you showered on us by teaching us.You are great....keep going and do visit us again ASAP....we are missing you
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