ASSIGNMENTS - ????????

This is a race to the finish line for the first person who finishes the assignment.
I enjoyed it thoroughly. The number of sleepless nights that I used to figure out each qestion of the assignment. There is sheer joy in doing these. May be, hindsight wise I should have continued my education rather than opt for a job after my degree. But I had Anand at that time and I would have had to dance to his tunes(anyway that is my usuall ranting, I do not want that to take over now).
When you sacrifice something you really gain something else, I sacrifised my sleep to get the right answers to most of the questions. I was really elated when I was at the print shop to print my assignment. There are so many things I learnt and so many I failed.
Assignments make you study certain areas in the subject. The institute is merely looking at it may be as part of a requirement set forth in some rule . The student their customer is completely non existent.
The following is the ASSIGNMENT MODEL
1. giving marks as internal
2. Some freebie's to the student who may come questioning as to why is has flunked his exams
3. what was the procedure followed nothing that is notable or commendable
3. Did the faculty help in making the students complete the assignment A BIG NO
4. The dates kept moving I don;t know whose request was getting accomodated.
5. Assignment should not be less than n number of pages - the hypocracy come alive very much in this statement. Are the marks and number of pages co-related ?
6. If you submit ssignment hand written you get more marks. I called the previous one hypocracy then I should call this ........................(please fill in).

I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO SEEN A STATUATORY WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT COPY ASSIGNMENTS AND CHEATYOUR SELF. Original work will be rewarded.

But, we are indians we are more interested in procedures and policies and not the real outcome.
Here are some suggestions to make make every student participate in the assignment and the institute wants orginal work from the students

1. split each batch into groups equal to the number of subjects.
2. Let the groups pick what subject they would like to do their asignment on
3. Give them the questions
4. Time frame would be to submit the assignment one week before the exams
5. In this way we are providing the students with an oppertunity to perform and not to copy others work
6. He has to perform because the internal marks of other students will suffer if he does not perforn well.
7. From the faculties view point the number of assignments will be equal to the number of batches and the institute can realistically expect the faculties to correct the assignment.
8. This will be another incentive to the student to not copy some others work.

I have no approach to get these ideas to the institute nor are they going sincerely understand and follow. I am not saying this is the only solution but this is a nice start to make the student work for the assignment rather than piggy back on somebody 's work.

I am not Gandhi to follow Ahimsa as the principle to change the institute.