The MUN experience, and lot's more...

I'm yet again after a very long time. Can't help it, I had so many things to complete, so many homework pending and then CCE activities.....Oh God! The vacations got over a long time ago. The first important thing the moment I returned was the JSTS interviews, which were conducted on July14. My interview was pretty OK, except or a few tricky questions put down by the Chem. interviewer. Some of the ques. that I remember now-it's a long time though!

Bio.:

1. What do you mean by anaerobic and aerobic respiration? What is Kreb's cycle?
2. What would you use to preserve slides? (70% formalin solution-I think)

I don't remember any more.

Phy.:

1. You have a wire of say resistance r. You cut it into two equal pieces. What will happen to the resistance?
2. What is SONAR?
3. For echos to be heard, what's the Min. distance? Derive it.
4. What is RADAR?
5. Give two applications of fiber optic? State the principle? (Here, I just knew one of the applications, but was totally clueless about its application in medicine)

Chem.;

1. Atomic structure
2. N+L rule
3. What is Arrhenius acid/base? What about Lewis acid/base? (Luckily, I'd read it a few days ago)
4. What base is there in cucumber and karela (the vegetable)? (No ideas!)
5. Variation in trends across periods and groups in periodic table. (easy!)

That's it I can remember.

Next on the list was some cultural quiz organised by Belurmat. It was a fine quiz, a little tricky. 22nd July, class X G-my class held its morning assembly. It was a really nice assembly-everybody praised it. From dances to sogs, from speeches (especially Sumair's) to co-ordination, everything was in order and superb. Then, on the 23rd July......a big day.....early in the morning, I went in for an inter-school `Postcards from Paris`, the French fest at DPS International in the presentation design competition. We spoke well, and the PPT was also quite nice. Yet, I don't know the reason for our failure at the contest. Next on the list-the same day. I reached the school at 1:15 and rushed to the AVH for the MUN final auditions. Well, the agenda was child soldiers and I was to represent Rwanda (for those of you who don't know, it's a developping nation in Africa). I couldn't research much, as I also have to prepare for the inter-school. Yet, MUN is not only research, but also spontaneity, ideas and a lot more. So probably, all this helped me. It was a fantastic experience. I put forward my ideas about 2-3 times, and was well-appreciate by the executive board. Apart from that, I found the overall experience to be simply very exhilarating. What' an awesome debate it was! I had expected that I would qualify MUN. And fortunately, I did so. I was a part of the top 24 students who finally made it to the MUN club of our school. Mean while, I also became a member of Le Crayon d'Or, French Club at DPS RKP as co-ordinator, poetry recitation-class X. I have resolved to contribute as much as possible to the growth of this club. I will now have to sign off! Have to study for the Maths MT.

-Kartik