> IIT students were arbitrarily limited in the number of hours they could spend online because some administrator thought they should get out more
Wow, I didn't believe you at first, but it appears to be true. [1][2][3]
They appear to be justifying by claiming, besides that it prevents them from meeting others, that it somehow causes suicide and depression and that it is responsible for falling grades.
Does anyone know if this is still in effect? The most recent article I could find is from 2008.
This happens every now and then in most state-run colleges in India. The pattern is like this - some kid who has never been exposed to the internet comes to college and is exposed to high-speed, unlimited internet and gets immediately hooked. He starts skipping class, eventually starts flunking subjects. At the end of his pre-final year, when he has to sit for placements, he realises his situation and then he kills himself. College admins want to appear to have taken action, and internet access is time-restricted. Eventually, of course, sanity prevails, and we get to go through this whole routine all over again. Happened twice during my 4 years in college.
This was instituted when I was still at IIT because some people just /stopped/ studying, quite literally. I suppose it was a simpler solution than offering counseling for what could (I suppose) be called 'net addiction'. Ahh, memories :)
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> IIT students were arbitrarily limited in the number of hours they could spend online because some administrator thought they should get out more
Wow, I didn't believe you at first, but it appears to be true. [1][2][3]
They appear to be justifying by claiming, besides that it prevents them from meeting others, that it somehow causes suicide and depression and that it is responsible for falling grades.
Does anyone know if this is still in effect? The most recent article I could find is from 2008.
[1] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/IIT-D-follows-...
[2] http://educational-newsflash.blogspot.com/2010/11/restrictio...
[3] http://vikashkablog.blogspot.com/2007/01/internet-ban-in-iit...
This happens every now and then in most state-run colleges in India. The pattern is like this - some kid who has never been exposed to the internet comes to college and is exposed to high-speed, unlimited internet and gets immediately hooked. He starts skipping class, eventually starts flunking subjects. At the end of his pre-final year, when he has to sit for placements, he realises his situation and then he kills himself. College admins want to appear to have taken action, and internet access is time-restricted. Eventually, of course, sanity prevails, and we get to go through this whole routine all over again. Happened twice during my 4 years in college.
This was instituted when I was still at IIT because some people just /stopped/ studying, quite literally. I suppose it was a simpler solution than offering counseling for what could (I suppose) be called 'net addiction'. Ahh, memories :)
Well they are even planning to remove all ceiling fans: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iit-to-remove-ceiling-fans...
That was a joke. (I'm a student at IITK.)