When attention gets too hot to handle

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">NEW DELHI: Hey you! Why don''t you come and sit here. That''s how a <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">faccha</span> will be addressed by a senior if he''s spotted alone in college. But, what if the supposed <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">faccha</span> is actually a teacher? This is not an uncommon phenomenon at DU, where quite a few teachers blend in with the students and some have a positively mesmeric effect on students, no offence meant.<br /><br />Ask any student from the 1991 batch of St Stephen''s College to name one teacher who grabbed their attention and pat comes the reply.It was a certain teacher from the Chemistry department. "All I would say is that we never bunked any of her classes. Everything else could wait when it was time for her lectures," said an ex-student who is now working for an MNC.<br /><br />A ‘hot''favourite among students in North Campus is the dramatics in-charge of Kirori Mal College (KMC) who also teaches English there. "There is something about him that makes all the girls go week in the knees. We were so in awe of him; I was atleast so shy that I simply listened and hung on to every word he said," said an ex-student of KMC who did not want to be named.<br /><br />A 45 plus history teacher at Ramjas college is another oft mentioned name when female students, both current and ex, are asked about University heartthrobs. "He is very good looking. Another thing that set him apart was how actively he took to social causes," said an ex-student of Ramjas college.<br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br />Girsl usually start giggling when questioned on the subject, while boys usually go silent and simply smile. Maybe it''s the difference between the sexes that''s at play here. But it doesn''t stop just there. The boys are more reserved about who tops their list of heartthrob teachers.<br /><br />But, ask some of these teachers themselves about how they deal with all the attention and they''ll give a different side of the story. "It''s how you channelise the attention that matters. I do get mistaken for a student but, all my students are very cooperative and listen to me. It depends on how you get the message across and what vibes you give," said a lecturer of Zakir Hussain College.<br /><br />An Economics lecturer at Hindu College, who also got mistaken for a student the first time she stepped in to teach, seconds her view. "One has to get the point across that a teacher is a teacher. The rest depends on how you deal with the students," she said.</div> </div>