Class at ISB

Today was the second day of my second week at ISB. Only three and a half weeks left. A nice short quarter. This term, I have three classes, which each meet twice a week for two hours each for five weeks. The classes are Service Business Ventures and Franchising, Economics of Strategy and Pricing. It sounds like a light load, but there's a lot of outside group work involved and, let's face it, I came to India to travel.

A Bastardized Version of Mickey Mouse

The classes are lecture-based for the most part, which makes them kind of slow. The real excitement comes when students participate. I've noticed that Indian students like to talk out of turn and not really raise their hand. I guess it's just a cultural thing. The other major difference is that laptop use is not permitted during class - this is a direct contrast to American business schools, where laptops are almost always in use.

One of my classes is taught by an American, but the other two professors, who are Indian, were educated in the U.S. One actually teaches at a peer business school. Most of the classes have about 60 students, 90% of whom are Indian. At least everything is in English.