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Americana 2024

Thursday   16th May Arrive at IGI T3, New Delhi Stay at Holiday Inn, Aerocity Food in Aerocity:     - Beer and Smoky Butter Chicken with Naan, at Dragonfly Experience, Aerocity     - Rasgulla, Rasmalai, and Gulab Jamun at Bikanerwala     - Desi Elaichi  Chai at Chaipost? At IGI Departures: Starbucks Tall Flatwhite (at 50% off xD) Departure from Delhi @ 11:30 PM IST Flight: American Airlines Inflight Entertainment     - Kill Bill, Vol. 1     - Killers of the Flower Moon     - Short Films        • TikTok Challenged        • Reunion Inflight Food    - Western Chicken Dinner        • Chicken breast with marinara gravy, steamed exotic veggies and potatoes        • Salad with olive oil vinaigerette + buns and crackers with dahi, cheese amd butter       • Chocolate mouse       • Coffee       ...

Stub: An Evaluative Component I'd Like to Introduce

 This article is a stub. I copied Wikipedia terminology blatantly. Cry more.  NOTE TO SELF: This needs to be worked upon a bit. Or a lot idk. With the kind of competition that relative grading a typical college course breeds, hostility and toxicity among peers is likely begin taking root. To avoid that, and to nurture a spirit of comradery and a sense of compassion among peers, it might be interesting to experiment and introduce an extra credit grading component. The suggestion is this - the top 20% of the class which was most helpful for the entirety of the class over the entire semester, will be awarded 10 extra credit points in their course totals. How will this helpfulness  be quantified is a reasonable question, and the answer is simple - democracy. Towards the end of the semester, a poll could be held among the students taking the course. The question in the poll - name five people who helped you in any significant way in your learning of the course content.  I...