Schools out forever.....
It was 3:oo pm.. I was in the last bench in class... It was chemistry hour. And I was trying to listen in class but I just couldn’t. It was sultry and I had had a sumptuous meal during lunch (comprising mostly of my fellow student’s lunch). I was looking at my note book……. Things were going kinda outta focus…. My eyes were heavy…. I slowly closed them for a second and opened them again…
Somehow my class room was totally different now. It was small… the benches were different… and I lifted my head and saw… WHAT??!! That’s impossible!!! I remember this place… it was my 12th standard class room!! It was physics class and Mr. Uma Shankar was taking physics…. I have always hated school… but I don’t know why but I was really happy to be back! I was sitting in my chair surrounded by my ‘gang’. Arjun was sitting to my left and eashwar to my right and manu shankar was sittin diagonally behind. Sooraj was in the other corner. Priyanka, Pavithra and Sushma were sitting in the seats right in front of us. Mann it was great to be back. I was smiling to myself.
Our teacher was talking something about rocket propulsion… he sucks at English… He said something funny and arjun passed a funny comment… I started giggling… Suddenly someone came into the class… IT WAS VIJI!!!!! My best friend in 11th standard.. she discontinued because of some problem…. But there she was… she came sat in front of me… I was too stunned to even blink…. This is not possible!!
And as usual arjun and eashwar and I started chattering and playing pranks on the girls. It was fun to be able to do all that again. The class was over and our Sanskrit Sir came in next… He is such an adorable person… The way he takes class… I like it a lot… and his classes are always fun… He was telling the story of Nala and Damayanthi. “Nishadheshu nalaha naama raja aaseeth. Saha saangeshu vedheshu dhanurvedhe cha kushalaha aaseeth” the opening lines of the lesson. And it went on for another 45 mins… and he finished the class as he always did “….. Then what happened?... That we shall see in the next class…” …. Maannn it was really great to be back.
We all sat there waiting for the next teacher….. then suddenly an announcement was made on the intercom… “Kedharnath, please come to the basement hall with your keyboard, thank you..” So I went to the principal’s office, got my keyboard and headed down to the basement…. There was a large crowd there… Annual Day Practice!!!!!! I set up my keyboard and started playing for all the different programs. It really was awesome to be back. So I played and played and played… frequently getting screamed at my U.C ma’am – the Hitler of my school…. And then it was over… I packed and kept my keyboard safely in the principal’s office again and went back to class. I saw santosh, kavya, Janani, arunaadhri, deepa, and many more close buddies….
My heart felt so light… I was dizzy… I went and sat in my place again in class… and it was English class… P.D.K ma’am was teachin something… and suddenly someone shook me hard… I woke up with a start… my head and eyes felt heavy… I realized I had dozed off and all that had happened was a dream…. The chemistry professor had seen me sleeping and he said “ Kedhar… get out of my class…” So I walked out and went to the canteen… got a bottle of frutnik… and sat down under the tree… thinking of my dream…
Its really hard to believe some of the best days of my life are over…. I can never sit in my old class room again…. Can never comment on the teachers like that again… can never play pranks…. Can never play the keyboard for the annual day again…. Never get into trouble and end up in the principal’s office again… I can never hear my Sanskrit sir’s famous dialogues again…..
And as I was thinking all this… my eyes became moist… I MISS SCHOOL MORE THAN ANYTHING…. I wanna cry out loud… but I can’t… I am in college now! I possibly cant… I am supposed to mature and responsible now…. BUT I DON’T WANNA BE MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE…. I want those innocent, playful days back....
I will give anything to go to school just like old days for just one day……
Somehow my class room was totally different now. It was small… the benches were different… and I lifted my head and saw… WHAT??!! That’s impossible!!! I remember this place… it was my 12th standard class room!! It was physics class and Mr. Uma Shankar was taking physics…. I have always hated school… but I don’t know why but I was really happy to be back! I was sitting in my chair surrounded by my ‘gang’. Arjun was sitting to my left and eashwar to my right and manu shankar was sittin diagonally behind. Sooraj was in the other corner. Priyanka, Pavithra and Sushma were sitting in the seats right in front of us. Mann it was great to be back. I was smiling to myself.
Our teacher was talking something about rocket propulsion… he sucks at English… He said something funny and arjun passed a funny comment… I started giggling… Suddenly someone came into the class… IT WAS VIJI!!!!! My best friend in 11th standard.. she discontinued because of some problem…. But there she was… she came sat in front of me… I was too stunned to even blink…. This is not possible!!
And as usual arjun and eashwar and I started chattering and playing pranks on the girls. It was fun to be able to do all that again. The class was over and our Sanskrit Sir came in next… He is such an adorable person… The way he takes class… I like it a lot… and his classes are always fun… He was telling the story of Nala and Damayanthi. “Nishadheshu nalaha naama raja aaseeth. Saha saangeshu vedheshu dhanurvedhe cha kushalaha aaseeth” the opening lines of the lesson. And it went on for another 45 mins… and he finished the class as he always did “….. Then what happened?... That we shall see in the next class…” …. Maannn it was really great to be back.
We all sat there waiting for the next teacher….. then suddenly an announcement was made on the intercom… “Kedharnath, please come to the basement hall with your keyboard, thank you..” So I went to the principal’s office, got my keyboard and headed down to the basement…. There was a large crowd there… Annual Day Practice!!!!!! I set up my keyboard and started playing for all the different programs. It really was awesome to be back. So I played and played and played… frequently getting screamed at my U.C ma’am – the Hitler of my school…. And then it was over… I packed and kept my keyboard safely in the principal’s office again and went back to class. I saw santosh, kavya, Janani, arunaadhri, deepa, and many more close buddies….
My heart felt so light… I was dizzy… I went and sat in my place again in class… and it was English class… P.D.K ma’am was teachin something… and suddenly someone shook me hard… I woke up with a start… my head and eyes felt heavy… I realized I had dozed off and all that had happened was a dream…. The chemistry professor had seen me sleeping and he said “ Kedhar… get out of my class…” So I walked out and went to the canteen… got a bottle of frutnik… and sat down under the tree… thinking of my dream…
Its really hard to believe some of the best days of my life are over…. I can never sit in my old class room again…. Can never comment on the teachers like that again… can never play pranks…. Can never play the keyboard for the annual day again…. Never get into trouble and end up in the principal’s office again… I can never hear my Sanskrit sir’s famous dialogues again…..
And as I was thinking all this… my eyes became moist… I MISS SCHOOL MORE THAN ANYTHING…. I wanna cry out loud… but I can’t… I am in college now! I possibly cant… I am supposed to mature and responsible now…. BUT I DON’T WANNA BE MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE…. I want those innocent, playful days back....
I will give anything to go to school just like old days for just one day……
posted by Kedhar at 7:00 AM
3 Comments:
macha i 2 reely mis our skool life da cha...coll sucks big time
nice blog....
Wow, what a day!
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