Left over in Mind- School Memories

Time seems to have augmented its pace as I look back. I know we have gone through a long journey at school but, school days now seems to have passes in a blinking of eyes. Yesterday we were typical school students with great enthusiasm and reluctance at time when we would count on the year left for completing school. And now, since it’s the time to head off the school, how we realize that time seems to have cheated us!

I still remember the night when I had no sound sleep just to complete the homework. Friends would call to know if I had finished my work. Those were the time we would gossip about being tones of homework. Today as I remind myself of those days, I don’t think it was that bad for all. When other family member are sleeping, you are still moving your pen and suddenly you feel like you can do something more! It sounds weird; I know,  but that’s what my experience tells me. Not to forget how my swollen eyes would catch other’s eyes the next day and along came their queries. “No, I am fine”, I would reply with a smile.

Whenever there were some kind of mischief and prank in the classroom, every burst into laughter. Inevitably, one of the teachers passing by or in the nearby department would show up and we would get scolded. But, it was for your own good, teachers’ words were no harsh word of fury but words of suggestion for the betterment of student. Pondering over such incidents, I now realize my memories would taste incomplete without those prank occurring in class; at least I have a reason to smile as I recall them.

And of course! We had classroom singers! Especially during leisure period and lunch break, they would all of sudden, have that superstar attitude banding the desk and singing in an insane way. There were someone who would be daydreaming and some of them would be snoozing during lectures. Each person has his/her own world, indeed!

Turning back the pages to my personal experiences at school, I find myself in the horror stories of the building of the hostel and those school building. Some horror stories about the areas were in air, moving from ear to ear. My ears have been fed with such stories but, being kid it wasn’t that easy to convince our delicate hearts and I even use to see terrifying dreams about the same; may be it was some psychological effect on my mind. And guess what? For two or three days, we did hear voice screaming, the scream almost took my breath away. Was that building really haunted? Hey! Don’t get scared! It wasn’t any sort of ghost or spirit; the voice belonged to a group of college pranksters and they got scolded for their stupid pranks.

Course book, home assignments, test, extracurricular  activities were always there to keep me busy. But no, be it irregularly, I was tempted to visit the school library, pick up some books and indulge in a new world. This was something my mother abhorred. A novel in my hand was an issue big enough to raise her temper. ‘Leaving these bulky books for a next time’ Take some rest instead. Staring your eyes just to know some imaginary stories is in my ear. I wonder when that precise next time will come. I have managed to read quite number of them though. Concealing novel with blanket, I would read late night.

I remember how impatient! I was to have the chapter “The open window” (Gulmohar, grade 8) taught.

The classes as expected, were very interesting; the story still tops my favorites’ list. I won’t ever forget the exhilarating history classes which were no less than a theater, puncturing the well-known linkage of history and yawns. Some boys who never learnt to keep their hands tied have irritated teacher a lot. I won’t ever forget one particular teacher who has been harsh to them though warning them of their wrong track.

Ah! Now here we are in college, a different environment, different thoughts, and different determinations! Anyways a number of years down the line , memories of school will remain with me forever, as the only left over of school in mind, not that mean I am excluding the education my school has given me!