WALK THE CHALK
Know what you people must be thinking…to end the query, this blog is not about The Shekhar Gupta talk show at NDTV (not even near to that) or when I mention “Chalk” I don’t imply to the soft, white, porous sedimentary rock(Chemistry students would be able to better relateJ) which teachers used at school…..However, this title implies towards the thoughts that I felt when I went with my niece to her school….
It was almost after 5 years that I was visiting any school on a normal school day observing the school life of many students who walked in the gate at 8:00 am in the morning and would spend their most memorable and amazing 13 years (and I am sure that they would be memorable for most of them).
As I entered the school, my first recollection was not friends, teachers, fun or MATHS for sure…but it was the “Chalk” which almost acted like a keyboard for most of the teachers like it does in most of the Executive’s life in Corporate!!
It was like a Natural break we go when any teacher asked us to get a piece of chalk and any student would go out and not come before 10 minutes….any naughty student would come up with many excuses for chalk not being available etc..just to cut short on the teaching time….it was like a team exercise one volunteer so that everyone else could have free time….In my working experience so far, have not seen such excuses made or we cant even dare to…As they say “lot is at stake”
As I entered the hall where the most important task of morning that is the Assembly was being conducted… As I enthusiastically looked around and observed students of all ages with folded hands and closed eyes singing the Morning Prayer, I felt that this hall at that time is so peaceful…but during school days no one really realizes, is it??
Any student’s life is confusing for those years, and growing up is an exercise in itself…Signs of adolescence could be easily viewed in those 30 minutes of assembly…
I just stood there and smiled all my way just thinking how I and my friends used to be…The school uniform, the latecomers standing outside the gate, the uniform checking etc…all put me back in those days….
Assembly dispersed and children made way to their classes all excited to start their day. When I had enough time to stroll in the corridors of school which were vividly in my mind with the thought of visiting the school….I knew that though my “Chalk Days” were over but I some where down the line this place is always gonna be there with me and not only me with everyone.
“Chalk Days” never end just that we place other more important things to realize that they were the “BEST”!!
Know what you people must be thinking…to end the query, this blog is not about The Shekhar Gupta talk show at NDTV (not even near to that) or when I mention “Chalk” I don’t imply to the soft, white, porous sedimentary rock(Chemistry students would be able to better relateJ) which teachers used at school…..However, this title implies towards the thoughts that I felt when I went with my niece to her school….
It was almost after 5 years that I was visiting any school on a normal school day observing the school life of many students who walked in the gate at 8:00 am in the morning and would spend their most memorable and amazing 13 years (and I am sure that they would be memorable for most of them).
As I entered the school, my first recollection was not friends, teachers, fun or MATHS for sure…but it was the “Chalk” which almost acted like a keyboard for most of the teachers like it does in most of the Executive’s life in Corporate!!
It was like a Natural break we go when any teacher asked us to get a piece of chalk and any student would go out and not come before 10 minutes….any naughty student would come up with many excuses for chalk not being available etc..just to cut short on the teaching time….it was like a team exercise one volunteer so that everyone else could have free time….In my working experience so far, have not seen such excuses made or we cant even dare to…As they say “lot is at stake”
As I entered the hall where the most important task of morning that is the Assembly was being conducted… As I enthusiastically looked around and observed students of all ages with folded hands and closed eyes singing the Morning Prayer, I felt that this hall at that time is so peaceful…but during school days no one really realizes, is it??
Any student’s life is confusing for those years, and growing up is an exercise in itself…Signs of adolescence could be easily viewed in those 30 minutes of assembly…
I just stood there and smiled all my way just thinking how I and my friends used to be…The school uniform, the latecomers standing outside the gate, the uniform checking etc…all put me back in those days….
Assembly dispersed and children made way to their classes all excited to start their day. When I had enough time to stroll in the corridors of school which were vividly in my mind with the thought of visiting the school….I knew that though my “Chalk Days” were over but I some where down the line this place is always gonna be there with me and not only me with everyone.
“Chalk Days” never end just that we place other more important things to realize that they were the “BEST”!!
5 comments:
Nice title and nice content too. Some kids eat chalk too, when they are very young.
every1 is not like you....normal people miss school days unlike u..
the only difference i c is that not all people spend 13 years............it reminds me of the wonderful 18 yrs i spent in school :), then the chalk reminds me of the chalk fights v used to have and if that finishes then it used to be duster and then pencil boxes flying then v wud end up flying out of the class
WOW those were the good old days!!
yeah what a life with different colours of chalk every day used to be gr8 and hey...
why 18 years?? sorry for asking this question on a public site :-)
Well I was enjoying school life so much that I did not feel like leaving it..........I was busy making my foundation strong u know, so did not want to leave schoool till the time I was comfy with.
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