When the alarm clock rang, I woke up in a bit of shock. My heart was beating fast. It wasn’t so much of the shock from the noise of alarm. It was more the after effects of the nightmare I’d been having all night. The bad dream was brought on by the thought which had […]
As I was standing in the bus queue this morning, I opened my school bag to get out my bus ticket. Then I noticed that my school project was not there. The deadline for it was first thing this morning! I was sure that I had put in my schoolbag last night! Had Hari, my
What a day I had yesterday! Everything that could go wrong went wrong.The day started very badly. I find it difficult to drag myself out of bed on winter mornings and I was late getting up. I had to queue for the bathroom while my elder sister spent ages putting on her make-up. That made
I remember clearly the day when I had my first swimming lesson. It was dreadful, for I was afraid of water. However, I had no choice. My parents insisted that I should take up swimming.Fortunately, my parents had engaged a very supportive instructor. He understood my fears and was patient enough to see me through
School canteens are necessary to provide cheap, neat and unadulterated food to students, teachers and staff. As such school canteen is the most coveted place and a centre of attraction for various kinds of sweets, namkeen, tea, coffee, cold drinks, snacks, etc.Our school canteen opens almost one hour before the school time, so that it
India is one of the fortunate countries of the world where one can have a change of seasons in a natural order. One has not to put up with the monotony of seasons. Each season, therefore, has its own charm and glory for the people. It is perhaps, because of this reason, that in one
There was an air of festivity at the fairground. The crowds of adults and children were milling around, especially at the games stalls, rides and food stalls that had been set up for visitors.The community club in our neighborhood had organized the event. It was rare to see a funfair in our district, my friends
Early next week I am going to New Zealand with my parents. I am incredibly excited about the trip and I packed my suitcase several days ago. I keep checking nervously to make sure that I have got everything.I do not have to worry about my tickets since my dad is in charge of those.
Being rich had been never my ambition. I had never envied wealthy people for their money. One day, however, I did become very rich. I won the first prize in a lottery.I won 50 crore from a lucky draw. I could not believe it. I was at my wits’ end about what to do with
To be sick is to be miserable. To be confined to a ward in hospital is a worse. I had that experience recently after breaking my left leg in a football game. I was bedridden for five days.It was an experience I dread to go through again. I was overwhelmed by loneliness although my parents
Fancy dress competition is a very common feature in the schools these days. It is held every year. A fancy dress show was organized in my school last month. The students were given a choice of appearing in different kinds of dresses and fashions. A competition to award three prizes was held. A stage was
A farewell party was arranged on the last day when I was leaving school to join another school. The party was arranged by the students of class IV according to prevailing conventions. The hall of the school was beautifully decorated with flowers balloons, charts and paintings. When the function began, many speeches and thoughts were
We travel for business. We travel for sightseeing. We travel for necessity. But very few in our country travel to acquire knowledge. In Europe, travelling is a necessary part of education.Educational value of travelling can hardly be described. Bacon says that travelling in younger age is part of education, in the elderly age, a part
It was a one-day tour. We did not fix the destination. We started in the morning. ‘Be ready’ was our motto. So we went on walking like Hercules. We believed to meet some adventure on our way.We caught our train. At Jogeswari the train stopped. We had got down catching another train. We did not
In the month of November last year, one of our friends proposed that we should go to Agra on cycles the next Sunday. The distance from our village was 20 kilometres. The proposal was liked by all of us. We agreed. Each of us had to make some purchases at Agra. We decided to meet