A stranger on FB....but not so for a long time. Soon the common bond of JES made us plan for a get together on a Republic Day at our school. After discussions on call, FB and WhatsApp we tried to formulate something.We tried contacting as many people as possible and got few sure-shot enthusiasts (barring the 'Bolbachans' ofcourse). Somehow Mr.Virus caught the initiator Sneha of this grand idea yesterday and I was left alone to take the lead.
.Waking up at early morning that too on a Sunday is not my cup of tea (and surely not of many others).However, after proper encouragement from the initiator of this idea, I decided to take up the challenge to wake up early.
There was an urge to meet the old friends again...to the teachers who shaped our future....to those classrooms who were witness of our grooming...to those walls and benches who were our allies of our 'Creativity' during those days.....
So there was I in our school at 7.10 a.m inspite of sleeping at 1.00 a.m ;) None of my batchmates or from any other passed our batch were available. Our principal Mrs.Uma Basa asked me to hoist the flag and I was taken aback. I enquired with her about the availability of any other chief guest as it would have been very awkward for me to hoist the flag....as that right has to be given to an apt person who rightly deserves that.
I am still small in front of those greying hairs of my teachers.....so she thankfully asked our school's management person Mr.Vijayan Sir to hoist the flag.
Then whatever things were demonstrated by our current breed of students made me dumbstruck. The school has improved a lot in terms of Republic day celebration. The overall aesthetics of the school has also improved a lot. The kids put up a very nice show. You can view the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA3Utz9xcJ8&feature=share
Even though the teachers didn't remember our names, they were truly ecstatic seeing us. We were not much in numbers. 5 from our batch, and one from 2005. The biggest group was of 2009 passed out students who were merrily enjoying in their own World. The teachers were however interacting with each one of us, sharing updates of other teachers, their children, asking about us, telling about the good things and not so good things about the current situation of the school. Uma Miss, Nalini Miss, Diana Miss and Lata Miss were the ones left from our era.
After teachers went home, we roamed in few of the classrooms, re-visited the past memories, appreciated the positive changes in the school, sat in our 10th class where our batchmate Gaurav checked our Hindi grammar from a notebook of a student :) We were still good though !!!
Sitting on those same old benches and taking snaps really made us nostalgic. We never thought that we have a member among us from another batch of 2005 as we all were happily traversing back through the time machine and wanted to be there itself.....
Few important things which came up from the
discussion which we had with the teachers were as below:
1) The school is undergoing renovation. Once it is done, Uma Miss shall contact an ex-student who will design a website for our school. Anybody interested in this can surely contribute their thoughts and knowledge.
We suggested to add the information of passed-out students on the website who are well placed in the society.
This will boost the morale of the current students and their parents too.Plus it shall attract others towards our school.
2) Uma miss told us about few needy students who are in a position of discontinuing their education or are barely able to afford the fees.So if anybody is really willing to help such students then do let me know. There are other passed out students who are already offering a helping hand to few of our students.
3) Do meet the teachers constantly and share your ideas and thoughts with them and moreover try to help them to come in reality.
4) If some of the passed our student can refer the relatives of the current students in their company then this can be a good gesture towards the school.
The only saddest part was majority of them enjoy blabbering on social networking sites about their love for the school...their personal pages on FB, WhatsApp are loaded with senti stuff and pics of school days but when the time comes for actual action, they vanish or keep mum.
Very few actually cherish those old memories and love for the school. And those few come from any corner of the World irrespective of their busy days and schedules. If not, they are atleast eager to know what they missed and how the current things are at school. Those are real school-lovers who don't require any 'Personal Page' on a website to showcase their love for their Temple of creation.
Anyways, I would like to thank all those who turned up just by a mere invitation on FB and WhatsApp.
A friendly thank you to my batchmates Gaurav, Rajdoot, Chandraneel and Omprakash (in the order of their appearance in school ;)
To Aafreen who was alone from her batch but yet stayed back and equally enjoyed roaming in the school with us.
And last but not the least....to the idea generator of this concept....Sneha Kumawat who was the most eager person to come but unfortunately couldn't come as she was unwell. Had it not been for her call for the meet and encouragement to me, there would have been a big question mark on my visit too !!
One thing I forgot to tell that the students looked dashing and smart in the current dress code....
Kaash aisa kuch dress code hamare bhi zamaneme hota to hum bhi thoda smart vart dikhte ;)
Long Live J.E.S !!!!!!!!!
P.S. Videos will be posted soon :)
.Waking up at early morning that too on a Sunday is not my cup of tea (and surely not of many others).However, after proper encouragement from the initiator of this idea, I decided to take up the challenge to wake up early.
There was an urge to meet the old friends again...to the teachers who shaped our future....to those classrooms who were witness of our grooming...to those walls and benches who were our allies of our 'Creativity' during those days.....
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| Nicely Decorated Notice Board |
I am still small in front of those greying hairs of my teachers.....so she thankfully asked our school's management person Mr.Vijayan Sir to hoist the flag.
Then whatever things were demonstrated by our current breed of students made me dumbstruck. The school has improved a lot in terms of Republic day celebration. The overall aesthetics of the school has also improved a lot. The kids put up a very nice show. You can view the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA3Utz9xcJ8&feature=share
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| Opening RSP Parade |
After teachers went home, we roamed in few of the classrooms, re-visited the past memories, appreciated the positive changes in the school, sat in our 10th class where our batchmate Gaurav checked our Hindi grammar from a notebook of a student :) We were still good though !!!
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| Oh Mathematicssss....Not Againnnnnnnn..... |
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| Creative Classrooms |
Few important things which came up from the
discussion which we had with the teachers were as below:
1) The school is undergoing renovation. Once it is done, Uma Miss shall contact an ex-student who will design a website for our school. Anybody interested in this can surely contribute their thoughts and knowledge.
We suggested to add the information of passed-out students on the website who are well placed in the society.
This will boost the morale of the current students and their parents too.Plus it shall attract others towards our school.
2) Uma miss told us about few needy students who are in a position of discontinuing their education or are barely able to afford the fees.So if anybody is really willing to help such students then do let me know. There are other passed out students who are already offering a helping hand to few of our students.
3) Do meet the teachers constantly and share your ideas and thoughts with them and moreover try to help them to come in reality.
4) If some of the passed our student can refer the relatives of the current students in their company then this can be a good gesture towards the school.
The only saddest part was majority of them enjoy blabbering on social networking sites about their love for the school...their personal pages on FB, WhatsApp are loaded with senti stuff and pics of school days but when the time comes for actual action, they vanish or keep mum.
Very few actually cherish those old memories and love for the school. And those few come from any corner of the World irrespective of their busy days and schedules. If not, they are atleast eager to know what they missed and how the current things are at school. Those are real school-lovers who don't require any 'Personal Page' on a website to showcase their love for their Temple of creation.
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| All Time Guarantors Of A School Visit |
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| Omprakash, Chandraneel, Rajdoot & Gaurav |
A friendly thank you to my batchmates Gaurav, Rajdoot, Chandraneel and Omprakash (in the order of their appearance in school ;)
To Aafreen who was alone from her batch but yet stayed back and equally enjoyed roaming in the school with us.
And last but not the least....to the idea generator of this concept....Sneha Kumawat who was the most eager person to come but unfortunately couldn't come as she was unwell. Had it not been for her call for the meet and encouragement to me, there would have been a big question mark on my visit too !!
One thing I forgot to tell that the students looked dashing and smart in the current dress code....
Kaash aisa kuch dress code hamare bhi zamaneme hota to hum bhi thoda smart vart dikhte ;)
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| Current staff of Teachers |
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| Toppers Of Past 3 Decades (featuring my Sister's name too) |
Long Live J.E.S !!!!!!!!!
P.S. Videos will be posted soon :)
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Thanks Purna.I shall upload d videos hopefully by this weekend.Their size is 150MB plus n dats why it takes time n I haven't uploaded them yet bt I will surely upload them.Let evrybdy know that our school is also improving.
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