My Facebook status messages and picture shares are usually overfilled with nostalgic accounts. For some reason, I always end up writing about my childhood and share stories with all the people in my friend list who might , in one way or the other, be related to those incidents.
A few days back, I shared a picture, that displayed a funny summary of the 'general dialogues of teachers during classes in school'. To my surprise, many of contemporaries who were there with me in the 7th and 8th standards supported the picture with a thumbs up.(Well, that's the FB culture, if you hit a Like, your support to the contents of the link, is an abstract confirmation:)) Alright, I had mentioned which teacher I was reminded of by those 'dialogues'. But my friends confirmed that. A thread of comments, initiated by me and another childhood friend of mine, on the same link made sure that we laughed out loud! We started adding our 'remembered teacher's' other favorite quotes which used to make us laugh during her classes in school.
It feels so strange to realize that what once used to be our daily practical dose of laughter, has now shrunk to a narrow ambit of memories. And what is happening now will soon shrink and find spaces in nostalgia!
Its admission time in Delhi University. Anxious, Curious, Excited, Ambitious, Confused-are a few adjectives that can describe the students aspiring to get admitted in one of the most sought after universities in the country. Seeing the aspirants, I am reminded of my own days. That sounds as if I ran for admissions in 1927!
No.
But indeed the changes in the admission procedures happen so fast in the University that every freshers' batch feels proud of being a part of the batch it belongs to since no one knows when the University may change the rules leaving no rooms for the future generations to follow the same rules! Every year is an Era of rules that might turn associated with the 'freshers' belonging to that year only. You are following certain rules this year and your younger sister or brother may not ever get to know such rules even existed! So, it is quite justified if I say,"hamaare zamaane mein Colleges ke separate forms bhi mila karte the" even though my 'zamaana' refers to 2010!
So, the would-be students of the university, remind me of my days. It used to be so much fun to fill the forms and to make temporary friends at the various admission centers just so that both I and my friend could help each other in filling the details!
At my college, The Admin Gazebo is THE PLACE! Guardians, their kids, friends, and dreams together constitute the population at the Gazebo these days.
Yes. Nostalgia does dominate. But it also strikes me that wherever may these kids go, their perception towards the curriculum and courses will change after getting admitted. Admission to Universities(or at least to the Delhi University) is just like what most Love marriages are like-You are at the peak of your energy till the last moment before it happens and then it may start going down when your expectations and the realities start meeting at crossroads. You realize that certain prejudices that had had an unabridged control over you mind till School hold no importance now.
At the same time, You realize that College is not about creating a line of divide. Its about erasing a few. Courses hold no importance if the person from a different course, who just turned wonderful friend of yours,can meet you regularly.
You realize that there are many things that you do apart from studying; That days of completing syllabus can be forgotten for sometime; that things that you may have otherwise avoided to do are not that bad after all (No, not smoking dude!) I mean bunking classes; joining societies that were before college, totally alien to your world of ECA.
Its the time of change for the kids. Change that will most probably accompany them throughout their life. And this reminds me of one Alumna who, at our First day at college, inspired us to gear up for a wonderful life ahead when she said that irrespective of what one achieves during School, College ensures that each person is trying to have fair share of the same cake. So, Confidence is a must!
A few days back, I shared a picture, that displayed a funny summary of the 'general dialogues of teachers during classes in school'. To my surprise, many of contemporaries who were there with me in the 7th and 8th standards supported the picture with a thumbs up.(Well, that's the FB culture, if you hit a Like, your support to the contents of the link, is an abstract confirmation:)) Alright, I had mentioned which teacher I was reminded of by those 'dialogues'. But my friends confirmed that. A thread of comments, initiated by me and another childhood friend of mine, on the same link made sure that we laughed out loud! We started adding our 'remembered teacher's' other favorite quotes which used to make us laugh during her classes in school.
It feels so strange to realize that what once used to be our daily practical dose of laughter, has now shrunk to a narrow ambit of memories. And what is happening now will soon shrink and find spaces in nostalgia!
Its admission time in Delhi University. Anxious, Curious, Excited, Ambitious, Confused-are a few adjectives that can describe the students aspiring to get admitted in one of the most sought after universities in the country. Seeing the aspirants, I am reminded of my own days. That sounds as if I ran for admissions in 1927!
No.
But indeed the changes in the admission procedures happen so fast in the University that every freshers' batch feels proud of being a part of the batch it belongs to since no one knows when the University may change the rules leaving no rooms for the future generations to follow the same rules! Every year is an Era of rules that might turn associated with the 'freshers' belonging to that year only. You are following certain rules this year and your younger sister or brother may not ever get to know such rules even existed! So, it is quite justified if I say,"hamaare zamaane mein Colleges ke separate forms bhi mila karte the" even though my 'zamaana' refers to 2010!
So, the would-be students of the university, remind me of my days. It used to be so much fun to fill the forms and to make temporary friends at the various admission centers just so that both I and my friend could help each other in filling the details!
At my college, The Admin Gazebo is THE PLACE! Guardians, their kids, friends, and dreams together constitute the population at the Gazebo these days.
Yes. Nostalgia does dominate. But it also strikes me that wherever may these kids go, their perception towards the curriculum and courses will change after getting admitted. Admission to Universities(or at least to the Delhi University) is just like what most Love marriages are like-You are at the peak of your energy till the last moment before it happens and then it may start going down when your expectations and the realities start meeting at crossroads. You realize that certain prejudices that had had an unabridged control over you mind till School hold no importance now.
At the same time, You realize that College is not about creating a line of divide. Its about erasing a few. Courses hold no importance if the person from a different course, who just turned wonderful friend of yours,can meet you regularly.
You realize that there are many things that you do apart from studying; That days of completing syllabus can be forgotten for sometime; that things that you may have otherwise avoided to do are not that bad after all (No, not smoking dude!) I mean bunking classes; joining societies that were before college, totally alien to your world of ECA.
Its the time of change for the kids. Change that will most probably accompany them throughout their life. And this reminds me of one Alumna who, at our First day at college, inspired us to gear up for a wonderful life ahead when she said that irrespective of what one achieves during School, College ensures that each person is trying to have fair share of the same cake. So, Confidence is a must!
wow shagun, you are turning out to be a great writer... your blogs are not only interesting but fun to read and easy to relate with... i'll try to follow you whenever i can... :)
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much Uma...Such a compliment from such an avid reader is surely something for me to treasure :) :)
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