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I am one of those very rare kids who actually loved school. My school days were awesome on average. Yes, there were bad days and there was a certain time when I was in grade that 1 that I hated going to school primarily because of a girl who bullied me, but soon that matter got sorted. I am a person who likes to see the good things in even the bad experiences and chooses to see the bright side of things. Maybe, I was like this as a child too which is why the few bad experiences never really bothered me and I focused more on the overall experience I had in school which was quite nice.
I had a chance to learn from some of the nicest, wisest and extremely supportive teachers ever which is another reason why school life wasn’t a burden for me. I did have a few not-so-supportive teachers and one teacher of that lot did hurt me a lot, but that’s a story for another time.
Right now, I just want to focus on the homework for this day which is to share your whackiest experience related to a class you took or your teaching experience. I’d like to share one extremely amusing and slightly weird experience that I had when I was in grade 8th. I was around 14 years old then. My friends and I, or should I say almost my entire class, about 20 girls were quite funny and didn’t have any qualms about being who we are. We were a little whacky in different aspects and all of us enjoyed that a lot, and eve supported each other in our quirky stuff. During our recess time which used to be about 20 minutes long, we used to play games and eat our lunch. One day, 3 of us decided to sing songs and that too hilarious ones in the center of our playground.
So the 3 of us sat in the center of our playground and began singing hilarious songs loudly and happily. Soon, more of our classmates joined us and before we knew it, other girls from other classes joined us too. From 3 girls we turned into a large circle of crazy, happy girls singing loudly, happily and crazily. It was a lot of fun. A few teachers made fun of us, but none of them asked us to stop. One teacher even came to us and threw in a penny. Usually, in Pakistan, this is a symbol of insult and the teacher wanted us to stop, but we kept going.
We did this for about 4 days consecutively and our recess time became a lot more fun because of this fun activity. The next week, while we were having our English class, our English teacher who was of Indian origin and an extremely cool and brilliant teacher asked us about that experience. Since she didn’t attend school the last week because she was sick, she did not get to be a part of that experience and wanted us to give her that. She wanted us to sing all those fun songs in her class with her. Wow! This was definitely a great request and we were so delighted to hear that. It is not every day that a teacher asks you to do something others disapprove of or make fun of, and even better, wants to be a part of your insanity. We went along with it and had the most enjoyable English lesson ever. We sang for 30 minutes straight and when our class ended, Ma’am Shagun (that’s her name) and all of us were giggling and felt really good.
That one experience may seem trivial to you, but for my classmates and I, it was something quite extraordinary. It taught us to be more open about who we were and gave us the courage to embrace ourselves. We were confident when we sang silly songs and that did impress someone who then encouraged us more. Also, it taught me how important it for teachers to support their students. We weren’t doing anything criminal and we were all good students so if we did something whacky within the limits set for us, we should be allowed to do so and that one teacher made us feel good about ourselves. I wish there were more teachers like her.
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Love and light,
Sharoon.
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