Life at the high school......

Everyone has a story from a High school sketched out of memory and myth. The myth is the faith that we still stand a chance to invent ourselves in the present time. Life in high school  is more about developing your understanding and talents.  Being a teenager is very nice especially in high school. The grip of parents on your life loosens a little bit. You feel special in yourself. At high school we are on the verge of adulthood. Our Sense of responsibility towards career, parents and friends increases.  It’s the time when we develop our own perspective about certain things. In India it is sad that not much emphasis is laid by the teachers on the teenage students during childhood. Students here are overburdened with studies during their high school.  My story also reflects the truth of the former statement.

Though my story begins with a tragic statement,  my life at the high school was not that BAD.. I was a studious child in tenth standard, very much ambitious and conscious about my career.  My life was guided by the set of rules made by my Mother and only certain liberties were given to me..  I could not say that my life was dull but was monotonous.

Life in the high school was also set by my mother in advance.. 12 hrs of study along with 8 hrs of school and 5 hours of coaching..  Urghhh!! I still remember that hectic schedules I had. I was a JEE aspirant. JEE is one of the toughest competitions held all over India to get admitted into one of the topmost college of India that is the IIT’s. My mother was extremely excited about my boards results and was expecting a lot from me.  I had gained her confidence by now and the influence of her on me was reducing.

Unlike all other students, I was not much excited about my high school. My mind was preoccupied with my mother’s tips, suggestions and advice.  New school and new friends were the thoughts that were making me nervous. The elementary days at my high school were dull and boring.. everything was still the same for me as in junior classes.  It was after one week that I met a girl named Aayushi, that brought the spark and FUN in my life.

Aayushi, the girl with  a crazy spirit and adorable nature. Aayushi and I met in the teacher’s staffroom. She was a part of the literary team in our school and had gone there for the publication of our weekly school newspaper. I was also there to submit my article for the paper. Conversations began and in no time we began good friends. Aayushi was a girl who lived her life without any fear. When she came to know my situation she was like “how do you live”!! I was like-“ its not that bad …I also do some fun”..

“Do some fun???”

“yes!!!”

“and what that SOME FUN is about??!!”

“like watching MTV and channel V when my mom is not home…”

She burst out in laughter. She laughed for about 2 minutes and said that her 12 year old brother also watches MTV. She came to the conclusion that I had not even felt the F of FUN in my life and as I was her friend now she would bring out the monster in me!!!  Soon I was bunking classes, mocking at the teachers on their back, sleeping in the first period, texting in the class, listening to music when the teacher was busy solving the Calculus questions. I was all that I was not about. I had a FACEBOOK account too!!! Life at that moment felt very smooth and easy.

After 6 months I was this –I loved printed T-shirts in place of printed kurtis, I loved LINKIN PARK instead of  Sonu nigam and I loved burgers and pizzas more instead of chole bathure (though I still love chola bhatura).. I attended 2 classes from 5 classes, my name was in short attendance list and many more.

“TEENAGE LOVE” is the only thing that I remained untouched from in my High School. Being admitted into a girl’s college I am happy that I am still untouched from it.

I was as happy as a free bird and was enjoying life with my best pal Aayushi.  .6 months had gone by and the work for annual magazine was at it’s ultimate speed. Aayushi remained busy nowadays and I was all alone. I started focusing on my annual exams and spend time with my books. I soon realized that my course for my XII th board was under my control but for JEE the syllabus was far behind my expectation. I realized that  it would take whole of my soul to cope up with the syllabus..

My mother soon through test results realized that I was far behind my syllabus. I didn’t wanted to break my mother expectation but I guess I had already know that. At this point of time people feel regret about their past activities but being frank and honest I was sure that after 10 years of hard labour and struggle I deserved this fun in my life.

I knew that I would not be able to qualify JEE this year, but I was not sad about it then. I had became an rude and arrogant girl, who was resisting and arguing eith her mother’s opinions. I didn’t changed any of my habits. My mother tried to convince me in every possible way but I had become stubborn. Aayushi was out of the picture now as the exams were near so we meet less.

The final result came and I was not able to qualify JEE nor I scored a good rank in AIEEE. Looking back at those times I realize that I didn’t utilize my high school life. It has been said life at high school are events of our life!!! It is true , the failure of not able to qualify JEE would be a part and parcel of my life. Experience is the greatest teacher and my high school life has taught me that. But still after all this I didn’t have any regrets about my friendship with Aayushi.

I still smile on remembering those days. There are many things I should have done which may result to a better outcome because sometimes I was too blind to see that I gave more priorities on the less important things. Yet in spite of all these things I still want and will say that I had the best time of my life.. I guess success and failure are a part of life but it is about how you stumble an get up.

High school life will always be memorable for me, because it is where I truly learned what life is really all about. I learned to cherish the little things I have with my loved ones. I learned to be contented whatever I have right now. I learned how to stand still and be strong no matter what life throws at me. I learned how to respect, care, and love the people around me, and lastly, the most significant one, which surely I will bring with me for the rest of my life was “I love you mummy”