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Articles: Short Stories | Computer Class
- Ms. Sowmya V.B.
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THERE NEED NOT BE ANY REASON FOR ME TO YAWN IN THE CLASSROOM. I CAN YAWN IN AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING CLASS AS WELL AS A BORING ONE.......YAWNING IS MY BIRTH RIGHT I SHOULD SAY.
'THE BULB IN THE PROJECTOR COSTS 35000 RUPEES. IT IS GETTING DIMMER THESE DAYS....HAS BECOME OLD U SEE..' HE CONTINUED.
NOW, HE'LL TELL US THE COST OF THIS BOARD- I WAS IMAGINING.
'WE'LL ANYWAY REPLACE THE BULB BY 2 DAYS' HE CONTINUED.
“TAKE YOUR OWN TIME” I THOUGHT.
THE DURATION OF THE CLASS WAS FROM 7:30 TO 9. I ARRIVED AT THE PLACE BY 7 SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST DAY. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED THERE, IT WAS FULL OF CROWDS OVERFLOWING IN TO THE ROAD BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC.
I ALWAYS USED TO WONDER – 'ARE THERE ANY TAKERS TO THESE ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS OF COMPUTER INSTITUTES, ALL IN THE SAME ROAD?'
NOW, I UNDERSTOOD WHY THE ROAD WAS FULL OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND THE PAMPLETS OF THESE INSTITUTES FORMED A CARPET ON THE ROAD HIDING ITS REAL COLOUR. SOON, IT WAS 7:15, THERE BEGAN AN EXODUS OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. NEVER DID I SEE SUCH A CROWD DENSITY, NOT EVEN AT THOSE POLITICAL MEETINGS AND NOT EVEN AT TIRUPATHI OR CHILKUR TEMPLE ON SATURDAYS. IT TOOK NO TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE THE PREVIOUS BATCH PEOPLE.
LATER, AS WE ENTERED AND SETTLED, IT WAS NEARING 8 PM. I COULDN’T GET A GLANCE OF THE LECTURER. RATHER, I COULDN’T SAY WHO IS THE LECTURER FOR THE CLASS CONTAINED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. I REGRETTED MY DECISION TO GO BACK ON MY APATHY TO COACHING INSTITUTES AND JOIN ONE. I WAS TERRIFIED AT THE PROSPECT OF FIGHTING FOR A SEAT EVERYDAY, COMING OUT VICTORIOUS FROM A CROWD OF PEOPLE WITHOUT GETTING DISHEVELLED. 5 MINUTES LATER, THE TUTOR CAME. INSTEAD OF STARTING THE SUBJECT, HE BEGAN SERMONIZING, MAKING ME GROPE FOR AMRUTAANJAN. INCLEMENT WEATHER ADDED TO MY WOES. UNUSUAL FOR THE PLACE, RAINS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN NORMAL THESE DAYS. IT RAINED THE WHOLE DAY JUST YESTERDAY. THE CLASS WAS IN A SHED. SO, THE SOUND OF RAIN DROPS WERE MORE THAN IRRITATING ESPECIALLY WITH A DIDACTICAL TUTOR AROUND.
SOON IT BECAME 8:45. I WAS LOOKING AT MY WATCH, CURSING IT TO RUN FASTER. I WAS ALL TOO EAGER TO CELEBRATE MY FIRST ESCAPE FROM THE DISCOURSE. BUT, I UNDERSTOOD I NEED NOT WORRY .
“OK STUDENTS, WE’LL STOP HERE. WE’LL CONTINUE TOMMOROW.” SAYING SO, HE SHUT DOWN THE PC. I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY HE SWITCHED ON THE PC AT ALL. FURTHER, I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR-“WE’LL CONTINUE”. DOES IT MEAN ITS GOING TO BE THE SAME TOMMOROW? AS WE ALL GOT READY TO LEAVE, HE CONCLUDED- “ COME PREPARED FOR TOMMOROW’S CLASS WITH WHAT I SAID TODAY”.
I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IF HE SAID HABITUALLY OR DID HE MEAN WE MUST IMBUE ALL THOSE QUALITIES IN US WITHIN A DAY. OFCOURSE, I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO THINK NOW. I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO LEAVE….ALREADY MY YAWN FREQUENCY INCREASED. TIME TO SLEEP. IF U UNDERSTAND HIS MEANING, PLEASE HELP ME :(
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