Feelings Unexpressed

Announcement about the camp

The principal of the higher secondary comes and announces that there will be a 7-day camp for the students of 11th graders and it's compulsory for all, as you all had signed the form that you will attend it, well if you don't remember let me remind you that it was part of the terms and conditions that you had signed at the time of admission, and he started to blabber about the camp and its importance and all the things related to it some even started to yawn listening to him and waited as to when he will finish but 15 minutes he was only blabbering about the so-called camp.

At last, he stopped and the national anthem was sung and then the students went to class, when the students reached the class some started to panic as at least 5 students had their grandparents who needed attention and some also asked for permission if they would be exempted from the camp for the first two days as they had to go for confirmation ceremony and if not they would have to wait for another 3 years so they had to choose between the camp and confirmation ceremony(one of the 7 sacraments in Christianity ), all this madness, confusion and chaos, produced so much noise that they Economics professor got mad at them and yelled shut up you all, when everyone settled down he said"remember that one lock has 3 keys nowadays, sometimes even 4", some students were astonished as to when did this man enter the class.

I know that you do have issues and queries about the camp that is the reason I am here today instead of your class teacher, and he made 4 columns on the board, first one- family is not sending or needs you, second attend some function, third- financial problem and fourth -no issues. He said tick the column that fits your situation and then I will see what I can do about the scenario, he was not in a good mood today and he says alright now as everyone is done I shall tell you that those who ticked the financial column there is a good news for them that is you don't have to pay as at the time of admission you all had paid for it so if you don't go for it then it's your loss. Now let's go to column number 1 if the family is not willing to send you for valid reasons you can write a letter to the principal and listen to his verdict, second column functions come every year enjoy it next year, now at this time 3 girls interrupted sir it is our Confirmation ceremony and one of them spoke for all of them, we can't miss it, sir, we will join the camp after two days and in our church the bishop comes once in 4 years so we can't let that happen sir please do something about it.

He says "alright I have got a few names which got a green signal, but let me tell you that you will lose both money and marks so think twice and convince your parents and yes next Monday we are going to have the results and PTA meeting, and yes those who have not cleared the exam and have got 35 and below I would love to see your parents may your parents also know what their beloved is doing in here." Listening to this some had mini heartaches and then he said" I am not interested in meeting your parents but it's my duty so I have to this are my professor's teachings how can I skip them?" It's been a while you have not got the dose of economics and before your brains rust let me begin " after that he started to dictate the names of the chapters and the weightage of it and even started the new chapter.

Today was a Tuesday and after getting loads of doses of bad news one good thing happened was the psychology teacher did not come, most of them were overjoyed as she didn't come, but their happiness was short-lived, as the P.E professor was on leave and the English professor came as a substitute teacher for that class, she was not in good mood today and she said "today I will not teach you anything but let's discuss regarding the camp I mean there are certain things that you need to carry and avoid carrying while coming there, she made a list of things and told them about the schedule for the days to come when they listened as to what they were supposed to do their minds went round and round.

The list that she made was kind of similar to this day 1-5  supposed to be monotonous, yoga, followed by preparing breakfast, talking, preparing lunch, interactive activities and cooking dinner. Don't worry we will help you out with the tasks, when she was discussing this some students started and some eyes were already shut, when she told that everyone will be divided into groups that were the time most of them woke up from their slumber, as they had assumed they would enjoy with their friends. "Life will not be like movies," the professor said when she saw the expressions of everyone.