DUSK TILL DAWN

ep. 13 - Class 10: A more ambitious journey

I was soo worried about my 10th as seniors have been saying that all of the questions would be out of Syllabus! that creeped me out, no it took away my soul for a long time. I had the older daughter pressure over me, I am expected to earn a rank in 2024's board exam, I couldn't break my family's image about me being the perfect older sister who paves the way for her siblings. And the constant competition with my cousins were killing me. Mother had dedicated her life for me to have a lavish life, infact I always grew up as the expensive girl.

Though parents never pressured me on scoring the best, I wanted them to have happiness for once from my side, I felt like a pressure on them. was it manipulation? never have l felt so. Either way I would try my best to score well or else, I don't know my motives. The school had loaded us with a bunch of projects to complete before the school reopens. History had a special place in my heart, not the subject but the project. To write the review of a book called: The Book Thief, a story narrated by a compassionate Death who tells us about Liesel, a girl growing up in Germany during World War II. She steals books, learns to read, and finds comfort in words. She and Max, the Jew her family protects, are the only main characters that survive the war.

It was a novel written by Markus Zusak which was later converted into a movie, a very sad ending. Just my type, at one point I had a really terrible crush on the jewish lad, Max.  I had a soft corner of jews, though they crucified Jesus. He himself likes them, they were his own people, Abraham's descendants. Even Shylock from “The Merchant of Venice” was a poor man betrayed by his own daughter, whatever happened to him was injustice just because Portia had some connections, they could save that Antonio who called shylock a stray mud, spit on his jewish gabardine and kicked him out of his own house. It was Antonio who was an apple rotten to the core, who acts divine by quoting from the scriptures.

I was strengthened in God, that I forgot that I ever loved Dawn. He was not God's plan I was sure but Elijah was, as someone to admire to look up to. I went to three camps that was wholesome, one of his own team. He was looking fine as a volunteer in that black shirt, that I could ever wish for he was a devote of Christ, tall, handsome and had a nice voice. The program started with him singing a prayer Song and followed by an uncle's Speech on Gen Z's problems. He was so accurate, he also taught us about ADHD and it's symptoms.

And a class on what we should become, I was bound by the words of prophets that I should become a doctor, which I hated. He told that prophets are mostly fake thus I got a relief thinking that I could became a literature professor as I wanted but I had to get God approval, I trusted and loved him the most so I had to do that and if it is his will then it would turn out the best for me. He inquired on whatever whoever wanted to be and Elijah was too dumb to say that he wanted to be a football player, which requires a lot of skills and hard work.

we ate lunch and went back to the uncles session itself during which I saw two people from my school - a senior girl and a junior boy, I talked a lot with them too. When we went back the uncle told that they had merch of their team which was managed by Elijah, he was soo cool. Then we were divided into teams to play games, a game in which the team had to show unity and fit inside a rubber ring. And mine and his team won, I know I am getting excited by small things but I was at my teenage phase which I had to enjoy to its fullest.