The summer vacation stretches looooong so much that kids start geting bored at home, and begin to yearn for the school. The opening of the school after the May vacation! Quite some event it is.
It is special. The prep at home begins roughly a fortnight before. Buying new books and putting brown covers on each one, buying a brand new uniform, a fancy water bottle, a theme lunch box, and a zany rucksack, the entire process sets the tone for the great day.
These days, schools, too, deck up a lot for the occasion. The premises are spruced up, the benches get dusted, the unique smell of the new paint lingers in the air. On the actual day, there are Donald Duck and other such fairy tale characters hugging the kid at the very doorstep.
Teachers are standing in a row, clapping, putting a tilak on each tiny forehead, the fun ends with a firm handshake by the Head Miss herself; the fancy surprises just do not seem to end. A prayer assembly later, there is a PTA meet, not to forget the yummy eats!
In certain schools, there are dhol-tasha pathak's driving away the hint of a nap in every sleepy eye. Good child psychology seems to rule the roost so much so that the parents would love a return back to their school days! Well begun is half done. The school re-opens!
Pratima@ "Let us remember," states Malala Yousuf Zahi, "one child, one book, one teacher can change the whole world".
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