Saturday, March 13, 2010

Psychological assassination!!

Flashback moment: Years ago, an awkward pimple faced, bespectacled, extra tall teenager sat through a ‘Moral Science’ class and realised that what she and everyone around her had passed off as shyness, was in fact a deep rooted inferiority complex. She made half hearted attempts to battle this complex, for in the heart of hearts, she believed there would NEVER come a day when she would look people in the eye and have a conversation, without her knees turning into jelly or the world spinning in her head
Several years, self-improvement books and agony columns later, she started on her ascent and blossomed into a beautiful, confident person. Her passion for teaching inspired her to work hard, and finally she was able to carve her own niche in her field. Her work won her several accolades and honours.
20 years later, she has just been told to get over her ‘superiority complex’ Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!
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Monday, March 01, 2010

Restart

Don't you sometimes wish that your life had a restart button? I do...ALLLLL the time!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

My blog- The Glorious past

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I cannot believe that my blog used to get as many as 1200 hits a day. Thanks to Statcounter tools I can go down that memory lane anytime..

People!!! I have started writing again!!!!!
 
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Labels: blog stats, statcounter

Monday, February 15, 2010

Lost and found- Valentine's Day


Date: 14th February, 2010
Time: 6:45 AM (20 minutes before morning prayers begin)
Place: In my classroom
Me (Enters my classroom looking crestfallen. My laptop is missing since the day before.) What follows is Berne’s TA theory in full action.
V: Why are you looking saaaaaaaaaaaaaaad?
Me: I think I lost my laptop.
S: Did you look in your ‘office’? (They are very proud that their class teacher (also a PRO) is the only teacher who has an office.)
Me: Yes, I did.
S: It must be at home.
Me: No, it’s not, I checked. I looked everywhere, I couldn’t find it.
F: You only told us, “Try, and try till you succeed”.
Me: (Yeah..now hit me with my own shovel) Deep sigh!
V: Don’t worry, you will find it ma’am.
A cheery K enters the class: Happy ValenceTimes Day!!
Me: Errrrmm..what is Valentine’s Day!
K: (in disbelief) You don’t know????
(Teachers usually enjoy a demigod status. There is NOTHING that they are not supposed to know)
Me: Nopes!
V: When you like somebodyyyyy, you give them a card on Valencetimes day, and they become your Valencetime.

I’m enjoying this now, and its helping me take my mind off the 45+ suspect list that I’ve been making since yesterday.
Me: I am not sure I understand that.
F: Why don’t you look in the internet??
V: Ma’am doesn’t have her laptop remember silly.
(You won’t let me forget that, will you?)
The school bell’s ringing puts me out of my misery and signals the beginning of yet another day....


P.S: I found my laptop
Valentine Wishes from my archives
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Labels: classroom, teacher, Valentine's Day

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Compound Sports


During a lull in the Sports Day rehearsal..R- the most creative kid in my class remembers what he’s just learnt in English class- compound words
R: Ma’am..Pointing to Keagan his friend..Key and Gun- Keagan.
Me: Hmm.. now that’s interesting.
R with a renewed interest in the new sport, looks around for more ‘examples’ and finds Sandeep, Anand, etc. and continues his dissecting explorations. He turns his attention to Achuth.
Me: (Hit by a zillion sonic booms)
R: Misses Achuth and looks around for greener pastures.
Me: Phew!!
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Labels: creativity, grammar

Thursday, January 14, 2010

'Dhut'ing

Getting back in touch with 2 of my college friends, thanks to Facebook, has brought a now extinct word back to me.. 'dhut'ing.. I never got what it really meant...any clues?
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Labels: college, facebook, friends

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Class Encounters

Me: (to 7 year old girl,who is wearing glasses for the first time) Good morning, angel!!
7 Y O: (sulking) Angels don’t wear glasses.
Me: ……………………………………
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Another time, same class.

Me: What’s happening, T?
T: (Grumpy) R is disturbating me.
Me: ……………………………………
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Breaking Wind

I’m substituting in a class. Most of them kids are busy, studying for their forthcoming tests. Suddenly two boys start laughing. I give them an enquiring look. “Ma’am, he farted.” “Errm, it's called 'breaking wind'"I correct him hastily. “Wind?” asks the boy, “he can break the wall with that tornado!”
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Monday, October 05, 2009

Swine flew!!

My class invents a swine flu hug, a swine flu high-five and a swine flu handshake!!!
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Labels: H1N1, swine flu

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Mumbai Terror Strike

Mumbai is under terrorist attack once again. This time high profile hotels and restaurants are under fire. Oberoi Hotel, Taj Hotel, and Leopold’s in Colaba have been targeted. There’s news about a hostage situation in the Taj. Reports of shooting in hospitals and some hotels in Juhu are coming even as I’m writing this post. I wonder what Mumbai will wake up to tomorrow morning.


Is the 'common man' now off the terrorist radar??

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Labels: Mumbai, Taj. Oberoi, terror
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