OK ,temporarily, I am not one since Friday the 20th of march. I'm moving on. Pretty soon my bio will have the name of the most happening city in India.
In the mean while I have handed over my responsibilities of 130 odd children to my colleagues. ..OK ex colleagues at my school.
They remain my friends .
Because they are my partners in crime...to be happy despite all cribbing and pain and frustration.
March.
This is the best time to be a teacher .
Exam time.
I know its tedious, time consuming, painfully frustrating, stressful and back breaking but the joy of grading a child well after he has disappointed the whole year is unmatchable.
The happiness of reading about the anecdotes you spoke about in class when you've been side tracked by the kids who didn't feel like studying is so much fun.
Its even more fun when you read stories from a TV series in the history answer sheets.
And when you see imagination run riot...
After slogging their butts off the whole year ,pacing classrooms during exam invigilation's ,unending explanations of the same questions and class boards and uniform checking duties.etc...
And once all the mark sheets are graded and the results checked and cross checked for errors and report cards printed and signed and all stuff done ,teachers have a bare few days when they have no work.
The first day it seems like bliss.
Bliss when all you need to do is giggle and laugh like the kids who are home relaxing after their exams.
Pull each other's leg and make some blush or tell her life story -we have a staff room and a male staff room in the school...so its just us women who know how to have fun.
And then there are the nail art sessions - where our hip and with it teachers help those who are not as ambidextrous in painting nails and then artify-ing them.♥♥♥
Then the tea drinking sessions -green tea drinking party.... We are healthy people.Primarily because the tea and coffee supplied by the dispensing machines always tastes what dishwasher water would taste like.
And the cafeteria phone calls ..
Brownies with vanilla ice cream heated in the microwave...
Potato chips dunked in ice cream...
Trans fats laden patties dipped in tomato sauce ...
Samosas with potato's and peas...
Porn oops corn sandwiches...
Pretty yucky yeah?
But they taste real good because we are with friends.
And we had nothing else to do but be happy.
And smile.
Make French plaits ,play knots and crosses and even climb rope ladders and ride the Zorb ball .
Yeah ,Zorbing for the children at school. This school really knows how to keep its staff and students happy.
But you don't really need stuff to be happy - just be happy. And everyone around you will be happy.
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Like the international day of happiness that Coca Cola brings.
Watch this for a few bubbles of happiness to tickle.