No Graduation
Filed Under (Miscellaneous, School)
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We don’t have a graduation ceremony because our old principal resigned and our school is in a weird situation now. I feel angry at the school management for having removed an important part of our school life. Our life at school has been like a movie and without the graduation ceremony, its like the power has been cut before the climax of the movie. School doesn’t feel complete without the graduation ceremony, everything suddenly has come to an abrupt ending without notice. We weren’t even a basic send-off, let alone a fully fledged graduation ceremony. Hell, they could’ve read this guide if they didn’t know how to throw a graduation ceremony.
Life has changed…..without the transition period. Whenever we met each other at school, we never realised that it would be the last time we would see them. We always looked forward to the graduation ceremony for exchanging contact details, taking photographs, saying goodbye, eating school dinner but most of all, walking into school for the last time as a student. But without that one day, the school management has affected us more than they think. They’ve left us hanging in midair without knowing where to go next.
No more school lunch, no more jumping the wall with friends, no more trying to win the All Round Shield, no more participating in Interhouse competitions, no more irritating teachers in class, no more going for athletics practice with Fatik and Vikram, no more roaming around school bunking classes, no more sitting on the parapet wall between classes, no more trying to spot hot girls in school, no more making fun of classmates, no more abusing our prefect powers, no more dreading the exams, no more celebrating 100% attendance with Fatik, no more 12, no more school…….
I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve never won a medal in sports in all my nine years in school, but the memento that I had expected to be given on the yet-to-happen Graduation Ceremony would have been enough to satisfy me. Reading all the posts in the category of school on my blog has got me really nostalgic. The Hyderabad Public School will always constitute an important part of my memory but a small part of me will always detest the fact that we were never given a graduation ceremony.
I wonder when we will meet some of our friends again……..probably never……….
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