My School Days In Chandigarh.....

When we moved to Chandigarh from Dharamshala , I was very much excited  to go to new school and make new friends , but when we approached some of the schools here, we had to face the same problem as earlier, that is, the principals refused to give me admission as I was a ‘special child’ and as they didn’t have ‘special teachers’ (we know that these were just lame excuses and that they were just shirking  away from taking responsibility).But then somebody told us about  Mr. Harold Carver, principal of St Stephens School. He was the man who helped me a lot during my years in the school. He was a ray of hope in darkness .He always stood for me whenever I needed him the most, He didn’t hesitate for a moment to give me admission and he was very happy to have me in his school.

I was also really excited when I got admission in this school by the thought of meeting new people, making new friends and having new books. My uniform changed from shots to pants as I was now a ‘big boy’J.   Here I met one of my best friend Guarav Kumar who helped me a lot during my time in the school. He  always stood by my side and helped me with my classwork and other such things. Yet there were certain issues that lingered……for example, due to my Dyslexia, I was slow in writing. As a result of which I was slow in copying down the notes from the blackboard and had to wait for the class to end to ask for a notebook for copying down rest of the notes .However, here was a pitfall too……most of the children were not willing to give me their notebooks and tended to make excuses.

At last, when we approached Carver sir with this problem, he suggested us that instead of writing down the notes, we should get them Xeroxed. Finally with this solution, the problem came to an end!

Besides this, I also had some sweet memories associated with this school -:   

·         I had gone to my first ever school trip to Gujral Science City, Kapurthala (Jalandhar)

·         I had participated in the school’s annual day function in a group song in which I wore traditional Indian dress (white Dhoti, white Kurta, Gandhi cap with tricolor sash) and sang Vande Mataram  J

·         I participated in my first and only school sports day in lemon- spoon race (although my lemon kept on falling at each and every step, still I completed the race) with blisters in my feet which were due to my foot aids which I used to wear inside my  shoes .I also got a consolation prize for it ….. ! Yippeee J

• I became the headline in news after my 10^th exams.
• A News channel (India News) also did a story on me :)