" The open-house for Grade V to XII is scheduled for the 10th of december 2009 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.The school will remain closed from 11th December for winter break.I take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry christman & Happy New Year on behalf of the staff and faculty" reads the circular. Christman follows my open house which implies it is MY "Good Friday"(the day jesus was crucified) that would overlap this joyous occasion.Oxford dictionary explains open house as "hospitality to all comers".Now I serisously don't understand why the meaning of ths word is not experinecd in real life.Atleast the stories of our experiences is next to nowhere near its meaning as one doubts whether he/she would be permitted home after the terrific marks.The circular is welcomed home by the outburst of arguments between mom and dad who neither would risk their life to collect my report.At the end of the day the issue is left in mid air..The sight of the calendar hanging on my door lets chills run down my spine as I count time left for my fast approaching "judgement day"Staying right next to school maybe considered a boon by many who feel I am rewarded extra hours for completeing homework, wake up in the morning an hour late, avoid missing bus, free from paying transportation fees and so on.Initially I was excited to stay near school, Point out the flowers overflowing from my balcony to all my frineds.But my excitment did not live long.All the teachers expected me to be at school before any soul arrived.Fighting their demand.I was labelled the "latest" student.So there goes a minute contribution to the pile of complaints by my teacher on the open house.The other disadvatnage of staying near school is to begin my day even during vacation with the sight of this dreaded building reminding holidays are coming to an end.Thirdly, I miss all the fun which my friends have in the bus that perhaps could reduce the weight of my "memories forever" when i leave school but burdens my "sack of regrets".The FATAL DISADVANTAGE is my parents's need to collect my report before other parents arrive.Not that they are curious or eager to know my position in class but simply to beat the rush that occurs in the following hours.Now collecting the report early would imply Extra hours of getting blasted apart from what is goin to follow in the weeks to come! I hope for terrible incidents to strike my so informed open house day like an unproclaimed holiday, my class teacher getting jammed in the traffic or worst of the worst-the world to end.But my life lives through all the so assumed disasters and I open my eyes to the frightful day probably visualising myself grounded and banned from attending any forthcoming parties/social gathering.I crawl out of bed throwing curse upon curse on the inventors of exams and unit tests,get ready and drag myself to accompany my parents who would have fianlly settled the dispute on who will collect my report by concluding with a joint decision that both would put their presence before ma'am.Let me also take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to those parents who forsee my parents's decision of collecting report before time and appear even earlier therby increasing my relaxation time and decreasing my crucial hours."shame on you dad and mum!despite staying so nearby, you are beaten in the race to be the first visitors"I would murmer under my breath and giggle recollecting all the hurry they went through in the morning like they were late for a movie show.But my giggles are shortlived as my turn arrives to collect the report.Pulling out the innocence of a lamb to be slaughterd,I stand beside my parents with my head bowed and silently pleading for the tedious moment to pass through.A large drop of tear trickles down my cheek and falls upon the furious red inked scribble on my sheet.Sentiments overflow between parents and me,and I have a narrow escape through a melodramatic scene is what you would expect.No!My parents are COLD BLOODED AND INHUMANE to the bitter cries over bad report.I predict my royally grounded future for the next few weeks.Hopefully the mental torture I face wouldn't affect my creativity to entertain you with more experinces of mine.Let's be optimistic,that I will appear next time before you with some other incident of eveyrday student life!!
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