~ Chapter Five ~
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Translations to some parts are in blue.
Thanks for all the comments. Sorry for the delay! My school has started again, so it will take me awhile to update <.<
Anyways! Here is Chapter Five.
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Riddhima entered the classroom and noticed that all the students were already sitting in their seats.
Owh... I think I am late for the lesson... She looked at her watch with the same nervous face ; enlarged eyes and lips with a pout.
Nahi...Main to time per hi hoon...Shayad ye students apni new teacher ko milne ke liye utavley ho... ( Maybe the students were impatient to meet their new teacher ) Riddhima figured.
" G-... Goo-... Good morning everyone. I-.. I-.. am Ms.Gupta, your s-.. s-.. substitute Life-Education t-t-...teacher." Riddhima stammered. Her cheeks started turning really hot and pink.
All the way at the back of the classroom, Armaan was shocked. He felt as though there was a big earthquake.
Yeh lardki...Ek teacher hain?...Aur woh bhi MERI teacher... Final year college students ki LIFE-EDUCATION teacher?... Yeh lardki...Jo khud theek tara se chal bhi nahi sakti, jisne mujhe itni zor se dhaka diya. Woh mujhe Zindagi ke barey mein sikhayegi ??..IMPOSSIBLE!
( This girl...She's a teacher?...And that too MY teacher.... Final year college students' LIFE-EDUCATION teacher?... This girl...Who cannot even walk properly, who bumped into me really hard. She will teach me about Life???...IMPOSSIBLE! )
Armaan was disgusted at the thought. He wished that this was all a bad nightmare. How he wished to run away from the reality, but he knew he couldn't. On the other hand, for Rahul, this was a lottery ticket.
" Hey Armaan!!! Dude ye teacher to chota packet badha dhamaka nikli!!!" ( This teacher turned out to be an atom bomb in a small packet ) Rahul admitted excitedly.
" No doubt yaar. It's getting really hot in here!" Atul joked.
" Atul you stay away! She's mine, I already warned you all." Rahul responded.
" You boys at the back, please stop talk-"
Before Riddhima could complete, her eyes caught the gaze of the same deep blue eyes. She was stunned just as much as Armaan was.
" Miss, I think you mean stop TALKING." Sapna's voice alarmed her and she quickly came back to reality.
" Uhm..Yes thank you." Riddhima said ; embarrassed.
" Miss... What page of the textbook should we turn to??" Muskaan asked.
" Page?... Life cannot be taught by what is written on the book students... Life cannot be expressed by what is written on mere sheets of papers. Also, you cannot succeed in life by just memorizing or cramming something off the textbook. Life is what you experience. It only gets better and better, it has lots of ups and downs. Life is what you make it, there is no wrong or right. It's only your opinion." Riddhima replied.
Suddenly there was a loud clapping noise at the back.
" Miss, if your loooong boring lecture is finished, can we continue with the lesson? Writing all this nonsense that you're saying in exams won't give us 100 marks. The answers we give in the exams are fixed according to what we learn in the textbook. If we express our own opinions on life, I guarantee you that we won't even pass." Armaan argued.
" Yes miss, he is right. Once I tried expressing myself in exam, I failed. Our original teacher ; Sir told us to follow what is written on the book." Muskaan said with a disappointed tone.
What? How can a Life-Education teacher do that? This is so wrong. He cannot limit students to the textbook, for textbook is nothing compared to LIFE.
" Well I'm your teacher now, and please do as I say. Morever, I'll set the exam papers for this term and I'm not limiting you to any specific answer from the textbook. In fact, we are not using the textbook in our lesson from now on, so there is no need to bring it." Riddhima cleared all the doubts.
" Thanks Miss, you are so nice and understanding." Muskaan quickly admitted.
" Yeah, you're so different from our kharoos ( grumpy ) Sir!" Sapna agreed.
Riddhima gave that one in a million lovely smile that could melt down anyone or even anything!
" Uff!! I really have to get this teacher man.. She's so mouth-watering." Rahul whispered to Armaan.
" Whatever Rahul, I'm so not interested in her. What does she think of herself...Trying to be Miss.Perfect. HUH " Armaan said ; annoyed while having an adorable frown.
" Haha awesome, means I can have her!! Hmm I wonder if it will be easy to get her, will take me lots of time... But it'll all be worth it!" Rahul mumbled.
" Ya ya ya, you can get any girl Rahul. She's nothing!" Atul answered.
" BOYS, please don't force me to give you punishment on the first lesson. Stop talking and pay attention." Riddhima shouted, her eyes could kill a person right away, and her cheeks were steaming hot.
" Ghuse mein to aur bhi hooot lag rahi ho Miss!! (You're looking even hotter when you're angry ) Me likey!" Rahul answered.
" RAHUL!" Sanskar screamed from the door. " Come to my desk after class IMMEDIATELY. Now BEHAVE and respect your new teacher."
" Ms. Gupta, I'm sorry to disturb your lesson, but I was just here to check if everything is alright. Seems not though. If someone tries to misbehave with you again, please tell me. Now I'll leave." Sanskar said disappointed.
" I'm sorry sir." Riddhima whispered.
Suddenly, the bell rang loudly and all the students were running away from the classroom without even saying good-bye to their new teacher...
Riddhima sat down on the chair and a few tears ran down her cheeks.
Mera pehla lesson... ( My first lesson ) This is so not a good start. If I don't make a good place in the students' heart, they will never love learning from me...They will hate my teaching and make my lessons horrible. They won't respect me...
Someone wiped Riddhima's tears. Riddhima looked up and found two girls standing.
" Miss stop crying! Now that we're here, everything will be alright!" Sapna encouraged her.
" Yepp! No rona dhona! ( No crying ) You only said, life has ups and downs ya? Doesn't matter!! One should be cooooool and chilled like me! Now you have us with you!" Muskaan cheered.
" Thank you so much." Riddhima smiled.
" No thanks and sorry in friendship!" Muskaan reminded.
" Friends?" Sapna asked as she raised her hand towards Riddhima.
" Friends." Riddhima shaked hands with her.
" Not without me yaar!" Muskaan too joined..-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~.-~
I know... It's kinda sad =/ And Rahul !! 😡 Don't worry, it's just the first lesson! things will be more interesting later on =3
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Edited by .-Wish-. - 15 years ago
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