I'd never thought of becoming a "sci-math" thinker but I was forced to in these 10 days! Actually, we (I along with my friend) attended a JSOJMO (Junior Science and Maths Olympiad) programme held at Anushaktinagar, Mumbai. It was meant for all AECS school toppers from all over India. In the beginning, the lectures bored the hell out of us. Really, sitting at lectures for almost 12 hrs a day, with breaks only for meals do seemed like a tedius task that we had to go through each and every day. Besides, it is very difficult to prevent your eyelids from dropping down when something serious is being taught and you are expected to pay full attention. So the first 7 days went so. It felt like the teachers were teaching themselves and not the students. Every hour a person walks in with a ppt presentation and starts reading the presentation using a mike; and we sleep comfortably with open eyes throughout the lecture. Some teachers were really hilarious. For instance, the algebra teacher, always used to teach what not to write in the exam. His most famous phrase "some poor istudents" was a scream amongst everyone. He would begin with "Some poor istudents think that the declaration part......", "some poor istudents don't know where to...." and so on. But the only lectures we adored were the enrichment lectures where intersting teachers would come and teach with good videos and other stuff. But after the 7th day, when the exams got over........
We began doing the most idiotic things we'd ever done in our lives. After dinner, girls from all schools started loitering around the corridors troubling everyone by making a lot noise. The real fun was in knocking people's doors and running away. And then we would have a cheery laughter after poor confused kids opened their doors to see who had knocked while were hiding behind the corridor. Hence, we started making friends with people from other schools through these joint mishaps. Finally we all got very close to one another and began playing in our room (myself and friend's). I would certainly miss those wonderful days when we went to breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner together carrying our meal coupons daily, when we fought for the frontseats in the bus, when we drank Amul Kool everyday after the 2nd lecture, when something or the other would get spilt over my uniform and it would be the "disaster" of the day and when we would play about in the name of combine studies until 1:30 at night! This was an awesome experience and that too a first one. While leaving all the wonderful friends I had made there, I had to blink back the tears in my eyes; hoping that we would keep in touch and meet each other again.... Truly , I'll cherish those moments, forever.
