The Thing About My First Job

21st April is going to be a very memorable day for me for two reasons... one happened in the year 2009 and the other happened today. Today was the first day at my first job and i cud not sleep last night thinking how it will be... today morning i went to two other places to apply and both of them told me that there is no vacancy but they would still keep my CV for future reference. i was actually not so much keen in the school thingy since i had to teach classes 6 and 7 which were too small and i am pretty bad at handling kids. My dad dropped me today and all the while in transit he told me i need not do it if i dont like it (thats the best thing about my dad, he wont force me to do anything against my will; which is also a source of great worry cz they would never force me to do anything and in doing my will i might hurt them) He told me i could concentrate on my studies i need not work. He would arrange for my funds even if i want to go back to bangalore, if that wud help in my studies. But i dont wanna go back to bangalore, my parents need me and more than that i need them right now. And so i went in the school and my name was entered in the Teacher's registered where i signed in present. Next came in the distribution of Time Tables and i had two classes one in the second period and the other in the 4th period...
i was suddenly made the class teacher of class VIA and went off to take their attendance..... My God there were 75 kids in a small room all stuffed together. both VIA & VIB had been put in the same room. and soooo many names. so after attendance i cam back and suddenly i was a doll in the arms of the older teachers in the staff room.actually all of them were of more or less my mom leaving three or four... "ki misti dekhte amader notun madam ke" was the thing they said...that wud be in english our new madam is very sweet in her looks...and they started treating me like their own daughter....after some cheek pulling and chin wobbling they got into the discussion about their mother-in-laws irritating them and daughters not studying, becoming to fashion conscious and servants not coming for work. One of the male teachers of more or less my age group looked at me and smiled as if understanding my blank look... i was offered cucumber by one of colleagues which i politely refused with a smile. Teaching the class VII was another experience. the kids started sprouting from their seats waving their hands frantically in the air willing to answer the unfinished questions on the board. The last period got over and i came back to the staff room and finally made two friends...barnali and the guy who had given me an understanding smile, Bhashkar. while walking to the bus stop he offered me to come and sit in the computer lab if i got bored of the live narrations of "Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". Over all it was an exciting experience to have a corner in the staff room as my seat and teaching the kids to work out with fractions.
evening i got a call from one of the institutes and they scheduled an interview tomorrow. 22nd April again is a very important day in my life but some people choose to ignore the fact!!