SCHOOL LIFE - SHRUNK TO REMINISCENCES

During all these years, I've seen changes come to TNA - the addition of buildings, buses, extension of the playground, etc. Of what I've seen and known till now, I feel that TNA today is comparable to any good public school of the country. It has all the facilities that may be desired or expected of it, and the school has attained a meritorious state in Academics as well as in Sports.

Each student of TNA must realise that he may not get the same facilities, the same teachers and the same sort of guidance anywhere else, and so must try and make the best use of these while he or she is in the school. It is never too late to begin.

There are a few spheres in the school where there is room for improvement - the usage of English as a communicating medium, the control of noise level in elocutions and debates and better attendance in Inter-House matches.

This year, there was a very high percentage of students watching the basketball and volleyball matches and after years of trying, the galleries of the field were full during the mini-olympics. I hope our students will continue with this.

I genuinely and thoroughly enjoyed this year. Keeping Vergillo Zoppi's words, "Brute force bends but fair argument convinces" in mind, I never had any problems as the School Captain. The Prefects' Body was very co-operative and the students of TNA proved much more disciplined than I expected.

I've enjoyed getting to know the children, helping them with their problems, correcting their mischief, and above all, remembering myself in the same position a couple of years back and smiling to myself.

An episode of my life is over and perhaps the most important one, but the greatest happiness lies in the fact that it has been memorable. I'd have loved to stay on in TNA but its just that I have to go.

"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep."

Its hard to put into words all that I feel, but someday, I'm going to look back to these days - and feel 'GREAT'.

To meet, to love, and then to part
That's the sad tale of the human heart
But of course, we meet to make memories
And part to preserve them.

And meeting again after moments or lifetimes is certain for those who're called Tenacians.