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My school day prank that went awry

 



I wasn’t naughty in school but enjoyed basic fun which I thought was harmless but sometimes resulted in pain to the recipient of my pranks. Sometimes these were unconsciously orchestrated by teachers. 


I was in Standard 4 of my Tamil School at the time of this story. Those were days we were allowed to attend two streams of education. I used to attend an English medium School in the morning and after lunch hour attended as a full time student in a Tamil  School. Most of my classmates were doing this dual session. Some years later the Government realised the flaws in the system and came out with the ruling that you could only be enrolled in one school. I had to cease my primary schooling at the Tamil School and continue my schooling at the English School. 


While attending the Tamil School we were doing Tamil proverbs which came easily to me. There was a young girl who always found difficulty in memorising Tamil proverbs. My teacher would ask me to knock her head with the flat end of the black and blue marker which was a bit broader than normal pencils.When I executed this punishment, she made a shrill cry and held her aching head with her hand. I could see tears streaming  down her cheeks and felt sorry for her. I did not see the girl in class after this. The teacher told us she did not want to study any further. I felt guilty for my role in stopping her education. As I did not know her home address there was no way I could apologise to her. 


After 5 years I was walking along the road leading to my house when I saw a familiar face but couldn’t  place her until we drew close. She was pregnant and had a baby clutched in her right shoulder and holding another in her left hand. It was my missing classmate. She recognised me and told me that she too had missed me but now she was married with 2 children and another on the way. She disclosed that after the knock I gave her in class she gave up all thought of studies and told her parents. They agreed to stopping her from school and busied themselves looking for a suitable match. Her husband was a goldsmith and had a shop in town. After exchanging pleasantries we parted ways to attend to our own chores. I blamed myself for disrupting her studies and causing her to get married when she should have been schooling. She told me that her husband was a distant relative and a kind man, and that she was happy in her married life. I still blame myself for denying the world another doctor or lawyer as she was a bright kid and would have succeeded in any profession she chose. 



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