Every new space is a platform to put up a novel identity of oneself, pruning all the characteristics one wishes to change and polishing the positives that you wish to cherish. Yup, likewise I was all set for my college days. And the picture I have planned to execute among my new fellow classmates was that of a studious, obedient and well disciplined student even though there was a lion and tiger conflict taking place within myself in accepting and working out this identity. Unfortunately all these resolutions clang by my side for a very short period of time and like a trapped rat, my true colours recurrently sought for a chance to sneak out. But to my dismay, my classroom had a specific seating pattern for the students in line with their interests which soon came to be permanently sealed on the individual. I see to it as a geometrical arrangement silently passed down generations over and over. The first two rows were strictly dedicated to the nerds, to be followed by the rows of ‘hifi’ community i.e, those who are high at celebrating life and fine with their academics, while the last bench was neatly reserved for *thug life (*the ‘yoyo’ people). Knowingly or Unknowingly, I know not now I choose the second row burdened by my resolutions though my heart longed for the last bench. And so here are some of the plights that a front bencher has to confront:
• A sudden backward rotation of seat would be looked upon by everyone especially the teachers as a heinous task that they would raise their voices and ask, "So are you planning to be careless with your studies, ah?" And I always had to nod my ‘No’ very sternly, as if I have never even heard of the word “careless” before, inwardly damning my initial resolutions. And so, blessed are the last benchers as they score points for each step forward and even if they continued to maintain their own seats, the teachers would simply let go of their ‘live and let live’ attitude.
• Or else there would be some other teachers who blame the front benchers for sticking on to their niches without allowing the back benchers to come forward while the truth is that these seats would always remain vacant in the absence of these poor chaps. Thus every nerd longs for a rotation I guess, at least a day of freedom. Because as Sigmund Freud puts it after-all every soul is a blend of Id, Ego and Superego.
• Further, they should resist the knock of the ‘sleeping fairy’ at their doorstep and pretend as if robots tuned to the frequency of the teachers' likes and dislikes.
• They have to mug up portions after portions and always be updated with current knowledge because a question to them is for sure.
• Adding to this, it is even more awful to say that every college-based movie or the so called inspiring quotes would decor the Back Benchers as their cynosures leaving out the Front Benchers to seek inspiration from their own lives. So, today I have decided to stand up for all the Front Benchers, who have been willingly or accidentally adorned with this title.
Dear Front Bencher,
All throughout your life you have struggled to maintain your seat and so the personality tagged with it against all the odds. Thus you have mastered in the skill of persistence. So tomorrow even if you have to face great challenges in life you could easily beat it with your "not gonna give up" spirit.
Always Fighting.
• A sudden backward rotation of seat would be looked upon by everyone especially the teachers as a heinous task that they would raise their voices and ask, "So are you planning to be careless with your studies, ah?" And I always had to nod my ‘No’ very sternly, as if I have never even heard of the word “careless” before, inwardly damning my initial resolutions. And so, blessed are the last benchers as they score points for each step forward and even if they continued to maintain their own seats, the teachers would simply let go of their ‘live and let live’ attitude.
• Or else there would be some other teachers who blame the front benchers for sticking on to their niches without allowing the back benchers to come forward while the truth is that these seats would always remain vacant in the absence of these poor chaps. Thus every nerd longs for a rotation I guess, at least a day of freedom. Because as Sigmund Freud puts it after-all every soul is a blend of Id, Ego and Superego.
• Further, they should resist the knock of the ‘sleeping fairy’ at their doorstep and pretend as if robots tuned to the frequency of the teachers' likes and dislikes.
• They have to mug up portions after portions and always be updated with current knowledge because a question to them is for sure.
• Adding to this, it is even more awful to say that every college-based movie or the so called inspiring quotes would decor the Back Benchers as their cynosures leaving out the Front Benchers to seek inspiration from their own lives. So, today I have decided to stand up for all the Front Benchers, who have been willingly or accidentally adorned with this title.
Dear Front Bencher,
All throughout your life you have struggled to maintain your seat and so the personality tagged with it against all the odds. Thus you have mastered in the skill of persistence. So tomorrow even if you have to face great challenges in life you could easily beat it with your "not gonna give up" spirit.
Always Fighting.
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