I have been tied up with ‘other’ activities of life. That is
why I wasn’t able to add another one of my gems on my blog. However, I ‘think’
that I am back now and I would try to keep scribbling down my blogs in routine.
So here goes the continuation of Aitchison Days…
In 1988, I was in K-3-A. The boys in this section along with
K-3-B and C are sent upstairs in Green Wing. Green Wing was mostly for K-4
boys. But the first three sections of K-3 resided with K-4 boys. I think one of
the positives of moving our sections with the upper classmen taught us a few
good things from them. We learned how to maintain our composures with them and
the things which we would have learned in K-4 the next year, we learned them a
year earlier just by living with those guys. On the other hand, there were a
few negatives in this too. One of them was that we somehow lost touch with our
class fellows of K-3 in normal routine. It has been a while I have been back in
Gwyn House. So I am not sure that practice is still in place or has been
changed for any reason.
Our class mistress in K-3-A was pretty laid back. However,
she was stickler as far as discipline is concerned. She did not tolerate any of
the loose talk or careless attitude in the classroom. She demanded the best
from her students.
K-4-A was also pretty exciting. It was a good feeling to be
getting to the second highest upper classman in Junior School. It made us feel
much more matured, learned and experienced as I moved along in these classes.
As we moved along, the competition in all areas got stiff. Athletics was most
favored by boarders. And competitions like recitations (English and Urdu),
readings (English and Urdu), writing (English and Urdu) etc were excelled by
day boys. They also received top academic positions in the classrooms. Boarders
competed with them in these areas but were quite outnumbered.
Riding, the trade mark of Aitchison College, also started in
K-4. Many of us signed up for riding. There is a certain uniform for riding the
horses. There were britches, a riding hard hat, riding shoes accompanied by a
blue blazer. So this sport was quite suitably looked very English. I also
signed up for this sport and learned how to mount, dismount, jump and few other
tricks of the trade.
There was also a singing club present there. Ms. Abid
conducted this club. This club had introduced many upcoming and talented students
in the public. Students learned to recite Naats, Qawwalis, individual and group
performances and many other aspects of singing here.
There was also a Scouting group. We learned how the scouts
live off the land and live in tents. These were pretty exciting outdoor
activities for us in those earlier years of our lives. All of these activities
seemed pretty novel to us. At the end of the scouting year, we had a ‘Fire Camp’
where we performed our scouting activities and also showed our singing talent
here.
To Be Continued....
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