EDITORIAL
Coming back to the old normal....
“School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here.”
– Winifred C. Marshal
There was this one fine day, when we took off our school uniforms and never wore it back. Don’t you feel sad hearing this. Now it is sitting idle in the wardrobe getting shrunk or maybe I am getting bigger sitting in the chair !!
For the past two years we have been discussing only the new normal. So, it may sound strange when we talk about something as the old normal. Couple of years back it was just normal for kids to get up early in the morning, take a bath, have breakfast and go to school. However, the current schedule has been disrupted due to the changes in the normal routine. Now kids get up in the morning just in the nick of time to attend the school’s virtual assembly. They have breakfast in the camera-off mode. Going for a shower is the last thing and is usually done post the school hours. And there is a set of students who actually don’t know the thrill of going back to school. Yes, I am talking about the Nursery and Jr. Kg. students.
With the pandemic close to getting over, it is high time that we start looking forward to coming back to the old normal. Kids have been looking forward to sharing their lunchboxes with each other and the chance to steal other’s food.
Nothing can beat the discipline in the air during the morning assembly, the enthusiasm in the PE class, the melody in the music lessons or the obedience while sitting in a classroom. While it is highly appreciated that each and every activity was moved to the online mode, so that the world does not come to a standstill during these testing days, the importance of face-to-face communication cannot be underestimated. Hence, it is absolutely essential for us to get back to the old normal days. But keeping aside everything, ask yourself, don’t you want to feel that contentment again?
– Winifred C. Marshal
There was this one fine day, when we took off our school uniforms and never wore it back. Don’t you feel sad hearing this. Now it is sitting idle in the wardrobe getting shrunk or maybe I am getting bigger sitting in the chair !!
For the past two years we have been discussing only the new normal. So, it may sound strange when we talk about something as the old normal. Couple of years back it was just normal for kids to get up early in the morning, take a bath, have breakfast and go to school. However, the current schedule has been disrupted due to the changes in the normal routine. Now kids get up in the morning just in the nick of time to attend the school’s virtual assembly. They have breakfast in the camera-off mode. Going for a shower is the last thing and is usually done post the school hours. And there is a set of students who actually don’t know the thrill of going back to school. Yes, I am talking about the Nursery and Jr. Kg. students.
With the pandemic close to getting over, it is high time that we start looking forward to coming back to the old normal. Kids have been looking forward to sharing their lunchboxes with each other and the chance to steal other’s food.
Nothing can beat the discipline in the air during the morning assembly, the enthusiasm in the PE class, the melody in the music lessons or the obedience while sitting in a classroom. While it is highly appreciated that each and every activity was moved to the online mode, so that the world does not come to a standstill during these testing days, the importance of face-to-face communication cannot be underestimated. Hence, it is absolutely essential for us to get back to the old normal days. But keeping aside everything, ask yourself, don’t you want to feel that contentment again?
