The Past Few Weeks – Student Politics

We have reached 12th grade, and the prefects have already been declared. A couple of students have been disappointed, but on the whole I feel it has been taken well.

According to me, the teachers have reached a very fair and just decision regarding the choice of prefects. They haven’t been to generous, nor too stingy. However, they certainly do know how to build the tension – do not declare the ‘Head-Boy’ and the ‘House Captains’.

Discerningly, a few of the students who will not get a badge have changed the attitude completely. An indifferent and conceited attitude has swept over them which is precisely why they don’t deserve the badge. However, I do feel sorry for the ‘lights-handler or Dinesh’s replacement’, who has really taken it well, even after some extreme initial frustration. He is now trying to show why he deserves the badge – props to him.

Who is headboy? Eventhough I am considered to be in the running for that coveted honour by a few people, I would quite frankly count myself out of the competition. Whether I feel I deserve it, is only for me to ponder upon and only for me to conclude – or rather, it doesn’t matter. To an extent, it’s all about what impression you give because it’s nearly impossible for a teacher to know every student inside out and extremely fairly come to a decision. Moreover, it is near impossible to be liked by every single teacher because for that we need to take into consideration both the teacher’s and the student’s attitude, not only the student’s.

It’s ‘near’ impossible, because 1 person has sort off pulled it off – and he is a part of the potential ‘wonder couple’ – if you know what I mean. It’s not necessarily good – but hats off to him – because it is difficult. My money is on him – or rather I am pretty confident about it. Or you never know, the talented Mr Verbose from Orion House may be the surprise package.

I have to admit that the prospect of being head-boy did fill me up with a little hope and tension, but now I can almost say – the school-prefect-headboy tension is over. Sometimes irritation and frustration did make me unstable, for I felt I did give a lot to this school. But now, honestly, it doesn’t matter. All that matters of my experiences in school is how much I have learnt from them, and unpomphously – that’s a lot.

In true essence, it doesn’t matter what I become (as in, in school), because it will not stop me from what I aspire to do in school. And for that matter, it shouldn’t matter to anyone what they become – as long as they know who they are and what they want to do.

Please feel to comment or confront me with your views.