Entrance Exam….

Coming from a rural primary school, there isn't lot that I knew. In Vasavi School they just thought whatever they could.

When I wanted to come out of that school, I just made sure I clear my exams and finished till my 5^th class.

The whole interest of joining Saradha Vidhyalaya popped into my mind, only because of my Sister. Those days, I wanted everything just like my Sister.

She joined there, so even I wanted to join, so I forced my father to put me in there… never thought that they will have entrance exams to take the students for 6^th.

Like any other student/school, we applied for Saradha Vidhyalaya. Fees were really cool (100 – 200 Rs Per year)

That made us feel really happy, because we are a little big family, with all 4 kids studying at the same time, and the wages were also nominal.

Tragedy started, when I came to know that I have to clear the entrance exam. I didn't even have 1% confidence on me to clear the Entrance. Because lot of entrance stuff were in English.

Praying all the gods in the world, I started my entrance exam. (My first aptitude tests I should sayJ)

I was able to clear little bit of Tamil, mathematics… English had only one question… I have to write one leave letter to the school… may sound simple.. But I only know how much I feared that time.

I need to write the letter to clear the entrance… I had no clue on how to write the letter. But then, I had no choice… My sister is there, and I wanted to be there…

I took small rough paper, wrote the leave letter in Tamil and started converting each and every word of the Tamil version to English version. Definitely the letter had all possible grammatical mistakes, but to me, it still conveyed the message. This was the first creative thing I did..According to me.

Just like me, the other girl sitting next to me was also from a Tamil medium student, just starring at the paper without any clue. I guess she was Pushpa...the only girl boy-cut hair style during my school days.

Exam was conducted in the morning, so the results will be announced post lunch. I didn't even have lunch; I was curiously waiting for the results. Finally around 3pm, one of the teachers came and started calling out the names. Priya, Geetha, Kavitha…… so many names… and she called out my name too "Thillaikkarasi"…. What a moment that was. All I had in my mind was….Wow… I am there in the same school as my Sister…

Later that evening, when I told that I cleared the entrance exam, my mom could not believe that. There are no words to explain the happiness I had on that day.

After that, there were some mess ups in accepting me there because I am too young to join 6^th. I was crossing 9 yrs old that time.. But my father managed to make them agree, and allow me to that school…

And my spiritual journey in Sri Saradha Vidhyalaya Started…………..

The Beginning…

Way back in 1988, I started my schooling in a very basic school near my house in Salem.

I really don't have lot of memories/ incidents to quote during my initial 5 yrs of schooling.

All I could remember about my primary school is that,

• Very close to my house, that during interval I used to just disappear from class and go home, and will not return back. J
  
• I was average student; English was one subject which I hated like anything else in life. Apparently I never feared about Mathematics those days.
  
• There was a small snack shop just opposite to the school, which I can never forget. Feeding all my hunger all the time, even without money. Ha ha ha
  

I was never studious during these years; life was like the wind, going without any direction, seamless.

Well… the actual journey of schooling started only from 6^th when I joined Sri Saradha Vidhyalaya Higher Secondary School for Girls. I personally consider these years as my best period of my life. The years, which made my life a meaningful one, the days which made me to have some path for my life, teachers who didn't just teach the lessons, my friends who made me feel the meaning of friendship, a lot and lot about my school. Will feed in a lot about my school here……….

அது ஒரு அழகிய கனா காலம்

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பள்ளி நாட்களை பற்றி குறிப்பு எழுதும் ஆசையில் இதோ என்னுடைய "கனா கண்ட காலம்"