10 Reasons Why We Donâ€™t Miss School

25 May 2017
Sunaya
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From boring lectures to carefree fun with friends, here are ten things you surely (won’t) miss from your schooldays

School reopens in less than a week. And I’m bombarded with people around me that go, ‘When I was in School…’. It seems like it’s the season for nostalgia. I get where they’re coming from, but really, isn’t it all a bit too much? Why would anyone want to recall the past?

So here I am with a list of 10 things that’ll make you sure to not miss school no matter what!

Back Benches

We all had that one bench we loved and coveted for back then. But now? Phew, we are so over the need to get that best bench (or chair, most probably at the back). A bench can not decide the amount of fun we have! (Silent jokes out of the teachers earshots, notes passed out of sight, sneaking in a snack between lessons, all made possible because our strategic locations)

Last Bell Each Day

All that anticipation and restlessness as we try to stand still for the National Anthem? Counting down the seconds till we hear that bell? The rush and the run we split into right after? C’mon...who’d miss that!

The Random Pure Crushes

The simple, uncomplicated crushes we had. Watching your crush from a distance (creepy), and enjoying being teased with their name(silly) while silently protesting that it isn’t true. What.a.waste.of.time! True, it felt good and gave you a warmth inside even if the feelings weren’t reciprocated. But we prefer our high emotion, extremely complicated love lives now, don’t we?

Friends

Why did we even become friends in the first place? It just doesn’t make sense! So what if they’ve seen us grow as a person and even been with us in our most complicated and life changing moments? It’s a me, myself & I world people! We don’t need true friendship, care and people who don’t judge us around us!

Going Home at 4

Office hours can get late, like really late, but it’s so much fun, and so totally worth it! What would we do (other than hang out with friends, get social, meet people, get our things done) with all that time?

The Chaya Kada On The Way Back Home

So it was a cool hangout spot back then with your friends. And sure it holds memories of teas and snacks. Who’d want tea and delicious titbits at that low of a price now? It’s so overrated.

The group study sessions (excuses for sleepovers)

Who has that much time for sleepovers that had careless chatter, endless conversations & confessions. It all seems so silly now.

Sip Ups On The Way Back From School

Especially in the summer. It was a good way to get rid of the summer heat. But why would we ever miss those 1 Rs wonders when we’ve got costly icecreams and and other cold beverages that don’t taste half as good?

Doodling on the bench

Well it was a byproduct of those boring lectures. We were damaging property, that’s not right is it? Doesn’t matter that we engraved our names past all the old ones. Doesn’t matter if we wondered and made stories about the existing doodles only to add a bit of yourself into it. Doesn’t matter if those benches still remain there, our names and doodles forever a part of its history.
*Practically in tears, missing school*
So you see, I, like many others, don’t miss school...at all...
*Sniffs*
Not one bit..
*Breaks out crying*

Words: Susmitha Suresh Images: Various Sources