School bell rings and children zoom to classes
From loud noise and din to eerie silence descends
Sitting on the desks, students with pen and note pad
Standing near the black board with a chalk in my hand
The waning moments may sulk me for quite some time.
From being a student more than five decades ago
to becoming a teacher since over two decades
School bell ringing sound resonates in my mind often
What has changed is only the notion and perception
From being a student to being a teacher, sense of duration
varied for a boring subject to topics that fuelled captivation.
I knew, children mocked me when I was facing the board
That\'s all because I was strict and at indiscipline I fumed.
I never yelled at them and to any one I was never unkind
As I was aware of the pre-teen pranks and I brushed aside
Since we too did the pranks when I was a student, I realised.
Following the right footsteps of my beloved father
I had a dream and passion to become a school teacher
Mathematics I chose, a subject to me always so dear
From algebra, geometry, trigonometry to equations linear
Coefficients and Variables to derive polynomials of nth order.
When I bid adieu, the memories, and formulas flock together.
.......... Narayan Gadagkar