A relatable and humorous school-life story by students of class 5, Epic Public School, of facing exam result fear, choosing between flying chappals and future success, and diving into a week-long workshop filled with maths, grammar, creative writing, fun games, and unforgettable memories with friends.
It was a workshop with a difference….
It was a sunny morning that day, and I was feeling very scared. Now, you might be thinking that being a young person, I must be scared of ghosts, robbers, thieves, kidnappers, or maybe even a monster under my bed—or perhaps my parents. But no, none of them were the reason for my fear. It was just a piece of paper. Can you believe it? Yes, just a simple piece of paper that filled me with fear.
That piece of paper could scare me as if it were something as dangerous as the end of the world. Are you shocked? Don’t be—my future depends on that piece of paper. If it turns out good, life becomes easier. However, if it turns out bad, I’m sure to receive a jolly old blasting from my mother’s flying chappal.
It was the 12th of March when I woke up and realised that it was D-Day—the day I was to receive the paper, the one with my results.
It was around 9:15 in the morning. Honestly speaking, I was a little late, so I hurried to my class where I was supposed to receive that exam paper. Finally, when I got it, I slowly opened it—and to my relief, I had scored a good 97%. Crisis averted. The rest of the day looked bright, and I was safe from the wrath of the flying chappal!
But that wasn’t the end of my happiness. After the results, Pooja Ma’am suggested a workshop that our school was organising. She asked if I wanted to join a workshop on Advanced Math, Basic Math, Creative Writing, or Basic English Grammar. I decided to choose Advanced Math and Creative Writing.
It started on the 17th of March and would continue till the 22nd of March—which, coincidentally, is also my friend’s birthday.
On the first day, which was a Monday, things weren’t properly scheduled in the workshop, but it was okay. However, on the second day, it was wonderful. In the Creative Writing class, we played many games like Fuzzy Duck and Ducky Fuzz. a game that helped us to understand observation which is an important element for creative writing. After that, we went to the Math class where we learned many formulas and had a lot of fun. One junior girl named Poymonti Bhowmik was very eager to disturb us, but since she was younger, we helped her with the math.
After the combined class, we had a separate session where we were given hard sums, but sir explained them so well that we found them easy to solve. Then we had lunch, and after that, we went to English class where Ellis Sir taught us prepositions and tenses.
On Day 3, Wednesday, of the workshop, we found the Math and Creative Writing classes most interesting. In Creative Writing, we played some unusual games that helped us to increase our observation and thinking differently. We also played a memory game. Ah… I know what you’re thinking—what’s so special about that? But here’s the twist: all my friends were tough competitors, yet I stayed in till the end. In the final round, it came down to my friend Dhritilekha and me. We ended up drawing the game!
We then moved to Advanced Math class that day of the workshop, where we had a combined session with Class 4. We had to help them, and my brain nearly exploded—they were very noisy and disturbing! Somehow, time passed. After that, we had lunch, and our next Math class began—this time without Class 4, which, thankfully, meant peace!
This Math class was the easiest; the sums were quite simple, except for one that was tricky. We asked sir, and he explained it clearly to us.
Then we moved to English class, where we learned about the Future Perfect Continuous tense. Day 4 turned out to be the shortest day ever at school. The timing was the same, but I don’t know how it passed so quickly!
We spent an hour in the Creative Writing class. Since we had an extra free period, we continued writing our stories. After lunch, we went to the Advanced Math class. Nothing particularly new or exciting happened, so I won’t bore you with the details. Let’s jump straight to English class, where we learned different uses of prepositions in various sentences. The rest of the day was a bit repetitive—similar activities in Creative Writing and Math—but in English class, we learned two rules of subject-verb agreement.
On the Day 5 of the workshop, in the morning Creative Writing class, we wrote a story, a story on our experience of these few days. On the first day itself, we managed to write 400 words. whereas earlier even writing 100 words were difficult. We learnt how to write a story. After that, we had lunch and then moved to Math class, where we tackled some tough average-related questions. It was difficult, but we tried our best. After that, we went to English class and learned two more rules of subject-verb agreement.
Today is Day 6—and I’ve spent three days writing all this! Not full days, of course, since this is only the third day. Still, it’s not yet complete. But don’t worry, I already know what we’re going to learn in Advanced Math today: averages and decimals. I think it’ll be fun, and I expect we’ll enjoy it. After Math class, we’ll go to English class where we’ll finish the rest of the subject-verb agreement rules and learn about Unseen Passages.
We’ll be leaving at 1:30 today. We’re sure to have a lot of fun, learn new things, and discover interesting methods. I’m really looking forward to it!
