The year was 1999. One misty March morning, young Jammy, then a class XII student, was summoned by the newly joined Physics teacher to her room.
"Ma'am, you asked me to come and meet you", he said entering the teacher's office.
"Yes, come in", she said. She stopped evaluating the term test papers, kept the bundle aside and asked him, "How much do you think you'd have scored in the term test young boy?"
"I'm not sure Ma'am", he replied, his face lowered.
"I saw your report card. Your performance was consistently poor in all the tests conducted so far", the teacher said with a concern.
"Focus on MPC. That's what will get you into Engineering", young Jammy recollected what his brother said at the starting day of Class XII.
"But what is MPC brother?"
"Maths, Physics and Chemistry. It's enough if you score a pass mark on other subjects", his brother advised him.
"If you do not take your studies seriously, you are going to fail my dear boy", the teacher said, breaking his chain of thoughts.
Jammy looked out of the room through the window staring into the empty sky. The rising sun had made the mist disappear by then. "I'm saying this because I know that you are from the general quota, and you need to score well to get admission in a good college", the teacher said, trying to catch his attention. "At least, try not to fail in any of the subjects", she added in a dictating voice.
He thanked the teacher silently and left her office. After a few weeks, Jammy went again to meet the teacher, but this time without a summon. The exam results were announced by then. Seeing that she was busy with his classmates, he waited outside of her room. He could have entered inside, for she was congratulating only his classmates for their scores and suggesting them to apply in the best university. But he opted to wait so that he can meet her alone.
Though the teacher was aware of his presence outside of her room, she did not want to meet him. She thought she was not ready yet to hear the bad news when the other boys were telling her about their remarkable performances and how they are going to apply in some of the best universities towards their graduation.
After a while, when everyone left, she called Jammy in. "So, how many subjects did you fail?", she asked.
"None", he replied.
With a big expression on her face, she asked the next question, "How much did you score then?"
When she was expecting the score in 40 to 45% range, he replied "84%" silently and left her office.
"Ma'am, you asked me to come and meet you", he said entering the teacher's office.
"Yes, come in", she said. She stopped evaluating the term test papers, kept the bundle aside and asked him, "How much do you think you'd have scored in the term test young boy?"
"I'm not sure Ma'am", he replied, his face lowered.
"I saw your report card. Your performance was consistently poor in all the tests conducted so far", the teacher said with a concern.
"Focus on MPC. That's what will get you into Engineering", young Jammy recollected what his brother said at the starting day of Class XII.
"But what is MPC brother?"
"Maths, Physics and Chemistry. It's enough if you score a pass mark on other subjects", his brother advised him.
"If you do not take your studies seriously, you are going to fail my dear boy", the teacher said, breaking his chain of thoughts.
Jammy looked out of the room through the window staring into the empty sky. The rising sun had made the mist disappear by then. "I'm saying this because I know that you are from the general quota, and you need to score well to get admission in a good college", the teacher said, trying to catch his attention. "At least, try not to fail in any of the subjects", she added in a dictating voice.
He thanked the teacher silently and left her office. After a few weeks, Jammy went again to meet the teacher, but this time without a summon. The exam results were announced by then. Seeing that she was busy with his classmates, he waited outside of her room. He could have entered inside, for she was congratulating only his classmates for their scores and suggesting them to apply in the best university. But he opted to wait so that he can meet her alone.
Though the teacher was aware of his presence outside of her room, she did not want to meet him. She thought she was not ready yet to hear the bad news when the other boys were telling her about their remarkable performances and how they are going to apply in some of the best universities towards their graduation.
After a while, when everyone left, she called Jammy in. "So, how many subjects did you fail?", she asked.
"None", he replied.
With a big expression on her face, she asked the next question, "How much did you score then?"
When she was expecting the score in 40 to 45% range, he replied "84%" silently and left her office.
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