School and Preamble_🌱

Just sharing this experience of school time. Every day, our teachers used to ask us, "who would like to recite the 'Preamble of the Constitution'?" Although there were only certain students, they used to choose. The teachers would ask them to come in front and recite the "Preamble."

Not a day passed that I didn't think of going in front and reciting the preamble. I even practiced Marathi and Hindi "Preamble" more than a hundred times and recalled every single word and line. But could not dare to present it. I had this fear in mind that I might stop while my classmates would start laughing.

One fine day, it came to my mind that I should recite the "Preamble" in English, the one which was printed in the English textbook. So that even if I make mistakes, no one would know or understand and laugh.

A few days later, with a lot of courage, I went forward and recited the English "Preamble." I made two-three mistakes, but nobody laughed just like I had thought.

After reciting the "Preamble" in English, I started gaining recognition from teachers as one of the "brightest" students in school. I should have done it before. Unfortunately, those were the last days of my schooling.

Note: I remembered and wrote this while reading bell hooks' memoir "Teaching Critical Thinking"). Thats my school in the photo. I miss it sometimes. :)

📑 The Preamble_
🖋 @dnyanesh_____
🌱 Read this piece on blogspot, link is in the bio.

The school from the story above.