The family school

The family schools

A huge garden with all kinds of trees and plants, every plant is well maintained with proper care. The cool garden house is equipped with luxury furniture, the antique finished main door is decorated with gold chain hangings. The house is full of happiness, decorated with flowers; everybody is in a celebration mode. A Hindustan contessa car crossed the beautiful front garden and stopped in front of the gate, a young lady Jaya holding a newborn baby get down from the car. She walked across the flower bed while a bevy of girls standing on both sides of the door. Everyone rejoices in the occasion of the newborn boy baby's entry to the bungalow.

A big fat person with two assistants comes, suddenly everyone in the house goes for his blessings. He is the family astrologer. He names that baby as Kalyan and tells the boy has a great future, is going to be an engineer. The boy is growing day by day with full energy on the shoulders of his parents, family members, relatives, peasants. He is the only heir of the complete property, even his properties are growing with him, now he is 5 years old. The staff in the bungalow always be alert for Kalyan's call. people wait at his bedside to wake him up every day, separate servants will be there to help him in bathing, grooming, and dressing. Chefs across the world prepare appetizing food for him.

He goes out of a bungalow often in a luxury car, he seems like a full moon in the blue sky in the blue color car with a white dress. Slowly the car enters the messy streets, the tiny houses are arranged side by side. Even the drainage, roads are not repaired for a long time, people habituated to the unpleasant smell around them, children who are playing in the streets with innocent faces attract Kalyan's attention. He wants to play with them in the streets, wants to pour the sand on his head and to Stumble in the mud. The car driver blows the horn loudly, all the children in the street get surprised by the stunning car. They want to get into the car, happily say bye to Kalyan. The car goes by a lack, sky-high trees, bushy plants his bungalow with well-groomed garden is much better but this outside world looks much natural to him, indeed he loves to be a part of this natural world.

The memories do not leave him in the bungalow, that day he realizes the actual world.

"I want to go out of this house mummy" is Kalyan's first wish. "Why do you want to go out of this house, you have everything here," mother said with a surprising tone.

"I find much more happiness, pleasure outside" Kalyan raises his hands and jumps.

"You like the outside nature, people, streets, houses, plants even the unpleasant whether but sooner or later this attraction towards all of these will vanish. At your age, you cannot get what is good and what is bad. This world is sinful as well as virtuous, great things might not look beautiful but beauty outside is not so inside. You are not grown enough to understand the real beauty" said his mother.

His wish of spending his time outside is not fulfilled till the time he goes to school. Finally, that day comes, his father wishes to join him in a top school in that area. The school has a long wall with strong fencing above it. The school gate is much bigger than his house gate, when he enters inside the school the steps are broad and seems terrifying to him and the playground is spacious all students assemble there before school. No cheer on children's faces when he observes, they are fretful, unsettled. He is sent to a classroom, the teacher comes, she starts English alphabets, then another teacher comes to teach numbers, then drawing, eventually, it is the final bell, he gets into the car when his caretaker accommodated him.

He says right away to his mother, "I don't want to go to this school."

"It is a high-level school in our community, I studied there, all your relatives, cousins are studying there. It's the only school rich people like us should study," his father prathap interferes.

"It has all the amenities with international standards, why don't you like it," Jaya asks.

"The school walls are scary, teachers come one after others one teaches English letters, one teaches numbers, one asks me to draw different pictures, I cannot follow my own will" Kalyan replies with an innocent voice.

"Today is your first day at school, school is a new environment for you, you will surely get used to all these after a few days, you do not worry, I will prepare your favorite snacks for you". Jaya explains.

"Why can't this mother get it, I'm not comfortable with my school, she doesn't care about me at all but talks about snacks, mom I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a grown boy now." Kalyan murmurs.

The following day he goes to school, the roads are unpaved, the sky is as usual, the driver opens the car door for Kalyan, the children queue up, he enters the school unwillingly. This day a new teacher comes to his class with a smiling face, she interacts with each student, she is humorous and enthusiastic. He arrives home after school, Jaya sits on a chair, he goes and sits near her. "Hi Kalyan, how is your day?" she enquires.

"Still the same old, same old, but a new teacher came today and she is the icing on the cake!" Kalyan spoke in a casual tone.

"Mom, should I study at the same school as my father and all my cousins studied there?" Kalyan asks her mother.

"No, not at all, you do not have to study in the same school as your father studied there. We can go for a change anytime. we should change ourselves if we have a better option, but we need to decide if we have a better option or not. the stagnant water would be purified when new water enters the stagnant water."

"Kalyan, do you know what makes you miserable in school?" Jaya asked.

"I haven't got a clue." Kalyan shakes his head.

"Do you like any single person or thing in your school?" she asked one more question.

"Yesterday, I liked nothing, but today, I love my new teacher," he replies.

"Kalyan, yesterday you did not like anything but today you like your teacher, we do not know tomorrow's situation. The classrooms are also a part of the playground and alphabets, numbers taught by teachers are part of the game. You do not have to study in that school as it is your father's school, but you have to understand yourself and find out what exactly you want".