Describe the first hour in a school

There is a hive of activity as each student looks forward to another day oflearning; some with eager anticipation, others with dread, and still others with boredom. There are three important things in the first hour: the assembly, which includes flag-raising with the singing of the National Anthem, the giving of updates by the principal or someone appointed for the task, the walk to the classroom and commencement of the first lesson.

To announce the start of school, a bell screams suddenly, prompting instant reactions from all. Some walk briskly to the assembly area in front of the school building, while others drag themselves there reluctantly. Soon everyone is standing in neat rows, with the teachers at the end. All eyes are to the front. The trained parade-ground voice of Mr Sim, the Scoutmaster, commands the school to come to attention. Everyone responds and the well-drilled ‘thud’ of 500 feet comes down in a single move. The teacher of singing, Mrs Chong, has the honour of leading the students in singing the National Anthem, while two nervous scouts slowly raise the flag under the watchful eyes of their scoutmaster. Fifteen minutes pass.

This is followed by the usual updates, announcements, and admonitions by Mr Singh the principal. There are a few reminders about the coming charity fair; everyone is urged to volunteer. Another announcement is that, since there are too many volunteers for cleaning the adopted elderly

couple’s home, the ten students who had placed their names first would be accepted for this week; others would be rostered for the following few weeks. Mr Singh thanks the volunteers, and then directs an admonition at a group of unnamed students who had been found loitering outside a

theatre after school hours, the previous day. “Please don’t damage the good name of our school. Go straight home after school and do something useful” he finishes. This part of the morning is over in just five minutes.

The principal wishes everyone, “Have a wonderful day,” and walks away. Instantly everyone moves, and the quietness is broken with words of greetings and enquiries. The lively chatter is heard throughout the school as everyone troops, in neat orderly rows, to the classrooms. Within seconds, smiling teachers appear at the front of every classroom. The students get to their feet and greet their teacher, who returns the greeting, meets all the students’ eyes one by one, and invites them to sit. After the clatter of sitting down comfortably, textbooks are taken out and flipped to the required page. Elsewhere, problems are written on the board and tackled with enthusiasm; while in another classroom, a heated argument begins on ‘Was Brutus an honourable man?’ Another day of learning has begun.

Half an hour later, the first hour of a typical day in school fades away, and the learning continues intensely. Excited teachers, with equally excited students, pour over complex problems of mathematics, languages, science, literature, art, and other subjects. Education is a serious matter.

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