“It’s a race againts time for submit!
You have to do it cannot omit!
Thank God we just did it, phew!
So when is the project due!?”
School projects! The pain or…!
Some school projects were so much fun especially if they were group projects!
Read on!
The main issue with the school projects is the deadline and the specifications!
Once we had the project on penguins and everyone got eggs and started carefully cracking them on the top and then emptying it slowly and then sealing that with an eye dropper and voila you have a penguin!
So everyone had the same idea and the only thing different was the side black colour coating which indicated the black fins! Some would draw the eyes nicely!
The moment a project was announced a time bomb or alarm used to start in my mind! Till the project is done I would not rest easy! My daughter also has the same problem! She will finish the project as soon as possible and not rest until it is done!
Another most popular project was the village scene! Of course the field was easy since we all used to play with mud! The best seed were the mustard seeds! They used to come in a couple of days but they used to dry off in a week or so! Which is why we had to show the project before that!
Once we wanted to demonstrate the volcano so we had the whole village scene ready with a water bed and a big mountain! For the volcano we needed a flower pot!
Now getting a flower pot during deepawali was not a big issue but other times it was almost impossible to find!
My friend Ashu and me then took on our trusty old cycle and started our quest on a sunday! With some money in hand we searched all the small stores called Fancy stores of Lal Bazaar in Secunderabad! Fancy stores or Stationary stores were the best when it came to projects! You would get everything and you can do anything!
I have bought countless chart papers in my life and even last month I had to rush in the late evening to get a chart paper of a particular colour for my daughter! The last moment rush does not change!
So after going to every other Fancy store we, went to the stage two which was to go to the stores in the side roads! Then one old shop in the corner had an uninterested dude sitting with no care for business of anything else!
At first he did not understand or (pretended not to!) as to what we want and later on he slowly nodded that he might have a couple of old stock!
We were delighted at first but then thought what would happen if it did not burst! Anyway since we beggars had no choice we got two and rushed home!
The next day we proudly showed our project to our Yadav madam who was like a terror for some and a great fun for others! When we were putting the flower pot on the hole of the big mountain made of mud, she snatched it immediately and left in a rage!
She categorically told us to change the project! Which is when the other team member Arjun stepped in and we made a safer project of matching! You match the tables and the light comes on! Fun but routine!
We used to show many of these projects in the school exhibition but then that is the blog or blogs for another day!
Anyway we did take the project home and in Ashu’s house we thought that Madam was simply overreacting! So we placed the remaining flower pot and lit it! It did not make any eruption though! Just a whiss and a sudden blast! The whole mountain was in pieces with a big sound which drew Ashu’s mother who gave us a surprised look! Apparently if you keep the flower pot in closed spaces it may not flower but it may burst like a bomb! Ok then! Lesson learnt the hard way! Guess the matching project was safer! Although if you think about it, the volcano was more accurate! Now like our madam found risk in our project the birthday celebrity of today Shailendra used to find divinity in humanity with his lyrics!
Now keeo stuff ready for your kid’s school projects and sleep!
Shubh Ratri!
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