Another Lecture

**SCREECH…**

“BLOODY BLUNDALEOMITE!”

CRAZY WOMEN ON THEIR GOD DAMNED TWO-WHEELERS. DO THEY DRIVE WITH THEIR EYES OR THEIR BUTTS!? Ughh… Despicable creatures… shameless, hopeless, utterly disgusting… Riding without the barest sense of respect or responsibility! What the hell does she have her eyes on!? Huh… why would she care about that? Her family alone has to suffer. And an innocent soul like mine too, stuck behind bars for no fault at all. Whoever gave her a driving license in the first place. God knows if she has a driving license at all. Irresponsible idiots! And the future of the nation lies in their hands it seems – The Youth!

Parents are to blame for such atrocious behavior. But what can you tell these kids, one word against them and... “Just mind your own business and leave me alone OKAY!?” Wasn’t that my daughter’s reaction when I asked her to take up some studies in the morning. You try to be friendly, you try to be supportive and patient, you try to ignore every non-sense that happens under your nose and this is what happens! God save my child!

Wonder who is going to submit the quarterly results now? The auditors will rip me apart if I don’t get things done by tomorrow morning and nothing has even started. The CEO wants his reports for the board ready, the directors want their meeting soon, the staff want leave and everybody is happy to pour the blame on me. Suffocating fix I am stuck in.

And today I have to go shopping. Ammu will let all hell loose if I am late today. She must have already started complaining to Mom. Now Amma will accelerate her blood pressure for no reason. “My son is not talking to me”, “My son is not looking after me”, “My son is not spending time with me” - How many places am I supposed to be at once!?

There you go – No Parking. Must be some space behind the building. Ah, guess I can squeeze it over there. Time is 6.10 am, that’s good. And the hall is almost full it seems. Hmmm….

God help me. God bless my children…

Alright, almost everybody is in, and I have exactly one minute to start my lecture. The children are in their usual seats, that makes things comfortable. I will have to keep an eye on the fourth row, right side and those in the last three rows, the noisy ones. And those in the middle left are a little slow, have to make sure they catch up. But if I slow down too much the ones in the first two rows get bored and they stop reacting. If they stop shouting back to me, the entire class falls to sleep. It’s Assessment of Firm today, so can’t afford to let the first row sleep. Will stretch for an hour and half and then have a break, share a joke or two and the another hour and a half. Maybe a word of advice before I start the Malabar Fisheries case, to re-fresh them. So, that’s the end of one minute, hope they enjoy the class. Is it because I want to make them feel welcome, or is it because I love teaching, I seriously don’t know how this smile pops on my face before I say,

“Good Morning Friends!”