His Aversion to Classes!

Gullu hated attending classes. Usually, he would be found napping, reading a newspaper or a magazine in the back bench corner of the class. Sometimes, we had teachers who didn't take attendance before or after the break. He would always sneak out of such classes, always! I would berate him about it and had been trying to brain wash him to pay more attention in classes next term onwards. Of course, I didn't really think he'd listen to me but then who knew.

In the last term, we had an IE class one morning. Gullu had just come from home (Meerut) and landed in the class with his luggage, just to get attendance. His was the first roll number to be called out. He hollered present and slowly sneaked out of the class. A couple of other students followed him and one of them fell. The teacher heard the fall and figured out that people have sneaked out. She started the attendance again!

Unfortunately I had forgotten my cell phone in the hostel that morning and could not call him or sms him. Fortunately, some other friends did. Soon, he was back in the class explaining how he had just gone to keep his luggage to the room. The teacher gave a lecture on how we must not attend classes by the force of the attendance rule, how she will give attendance to everyone (though she never really did).

Although I was a little irked with Gullu for his constant bunking, I know I had heaved a sigh of relief when he finally got attendance. I think I worried more about his 90% than he ever did! :)

Going to miss you in class buddy. I am going to miss the one minute when attendance would start and I would hold my breath, worried that you either hadn't turned up or you'd fallen asleep and you'd not answer your attendance. But you'd always answer, unless you'd overslept. And I would find myself breathing again. Sigh.