Mass drill used to be conducted in the ground and all classes will gather with a band master and a leader showing the steps of the drill every time. Before doing this drill, all the PTs will try to adjust the rows of their respective classes. As usual Balaraman/Seetharam were there present in the mass drill and when PSR was adjusting the rows of his class boys, he could not communicate with his voice and there used to be through the sign he will be understood by the boys to move on the left and right to make a uniform line. In the process when PSR was waving his hand on the right side to adjust the line, Balaraman understood the sign as if PSR tells him to go out of the line and go home. Balaraman slowly came out of the row and by virtue of his being at the end, there was no possibility of PSR seeing him slipping out of the row. In the end, Balaraman escaped the drill and went home. When practical attendance was taken, PSR found that Balaraman though was there at the time of the beginning of the drill, he was missing at the time of taking stock of the situation. As usual there used to be an Ettappan in every class and somehow, the information of Balaraman escaping the drill to reach home was put in the ears of PSR. Next day, first thing, before the class started, there was a call from Head Master's room for Balaraman. Balaraman to his surprise found PSR was present at the HM's room and started shouting at Balaraman for showing indiscipline to the mass drill and had to harshly treat Balaraman, with the permission of the HM, to make him stand on the scorching Sun for 2 hrs. When the punishment was over, Balaraman slowly approached PSR and told him the circumstances under which he escaped the drill as he mistook the sign of PSR as asking him to go out of the row. PSR then laughed and said that Balaraman was so shrewed in misinterpreting the sign to his favour.
Kannan Sir was known for his soft nature and a very sobre type of teacher. He normally never gets angry. He used take mathematics classes for VIII Std. where Balaraman/Seetharaman used to sit together. There was a problem which Kannan Sir gave to find out if in a day so many hours if persons work they require about 16 persons and if it is going to be an increased hours of work in a day, how many persons would be required. The maths requires to work out with keeping X as the value to find out. After giving sufficient time of say 10 mts. Kannan Sir came to Balaraman and asked him as to what was the answer that derived. Immediately the wise student said "Sir, I got the anser as 18-1/2" Kannan Sir asked him how could it be the men required be 18 - 1/2 ? Balaraman's presence of mind worked to answer that 1/2 represents the "chiththal" meaning half the full man hours. Kannan Sir's anger knew no bounds and he slapped Balaraman on his cheek and said how could be in a man hours you get 1/2 man and that Balaraman should be very careful in doing maths to the correctness and silly mistakes like this will not be tolerated. A great laught in the class submerged with Kannan Sir's angry look.
.......to be continued
15/09/2009
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