My dear Ravi
It is quite a long time since I wrote to you and this was because, I was busy with the examinations after our Puja holidays.
Now I am writing to you to describe the scene in our school for the last ten days. On the 21st of November, the Inspector of Schools visited our school. Oh! What a relief it is to see the school through that painful exercise. For the last ten days each class teacher and each child of the school was busy in a cleaning campaign, and updating our work. In this work we and the teachers have been ever so busy that, we do not know how and when time passed by. All the classes had to be given a new look to welcome the Inspector.
There in the office also, we could see all the clerks and other staff members busy making their records upto date. Even the Principal looked tired and upset all the time. We had to decorate the office, the classroom, the verandahs and all, for the visit. The umpteen numbers of charts and Projects made to be displayed on that day were just uncountable. It seems as though we were all on tenterhooks for the last full ten days. After a long wait and long hours of hard work, finally, the D-day came on the 21st November. Now we were all beautifully and neatly clad in our school uniforms, each one looking smarter than the other. The teachers and the children were all in time, and fhe Principal came to the Assembly and told us to be quiet in class, working in class and answering in class. She told us that, when the Inspector would come we should wish him all together, and answer the questions he asks without any hesitation. The child asked the question should be the only one to answer and the rest of the class should be quiet. With all these instructions we went to our respective classes. Now the time of the wait was tiring our nerves. This wait came to rest when we were told that, the Inspector would come to classes only after the break as, he will be busy in the office before that. Hearing this, our tense nerves were relaxed and now we waited for the break.
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As expected, after the break, our class being the senior most, the Inspector came to our class first. He asked us many questions in all the subjects, and thanks our stars all went well, and we were able to answer all his questions without waiting or prompting. He appeared to be quite satisfied with our performance. After asking us several questions, he also asked our teacher a number of questions regarding the school and us, and then walked out of the class, to attend to the other classes. He went to all the classes in order of seniority. Oh! The day went off and we were all relieved after the ordeal. The next day, our Principal came to the Assembly to inform us that the Inspector had gone off very satisfied with us and so, she was also happy.
Ravi, the thing I have understood from this visit is that, no matter how honest and good our work may be, time and again there must be a sort of a check from some authority above. It gives a boost to the workers, no matter who they may be.
All else is fine at our end. Convey my regards to elders. Do write back.
With love
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Yours affectionately