STAND ON THE BENCH

Well, one may conceive it as an old fashioned cliche we often hear,in particular, from our school teachers . Not always. Here is an account of ten clowns on bench in an Engg. graphics class.

To begin with, the master is a vintage worn typical old man in Safari , wizard in the field and a lizard when pecking students is the order. On any given day , a class of his hardly passes by without him hurling his characteristic lingo-scattered bashing sentences which mostly ends with the word 'only'.

The noble event transpired on that fateful day. He went on with his artistic work for half an hour peacefully . On the hindsight, its the time before the inundation. Chat busting in the class steadily peaked as is his blood pressure. His patience melted down and the ones in the last benches are his usual prey. Without opting for a straight forward bash , he decided to hammer on from gear one.

Sir: 'Last bench last person , stand up'

He posed a question on projection of lines (front view,rear view etc etc)

victim1: blinked with a blank face.

Sir: 'Second person, stand up'.

victim2: An attempt made to answer but in vain.

Sir: naaxt.

victim3:Its me. Goofed up big time in the attempt.

Sir: Intervened in the middle of my erratic answer and pointed towards the next person.

victim4:Stood fearlessly uttering a few words(he is well known for his merry-go-round persona )

Sir: A look at him and he pointed the next one.

victim5:no sir. (pretty naive)

Sir: Now the question passes to last person of other row.

From here the routine took a lighter note . The boys were less shyful and gave up easily.

victims 6,7,8,9,10 stood up in no time.

Then the question was answered by a friend who is best equipped in the whole class. Thank god .

He is the 11th one in the series. The rest of the class survived.

Sir: Came to us and ordered STAND ON THE BENCH.

victims1-10: puzzled looks and wry smiles.

Sir: STAND UP U FOOLS. U ARE ALL FOOLS OF S-11 ONLY .......his vernacular dig for
some time.

we were reluctant and he is equally resoluted to see us aloft. No way out. One by one got up.

victim8: Sir, ceiling fan may come on my way. (he is lanky )

Sir: Switch off that fan.

The solution for the exaggerated proposition.

Now, every one except victim 5 stood on bench. He is seriously looking into the book without giving a damn to his surroundings. In came a awakening thunderbolt from the old lion and he is on the bench in a flash.

Sir: I promise ,u all will beg on the streets only......second round .

After giving us another dose he cooled off and turned to the green board to draw a figure.
Big time for victim 4 to play a prank. As if its not enough standing on the bench, he scaled one step higher and stood on the writing desk. He then turned around , bent slightly and quivered his hips.

A slightest hint of the happenings at the back of the sir, am sure, the victim would have died. Though the honeymoon on the bench lasted for only ten minutes, it was like a night mare in the present tense and a fond one to delve on in the past tense.