Cycle of Cliches
said, one of the girls sitting at the second bench.
“Excited? Why?”
“Ma’am I am new to the college. HS First year. Keen to learn. I think that’s why, ma’am.”
“Keen to learn – That’s a nice way of putting it. Do you think you will feel the same kind of excitement after six months, when you will have already known the teacher for some time?”
“Umm…depends ma’am. If the teacher brings in great stuff every day, maybe I will.”
“Ah now! There’s this condition ‘if the teacher brings good stuff,” Jaanvi beamed. She was getting closer to the point, “and if she brings in the same customary stuff every day?”