Survived the ‘School’ phase, exactly what have you been back in those days?

Yep I admit, sometimes it takes few drinks and a lonely evening to have you enough dizzy to watch Glee. Interestingly the yesterday’s episode of Glee – Season 3 (Yes, In India we watch stuff that the world has already watched, talked and long forgotten about) reminded of a small trip to my past where I happened to pull up my white nickers and matching shirt parading myself off to school. As these Glee characters graduated from school, ready to take the next step, it got me to thinking about my school life; what I had predicted and where have I landed.

School; the first step of basic education has power to change us, make us, break us; how competitions for exams, contests, to be teacher’s pets or to be popular were so important then and now they are insignificant even to sit and ponder.

Hence the Big Question: “So how much has your school life contributed in making you what you are now?”

Of course, it outlines your personality by providing you a platform to embrace your skill set; be it academically inclined or extracurricular. But what if you’re a misfit? You are neither back bench-er nor frontbencher; you don’t belong to any club. Is this Position of your’s in a classroom defining your position in life?

 A simple search on Google will show that from JK Rowling to Lady Gaga had difficulty fitting in and were occasionally bullied for that reason. Don’t be surprised if you start wondering that it’s a trend now to admit you were an oddball in school; if you become famous later, because all of these celebrities are drop-dead-gorgeous and/or immensely talented; so obviously destined to succeed eventually. In fact, some people believe that if you have taken crap from your classmates and teachers, you won’t find it difficult to handle what life throws at you, thereby getting first your step towards success.

That does not mean if you are high school hero, you’ll inevitably end up becoming a future zero. People like Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Aishwarya Rai and the like were very much involved in school and continued to do that in their respective fields. So this just proves that if you’ve got the survivor skills, your position in school does not define you.

But you know what? School is not just about that. You enjoy many first time experiences. Growing up; your first crush (a teacher for many of us), your first love (for more romantically forward of us), it all starts in school. And if you were not in this, then you must have enjoyed gossiping, exchanging glances and smiles with others like you, while rolling your eyes at these romantic fools.

I don’t know how much has changed for today’s tech forward school kids; whether they hang out after schools or run home to play video games, facebook and/or tweet; whether they enjoy classroom debates and games or are just busy with their mobile phones under the desk.

Anyways, however you have spent your school days or they are doing now, you can’t deny that this extended temporary family of yours, with which you spent your childhood and some majority teenage years plays a significant role in developing your personality.