Part of the convocation ceremony that evening involved me in handing over certificates to a class full of children and no matter how they were trained by the teachers in the green room, when they walked on stage all of them did what they wanted.
Some of them strolled on to the stage looking at the audience and perhaps hunting for their parents…
Some stood still in front of the stage and smiled…
Some stretched their hands and wanted to grab the certificate from my hands…
And some, after getting the certificate were least interested in smiling into the camera for a picture…
Only one kid walked on stage and spread his arms to be hugged and carried by me and another very reluctantly allowed me to kiss her cheek.
A psychiatrist once said that grownups think they understand children but if really look deep into the children’s mind they will never recognize themselves!!
(to be continued)
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