Arpan sir’s class

I was late for my first ever class with Mr. Arpan Shrestha, our guest teacher on English language. It was the joy of writing that made me take his class. It was an early morning start, at least for me who wakes up at half past eight in the morning. As I entered the class room I could see Medha, calm and poised as always on the first bench. Swadesh and Niraj were attentive as ever on the second. I sat beside Medha without wasting much time as I was already a bit nervous for interrupting the new master. “You have to write two paragraphs on any topic”, said Medha. As I started to jot down my words, I never realized I had written a blog instead of an article. But soon I was to know from the new master who seemed assertive.

As we learned more about arranging information on an article, I thought why couldn’t the Origin members come up with the idea of organizing such classes on writing tips earlier. The new master was critical about some of the writings of my classmates. He was emphasizing more on objective writing rather than subjective. He said, “…you cannot write your own opinions when writing on a topic…” I couldn’t disagree. Some of my classmates left the class when the class was far from over. This seemed to annoy him. By that time I was confident that he means business. It was a welcome change for me who am jaded of teachers who do not seem to take their jobs seriously. We moved on with discussions on the mistakes that we had made while writing the couple of paragraphs at the start of the class. The discussions ended and I thought the class was over. Contrary to my thought, Mr. Shrestha made us write a paragraph each on what we had learnt on that day’s class. Reluctantly, I took out my pen and note book that I had already kept in my bag to do the task. We wrote it and got it reviewed by him. The class was over.