...In my high school days, I was almost always late...
...because I was interested in so many things on the way...
...I always started from home to reach the school at the right time,
...but I never reached because so much was going on along the way...
-- some magician was doing his tricks, and it was irresistible...
...Just to leave that magician and go to study...
...some stupid teacher talking about geography....
...So I was punished continually, but soon my teachers realized that it was useless to punish me...
...Their first punishment was to tell me to go around the high school building seven times.
...I would ask, "If I go eleven times will it do?"...
...They would say, "Are you mad? This is a punishment."...
...I said, "I know this is a punishment, but I have missed my morning exercise...
...So if I make it my morning exercise, you are not losing anything...
...Your punishment is covered, my morning exercise is complete...
...nobody is losing anything, both are gaining."...
...So they stopped that, because this wouldn't do...
...They would tell me to stand outside the class...
...I said, "That's good, because I love the open air...
...The class is dark and dirty, and outside it is so beautiful...
...And in fact, sitting inside I am always looking outside...
...Who cares what you are teaching?...
-- the birds are singing, the trees are blossoming...
...it is so beautiful outside."...
...The headmaster would come on his round, and every day he would find me standing outside...
...And he would say, "What is the matter?"...
...I said, "Nothing is the matter. I love to stand outside; it is healthier, hygienic...
...And you can see how beautiful it is."...
...But he said, "I will see your teacher. How is it that he allows you to stand outside?"...
...I said, "I don't know, but he tells me himself, every day,
...`Stand outside.' ...
...So now I don't even ask him.
...It has become a routine, so I simply come and stand here."...
...He asked the teacher. The teacher said, "It must have been thirty days ago! ...
...I told him only once to stand outside...
-- since then he has not entered the class...
... I was thinking it was a punishment, and he is enjoying it...
...Not only that, he is spreading the rumor among the students that it is hygienic, it is healthy...
...And they are asking me,
...`Sir, can we also stand outside?'...
...Then what am I to do here? ...
...Then I will also go and stand outside."...
...It is a question of how you take things...
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