Hostel Life or Life in a School Hostel Hostel life is a religious and sacred life. A hostel is school-cum-home. It is very conducive to living. The atmosphere is quite congenial for studies and suitable for the qualities of domestic life like co-operation, fellow-feeling and self-managing affairs. If a student takes it seriously, he can develop all qualities of a good citizen. But it is not an unmixed blessing. A student...

My Last Day at School The last day at school comes on the conclusion of the academic year of the 12th class. Before the start of examinations students of this class are given a farewell party by the next lower class. Since such functions are an annual affair, some solemnity attaches to them and students as well as teachers take part in it. My last day at school was marked by...

My First Day at School After about two months of summer vacation our school reopened on 16th of July, 15th of July being the Sunday. I got up early in the morning. I took my breakfast and left for the school. The school was to open at 9 a. m. On the way to school, I met my friends going to school. Everyone looked cheerful. As we reached the school gate,...

My School Library A library is a must for a good school. No school is complete without a library. A well-equipped library is a great asset to a school. It is equally useful for students and teachers both. It helps to develop reading habit. It increases their knowledge. For teachers, too, a school library is of great use We are fortunate to have a good library in our school. Our school...

My School A school is a pious place of learning. It is said to be the temple of Goddess Luxmi. I also think so about my school and I like it very much when I go to my school in the morning. I feel very pleased because the atmosphere there is pleasing. I read in Bal Bharati Public School, Karol Bagh, New Delhi. It is situated near Ganga Ram Hospital on...

Joys of Gliding Gliding is a sport which is catching in rather fast in our country. Yet not many men know how it developed to its present stage. The first stage of gliding began with the towing or catapulting of an extremely light engine less aircraft downhill into the wind so that when it had taken off, it should be supported by an up current. If the current of air was...

Importance of Cycling In France, they call it the “little queen” — the good old two-wheeler without engine, fuel or other contraptions, just the simple bicycle French people are ardent bicycle-lovers and the craze for free-wheeling has caught on very strongly in the last few years. For instance, the National Cycle Day, which was attended by 2,500 people in 1974, collected together 2, 00,000 in 1981. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that...

A Cricket Test Match A cricket Test match is a great draw anywhere in the world. Thousands of men, women and children go to see it with pleasure; and millions more watch it on the television sets. I really do not understand why people are mad after cricket. But there is no doubt that they are indeed mad. If people from the stars come to see a cricket match on the...