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Footprints 24
Anweshana - Alumni View
I joined Anweshana when I was 2
years old for pre-primary
environment. I studied in the old
campus which was in HRBR layout
and which us currently vision PU
college now. Anweshana is always
different from any other schools
I've been to in my life. I learnt a
lot of things in Anweshana. I learnt
my manners, how to respect
people, how to accept them in the
way they are, I learnt the ethics
and a lot more. For anyone in their
life the base always has to be
strong and for me Anweshana
made it strong. Anweshana was
always my 2nd home. All the
teacher were like my parents. The
whole time I was studying in
Anweshana all of us has to call our
teachers aunty and uncle and the
non-teaching staff was called as
Akka and Anna. I still call all my
teachers at Anweshana aunty and
uncle itself.
I don't really remember having any
text books for our subjects expect
English which was called
Gulmohar. We worked out stuff
only with materials physically. It
was always fun. We had to
complete with our friends when we
had to work with any materials. I
learnt my basics like this. Not just
me but most of the students did.
Our classrooms were named as
flower names. Each class had
different flower name. We were
never separated grade wise. We
were all together at all times.
We moved on from HRBR layout to
Hennur campus which is next to
Bharathi aunty's house. It was
such a beautiful campus filled with
greenery. I never used to miss
school. I loved going to school.
My class was of two grades.
Though they were my juniors they
studied with us. Talking about
friends in Anweshana, they were
the best. Whatever happened we
all stood beside each other at all
times. The bonds, friendship,
memories can never be changed.
All students in Anweshana loved
the trips that we went. We have
been to so many places and every
place that we visited to, all of us
have made amazing memories that
can be cherished throughout our
life. I loved my classmates and I
still do. I enjoyed every minute
that I stayed in Anweshana.
After 5th grade because of reasons
I had to shift my school. At the
beginning I was very scared
because I didn't know what exams
were and I had to write an
entrance exam. I wrote my first
exam and my parents were called
by the principal. I had 2 papers
(maths & English). I did my maths
paper very good but English was
bad for me because major paper
was of essays and I didn't know
what essays were. Finally I got
into that school. I walked up to my
principal asking whether I should
call her ma'am or aunty. She
laughed and she asked me to call
her ma'am. Since that day I
started Calling my teachers ma'am
and sir.
In the beginning of school it was
very difficult for me to get
adjusted to the ambience and the
people around me. Though all my
classmates were very sweet to me
I always had that fear if they
would accept me the way I am. I
stayed away from them for a year.
I used to get scared of exams
because it was all very new to me.
I didn't know how to prepare for
the exam. Teachers suggested me
to read daily whatever has been
taught for that day. It was very
difficult for me to get used to that.
But as days passed I got used to
the way they teach, text books,
exams etc. Also people started
accepting me the way I was and
that's when my journey started off
in that school. It went amazing till
I passed out.
When I was in Anweshana, I
always wanted to see how other
schools looked, taught and were
with students and only when I
changed from Anweshana I got to
know how other schools work. I
learnt a lot from that school also.
Again how Anweshana works is
completely different from other
schools as far as I have seen.
Today I stand here studying my B
Com at Mount Carmel College
Bangalore. Every time someone
talks about Anweshana I proudly
tell that I'm a student from
Anweshana.
-Vidisha Reddy A , Batch 2001
The best thing you can do for your kids is to stop doing so much for them. - Brooke Hampton