Friday, August 14, 2009

School Experience

In our school, every teacher had a nickname. We did not know who gave that nickname and also why that name was given.

I can remember one funny incident. I was in a school upto my 5th grade. I transferred to a new school for my 6th grade. At that age, I was very innocent. My cousin, who was 2 years senior to me, was already in that school. The day before going to the new school for the first time, I asked my cousin who is going to be my class teacher. He said my class teacher is “mullangi” (radish) (mooli).

So I go to the new school next morning. I was looking through each classroom to find out which one is mine. One teacher came out of a classroom and we had the following conversation:

Teacher: Pudusa? (Are you new?)

Me: Amam (Yes)

Teacher: Endha grade (Which grade?)

Me: 6th grade

Teacher: Endha section (Which section?)

Me: Theriyaadhu (I don’t know)

Teacher: Yaar vaadhyaar? (Who is your teacher?)

Me: Theriyaadhu. Aanal avar peyar mullangi (I don’t know. But his name is mullangi)

Teacher: Naandhaan andha mullangi. Ulla vaa (I am that mullangi. Come inside the class)

After a week or so, he gave me a big lecture on calling teachers by their funny nicknames.
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25 comments:

  1. UshaAugust 14, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    LOL...That was funny..you must have had "great" primary school memories then..

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  2. anamikaAugust 14, 2009 at 11:07 PM

    That was hilarious ...This is what make every one adore kids.

    Thanks for dropping in my blog.

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  3. Pesto SauceAugust 15, 2009 at 12:20 AM

    I had a wide teacher nick named 'chauda'. He had a special wide chair in class only for him

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  4. InsigniaAugust 15, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    Hahahahaha..Hilarious. That was so innocent and loved the way your teacher handled it.

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  5. NRAugust 15, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    hahaha...funny, its all thanks to all seniors of our school that very religiously passed on the tradition, n so did we...lol!! We had a teacher called "MONU" lol, wonder why he was called that but was a funny man.

    u reminded me of my schooldays...n a smile on my face too...lol!!
    tc

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  6. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:08 AM

    Thanks for your comments Usha. And, welcome to my blog. School days are the best days.

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  7. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:09 AM

    Thanks for your comments Anamika. And,welcome to my blog. At that age, we are so innocent.

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  8. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    Thanks for your comments Pesto Sauce. And, welcome to my blog. I love your blog name. Did you read my previous blog, Pizza vs Pizza.?

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  9. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:12 AM

    Thanks for your comments Insignia. Yes, the teacher handled the situation very well.

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  10. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    Thanks for your comments. We do learn from our elders (seniors).

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  11. Varsha ShroteAugust 15, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Hehe! Hilarious! Poor mullanghi! But he handled the situation(and u too) very well, didn't he? Seniors are like that, they pass on some useful and some not-so-useful info...but eventually there is a great bond between juniors and seniors, esp in college! Keep writing and entertaining us:)
    We had a "CHAVANNI(25 paise)" and a "RAVAN" in our school;)

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  12. TitaxyAugust 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    rofl...

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  13. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:54 AM

    Thanks for your comments Varsha. I appreciate it. These nicknames are funny most of the time. Sometimes, it is cruel. We had another teacher. One of his leg was handicapped. We used to call him "wheel bend". Later I felt sorry.

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  14. SGAugust 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Thanks for your comments Titaxy. Some of the things we did and said at that age....rofl.

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  15. AparnaAugust 16, 2009 at 5:05 AM

    Hahahaha, that was so funny. I can almost picture the scene in my mind.
    But I must say your teacher handled it really well!

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  16. SGAugust 16, 2009 at 6:51 AM

    Thanks for your comments Aparna. My teacher handled it very well.

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  17. NehaAugust 16, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    haha, that was one hilarious thing..nice post..

    and SG, you know, my firm's name is SG Legal Solutions :)

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  18. SGAugust 16, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Thanks for your comments Neha.

    Can you represent me in dealing with SG Legal Solutions on a trademark issue? ha ha ha. Just kidding.

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  19. Who Posted This?August 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    I can't believe it, you still remember that incident after all these years.
    And by the way...that's "Mr. Mullangi" to you!
    Remember, you're still not too old for me to pull you by the ears!!

    Regards,
    Your 6th grade teacher

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  20. SGAugust 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Thank you for your comments Mr. Mullangi. I would love to be pulled by my ears by you any time any day. With best regards.

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  21. AnonymousAugust 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    ROFL :D Hilarious :) N that teacher ws so cool! Cheers!

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  22. SandhyaAugust 17, 2009 at 12:48 AM

    Hello, this is a nice post! Mullangi teacher is so broad minded and you still remember that incident? Nice. Write more!

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  23. SGAugust 17, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    Thanks for your comments thesongoflife. And, welcome to my blog. The teacher was very cool

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  24. SGAugust 17, 2009 at 6:56 AM

    Thanks for your comments Sandhya. And, welcome to my blog. He was very broad minded.

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  25. NRIGirlOctober 4, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    Ok, now that makes my day...

    Thank you SG!

    ~ NRIGirl

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