Pachgaon Higher Secondery School

Our place, Pachgaon Higher Secondery School, is tucked into No 55 D on 4th Cross Street. It is a quiet enough spot in Maharaja Nagar, right here in Tirunelveli. Most days start with the sound of the gate creaking open early in the morning before the sun gets too high and hot. The building has been here for some time now and you can tell by the way the paint looks near the windows. People know us just as the school on the corner where the kids gather around the front steps. There isn’t much to say about the architecture, it is just a solid building with classrooms that get plenty of breeze when the windows are propped open with sticks or old books. We spend a lot of time cleaning the dust off the benches because the wind blows it in from the street. The 627011 zip code area gets pretty busy during the drop-off times, but otherwise, it is just a normal street with a few houses and some trees casting shadows on the walls. We have the usual blackboards and wooden desks that have seen better days. It is mostly just about getting through the lessons and making sure the water cooler is filled up for the afternoon break. Sometimes the neighbors complain about the noise during recess, but that is just how it goes with a school nearby. We just keep things running the way we usually do every day. It's a living.