Vellalar Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Thindal is a busy part of Erode, and our school is right there in the middle of it. It’s a large campus with several blocks for different grades. You can hear the traffic from the main road, but once you get inside the gates, it feels a bit more organized. We have many students, so the mornings are always a bit chaotic with vans and cycles everywhere. The teachers spend most of their time moving between classes or sitting in the staff room grading papers. It’s a lot of paper work. We have a playground where the physical education masters take the classes. It gets dusty when the wind blows. The building is painted a light color, and we try to keep it clean, but with thousands of feet walking through every day, the floors need constant sweeping. Students here come from all over Erode, not just Thindal. They spend a good chunk of their lives inside these walls. During lunch, the smell of sambar and rice fills the air as everyone opens their tiffins. We don't go in for much show. The benches are old but solid, and the labs have the equipment needed for the science practicals. It is just a regular school doing its work. We have been around for quite some time, so now we are seeing the children of our old students coming in. It makes the place feel like home.