Raj Kamal Public School

Out here in Rajendra Nagar, Sahibabad, things stay pretty dusty most of the year. The school is right at Plot Number 90. It is a big enough building, but it always feels like we could use more room for all the stuff we have. In the mornings, the street outside gets completely blocked with rickshaws and parents dropping their kids off. It is a bit of a mess for about twenty minutes. The bell rings at eight, and then things quiet down inside while the noise of the neighborhood continues outside. We have some trees in the yard, but they do not give much shade. The classrooms have high ceilings, which helps a bit when it gets really hot in May. We spend a lot of time just keeping the place clean because the dust from the road comes in through the windows. The desks are a bit old and some have scratches from years of kids sitting there. We do not have a big fancy office. It is just a room with some old cupboards and a couple of desks where we handle the fees and the records. Most of the teachers have been here for a long time, so we all know each other well. Sometimes we stay late to finish up work and the building gets really quiet then. You can hear the trains in the distance sometimes. It is a regular school day for us, nothing more, nothing less.