My Toppers

My Toppers is up on the 3rd floor of Atp Towers, right above the Idbi Bank on Ram Nagar By Pass Road. It is quite a climb if the lift is being slow, which happens more often than you would think. We have got classrooms set up with those basic plastic chairs and whiteboards that always seem to have a faint stain from the last lesson. Students come in and out all day, especially in the evenings after their regular school is over. It gets a bit loud in the hallways during the breaks when everyone is talking at once. We spend a lot of time grading papers and trying to make sure there is enough chalk or markers for the next day. The view from the third floor is just the busy road and all the traffic going by. It is a practical space, nothing fancy about the walls or the lighting. We just focus on the books and the lessons. Sometimes we stay late to help someone who is stuck on a math problem or some science stuff. The building gets quiet at night once the bank downstairs closes. We usually just lock up and head home tired. It is hard work but it is what we do here in Ram Nagar. There is always a stack of notebooks on my desk waiting to be checked. We have been in this building for a long time now and it feels like home.