Rose Bud Academy

You can find us on 1st Street in Utchaya, over in the Thirunagar area of Madurai. It’s a quiet street for the most part, except when the academy is starting or finishing for the day. We have a modest building here where we hold our classes. It’s not a huge institution, just a local academy serving the families in this part of Madurai. The rooms are filled with desks and we have a small area outside. The sun can be quite strong here, so we try to keep the rooms as cool as possible with the fans. Most of the kids who come here live just a few streets away. They usually walk or their parents drop them off on scooters. We have a simple routine that we follow every day. It’s about the lessons and making sure everyone is keeping up with their work. We don’t have many frills or fancy gadgets, just the books and the teachers. It’s a friendly enough place, and we know most of the people who walk past our gate. We’ve been part of the Thirunagar neighborhood for some time now. It’s just a regular school day for us, with all the usual noise and activity that comes with having a bunch of students in one place. Sometimes the neighbor’s dog barks during the lessons, but we just ignore it and keep on going with our work. The bell we use is an old manual one.