Illusion of Words

Lab Torture

Probably when you see ‘Lab Torture’, your first thought may be dissecting poor little animals, or anything, as humans are indeed capable of thinking about everything.

Anyway, the torture here refers to the torture of students, including me. Our class was ‘kicked away’ from our classroom, because the senior 3 students had to have their trial exam. And of all places, we were sent to the physics lab, which had just undergone a renovation.

The number of students in my class is overwhelming. 54 kids can definitely wipe out a poor teacher. And because we were too big a number, the only place left for us to go was the physics lab. This morning when I arrived at school, the class monitor was struggling with the keys to the lab. A group of classmates stood outside, obviously not very happy.

All the more reason to be upset when we stepped in and found the ground covered with brown sawdust and the room stuffy. One boy broke a glass pane when trying to open the window, which was very unfortunate.

For the rest of the day, we suffered. The ventilation was horrible, everyone was so hot and sweaty, the sun happened to be in a ‘hot mood’, and the fans just weren’t enough to keep us happy. Worse of all, the stools. Those tall wooden stools that literally tortures your butt. Sitting on it for a long period of time is unbearable. Standing up was such a relief.

The teachers too understood our pain. But what can be done? If it had been just one day, great! But the problem is, we’d be here till next Wednesday! How long can we survive? May the Lord have mercy on us.

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