The document is about the last class of a history session during the COVID-19 pandemic. The professor is rushed to complete the syllabus. One student, Yaw, repeatedly asks if there will be class tomorrow, which is strange since it is supposed to be the last class. During class, they discuss Nazism and Fascism but get interrupted. Many people from Yajum's colony were taken to a quarantine "Center" and none have returned. At the end of class, the students take pictures of the lesson notes to study for the upcoming online exam. Yaw asks again if there will be class tomorrow, and is told no more classes are scheduled. The document leaves off with open-ended questions about whether
The document is about the last class of a history session during the COVID-19 pandemic. The professor is rushed to complete the syllabus. One student, Yaw, repeatedly asks if there will be class tomorrow, which is strange since it is supposed to be the last class. During class, they discuss Nazism and Fascism but get interrupted. Many people from Yajum's colony were taken to a quarantine "Center" and none have returned. At the end of class, the students take pictures of the lesson notes to study for the upcoming online exam. Yaw asks again if there will be class tomorrow, and is told no more classes are scheduled. The document leaves off with open-ended questions about whether
The document is about the last class of a history session during the COVID-19 pandemic. The professor is rushed to complete the syllabus. One student, Yaw, repeatedly asks if there will be class tomorrow, which is strange since it is supposed to be the last class. During class, they discuss Nazism and Fascism but get interrupted. Many people from Yajum's colony were taken to a quarantine "Center" and none have returned. At the end of class, the students take pictures of the lesson notes to study for the upcoming online exam. Yaw asks again if there will be class tomorrow, and is told no more classes are scheduled. The document leaves off with open-ended questions about whether
history professor was quite tired and tensed . She seemed to be in hurry . After all , she has to complete the syllabus . After all , it was the only class she had .
Composing herself , she entered the
class and started teaching. The topic was " Nazism and Fascism " . The class started at 9:30 A.M. Everyone was tensed . Though the no of students were less , the prevailing atmosphere of uneasiness was quite rampant on their face .
One face , however, was more tensed
than other . Yaw had been behaving eerily for quite some time. Yesterday , she asked me , " Will there be class tomorrow ?" . I told her ,"Yes !"
She asked me the same question
today . She had asked me the same question for 5th time and she asked it on the day before yesterday . How strange ! Who wants to come to class ? What's so exciting about it ? Isn't it boring ?
Anyhow , we concentrated on class .
Damn ! This pandemic has forced everyone to sit so far and apart from each other. I can't even gossip with Ruja and Yajum about the latest news . Oh my bad ! How badly I wanted to tell them about the snitching scandal of the college .
Yajum was absent today , by the way
. I heard that they had taken many people in her colony to the "Centre" . Oh how much I dreaded that place ! No one who went there came back .God knows what goes on there !
Well , the class was going on . I felt
such an urge to go back . Somehow, the history teacher managed to complete the "Nazism and Fascism" . The World War 2 was remaining . Damn the history! Why can't they just mind their own business and keep quiet? We have to read so much of damn thing . Luckily, it's online exam these time .
"Shall I continue or shall you come
tomorrow ? I have to go through the World War 2 also and I don't know what to do . I will come to college if you come . What you say ? Or shall I just give you notes ? Online class ?" asked the history teacher.
" Ma'am, let's click the pictures of the
portions and make a pdf of it . We can share that and will read from it . After all, it's online exam . " I suggested .
" Ok then ! Click the picture and
make a pdf and share it . With this , I guess our history syllabus is complete ." said the history teacher with relief .
We clicked the pictures. Ah ! My legs
got numb . Some I clicked, some Ruja . Yajum was not there . We posted the pdfs in group and thus the class ended .
Then suddenly , I felt the urge of
having a group picture . After all , it's the last class of the semester .
Benches arranged and pictures
clicked . Everyone was ready to go back . Back form where they came from .
" Will there be class tomorrow ?"
asked again Yaw . Stupid Yaw ! Why so bothered with class ?
" There won't be any classes, you
Dumbo . This was our last . From next month , we will be having classes off ." I told her .
" Ok ok " said Yaw .
But then again I asked myself . " Will
there be any classes ? Not tomorrow but ever ? Will Yajum and others come back from the "Centre " ? Will there be any more classes ?" With the questions in my mind , we headed towards the canteen ,to have some chit chat and fun for the last time . Who knows , will there be any classes ever ?