Yaadein.. my memories to cherish!! (part I)

Hi friends... here's my first posting... about one incident for which I must have laughed at myself countless no. of times by now!!

This is such a cherished memory in my life... that I am making this my first post in my blog!!

I was in my 2nd standard when this happened...
I was busy in making the class room very noisy, of course along with all my other friends, when Ms M.Shakunthala entered the class with a bunch of green coloured cards which eventually put a red light to my noise. They were our Report cards or what you call the "Progress cards" for our quarterly exams!!!

I don't really remember who was the first ranker then... it must be Vijay, I'm not sure. But I remember only two boys failing... one, Mr.X and two... hahaha... none other than yours truly!! :))
Yeah... I failed in English, not by a whisker but by a few miles!! To be precise, I scored 11 out of 100...!!! I don't really remember how I gave the exam, but I remember the eleven, underlined with a red ink pen, in my report card...
And that was not the end of it... Shakuntala madam was very popular for the way she punishes... And I'm the one, along with my friend X, to share the limelight in that "moment of glory"!! She hanged a placard around our necks. I don't know in which subject X has failed... but my placard read " I FAILED IN ENGLISH... I'M A DONKEY". She made both of us go into each class in that corridor and made people (of course, other kids...) mock at us... So shyless creature I was, that I didn't even realize then that it was the time when I have to feel ashamed... instead, I was enjoying all the attention I was getting!! And that puzzled our teacher even more!! ;-)

But the real tough time came when I had to ask my dad to sign the report card that evening!! My elder brother, who got a high grade in his class, just managed to satisfy my dad to sign his report card.. When my turn came, my dad's face went colorless!! I can't help rolling over laughter whenever I think of my dad's expression then!!Actually he felt shameful to sign under Shankuntala teacher's remarks, which said, "Very poor. Hopeless performance"!! And once my brother told my dad all that had happened in the school that morning, he threw the card and told me that he was not going to sign that... it was the only time ever in my school life when my mom signed my report card!! :)) I love you mom!! :))

And the irony is, I was thinking to myself... "Why are all these people making a big mess of it?? Infact, I did quite well to reach 11 !!!" hahahaha......

PS: I was the topper of our school in Xclass, creating a new record by aggregating 93% while my friend successfully failed to pass the exams!! [Hey.. don't conclude that I'm being rude to him.. coz he's now a leading businessman in his own proffession, all b'coz his dad didn't encourage his further studies!! :-) ] And Shakuntala madam's kiss on my forehead after the results is something I can't forget ever... Thank you ma'm!!