High School Chronicle: First Mark in Trigonometry

I was studying in government high school in grade eight. It just came out in my mind that I should join boarding school. I just shared my desire with my mom.  'Daamlo badhna mann lagyo?!' She said, 'you are doing well in government school, so….'  'Well mom, I wanna do more.' I replied immediately. She then readily accepted. Dad also encouraged me to do more. School's principal was asked about my entry in that boarding school. I was ready for entrance test and was waiting in admin office. When principal knew that I was the first boy in government school, he just accepted me in same grade though I was prepared for grade seven. I even needed not appear in the entrance test.

Everybody was looking at me. Some talked to me some were yet to talk. Since I was new, every teacher asked my introduction. All the regular students were in their own flock and I was with my high school friend who also admitted just one month before I did. People did not accept me easily and I adjusted my sit with girls. It was not ease to sit with girls because I was shy and naïve one. But girls readily welcomed me.

Since I was there after 3 months of educational year, all the courses were far from me. All the subjects I was following but trigonometry. It was out of my understanding. Teacher was teaching but I was unable to say I did not understand. Sin, cos, cosec, sec, tan and cot- their formulation, I was not able to get a single idea about. Finally Unit test came. I tried to cram all the formulae before test. I was sweating and getting headache going through those formulae and calculation. I attended trigonometry test, I could not do anything. I could not apply any trigonometric formula since I had not understood how to apply them but I tried to apply some algebraic formula where it was possible otherwise nothing had been attempted. Result! I got zero mark. The teacher asked me what the reason was. I could not say anything. After class, I found some friends who were really weak in this subject. We joined the tuition class of our teacher. After completion of one month tuition class, I appeared in half yearly exam and I performed well in all subjects including trigonometry securing second position in class. Furthermore, I secured hundred percent mark in Trigonometry. Everybody was surprised. Thereafter I quitted the tuition class.

After this exam, people accepted me and welcomed in their community and I needed not to sit with girls. Though it was great relief for me but I really appreciated girls' supportive role during sitting with them.

Dedicated to grade eight classmates of Arjun Boarding High School:

Tamrajung Basnet, Laxmi Gharti, Laila KC, Rama Thapa, Bishnu Basnet, Baburam Panthi, Laxman Bhushal, Narendra Shrestha, Mohan Panthi, Krishna Regmi, Kedar Pandey, Sunil Marasini, Subas Shrestha, Arun Bhushal, Suraj Pandey, Bashanti Gharti and Bhagwati Subedi