Get ready, we will get late my little sister, we will miss the bus. My teacher is a monster.”
“ok, let us go. Your friend is all praise for the teacher.”
“She is not my friend, she is the teacher’s flunky.”
The bus arrives.
“Hey come sit here.Not you but your sister!” Laughter and snickering from others.
“Keeping fast?”
“No not me. I got up late and missed the Suhoor, (pre dawn meal).”
“Have you eaten anything so far?”
“No, but I have my lunch meal in the box.”
“You can still fast. Do not touch your lunch box.”
“Ok. My mom may not like it. She says I am too thin and weak, I should wait for another year so that I gain weight and then fast. But I want to fast.”
“You will be 16. A bit late then .”
“Hey what are you both talking about?”
They looked behind.
“Nothing that will interest you! It is about fasting.”
“Ramadan Kareem, I am fasting.”
“Ramadan Kareem, Subhan Allah.”
The bus stops. Students hurrying towards their classes.
Kinder Garden class
“Ok Children, let us all stand up and I will recite our prayers. Repeat it in loud voice.”
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all worlds.
The Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Master of the Day of Judgment.
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
Guide us to the straight path—
The path of those You have blessed,
Not of those who earned Your anger nor of those who went astray.”
“She did not recite. Will she go to hell?”
“Why did you not recite the prayers?”
“I do not understand it.”
“Fine after the class, we will sit together and I will try to explain it you.”
“Will she go to hell.”
“No! She will recite it very loudly after our meeting.”
Grade 5
“We have gone through the basic geographical aspects of our country and learnt about its land mass,rivers,plants,animals and so on. Let us find out how much you have absorbed. I am going to ask a few simple questions for you to answer. Ok, my first question is name the famous animals that we have?”
“Sir, Asiatic cheetah & the Persian leopard.”
“That is correct. Anyone, any more?”
“The Persian fallow deer and the Persian Anager.”
“That about sums it! Now the famous plants?”
“ The pomegranate, Persian lily, oak, pistachio, and date palm.”
“Excellent. Let us proceed further now.”
Grade 9
“Yesterday we learnt about the Achaemenid Empire which was the first and one of the greatest Persian empires, known for its large territory, strong administration, and cultural tolerance. I have a few questions that may revive your memories. Who was the ruler of this Empire and why is he famous?”
“Sir, he was Cyrus the Great, he founded The empire and as the Persian king he united different tribes and conquered many lands.”
“Good, which present day countries were part of this Empire?”
“At its height, the empire stretched across three continents, including parts of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Iraq.”
“Agree, anyone anymore countries?”
“Yes sir, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Greece and Central Asia.”
“Good, let us now proceed with the arrival and spread of Islam in our country.”
Grade 12
“You have to concentrate and prepare in mathematics, especially for Konkur (the university entrance exam. I am going to give you a few questions in various topics. Please solve these yourself and submit them tomorrow. The questions are as follows:
1. Let f(x) = 2x^3 – 3x + 1.
a. Find f(2).
b)Determine whether the function is
Increasing or decreasing when x = 1.
2. Solve this equation
2\sin x = 1
3. lim_{x \to 2} (3x^2 – 4x + 1)
4. Find the derivative of
f(x) = x^3 – 5x^2 + 4x
5. A box contains 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. One ball is chosen randomly. What is the probability that the ball is red?
The students were busy and the teachers engaged when all of a sudden without any warning a huge bomb dropped on the school building.
Over 175 children of various ages were killed and many more wounded.
Different voices of pain, grief and shock filled the school premises.
“Every bomb that falls on innocent people shatters not only buildings, but the conscience of humanity.”
Mine remains shattered!
May their souls rest in peace!
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