Room to Grow

The other day our school (Sri Mayapura International School) expanded into the new building. The initial building was getting a bit crowded. It is so much easier to teach when the students are not crowded together. The first building has a total of 9 rooms on the three floors. The new building is a facsimile of the original building minus the top two floors. The top two tow floors will be added as funds are available.

The view from the new building is quite spectacular. One can see sugar cane fields followed by a field of sunflowers in full bloom, and in the distance flows the sacred Jalangi River. When I think about the high school that I went to I remember a sharp contrast to this environment. At my old high school there was not even one window in the entire complex! Even if there were windows all that we would be able to see was fields of asphalt(parking lot). The environment of our schools in the west is often overlooked in the name of efficient use of space. Generally these schools look like the state penitentiary (and often perform similar functions). The pastoral setting here in Mayapura is certainly pleasing to the mind. The peaceful mind is a necessary prerequisite for an attentive and focused mind.