Vasudha Gupta, Class X D
With a cartload of work for each day,
A ton of assignments,
We bid goodbye for the holiday,
Saying, ‘Have your enjoyment.’
Do you really think we’ll savour this time,
When, for fun, we’re barely left any time?
If we have to work harder, how’s this a break?
These projects after all aren’t a piece of cake!
We get worksheets even on the last day,
‘It’s just one sheet’, they say.
But it’s one for each subject, plus assignments.
At least spare our holidays from this torment!
Dear teachers and parents who worry about our life’s goal,
Remember, all work and no play is not good for the soul.
Please let us, for a while, our childhood savour,
After all, we learn a lot, even from leisure.
