The 'Alex Page' Series - Part 2

Continued...

Alex Enters Junior College...

 

Born to a middle class family, Alex was the eldest son of Page and Clara, and the elder brother to Abraham. Born in the month of January, Alex was a true Capricorn.

The Page family had earned a good amount of respect in their locality. Both Clara and Page were always good to everyone. They never treated anyone differently. Even the man who collects garbage from their household was treated like a family member.  

Page and Clara had an exactly opposite personality. There was not a single quality which was same to both of them except one, and that was simplicity. Page used to talk less, in simple words he was a bit introvert. The only thing he talked was sense and no non-sense. On the other hand Clara was an extremely talkative person. She could talk for hours and hours. Clara was a cleanliness freak. She wanted everything neat and tidy, spick and span! Page did not have much importance to it….

Like all of us have, Alex and Abraham had ‘inherited’ the qualities of their parents. Abraham was a great talker but he had no cleanliness at all. On the other hand Alex was an introvert but a ‘spick and span’ type.

Lourdes Nursery was were Alex had done his kindergarten. Run by Christians the school had a good reputation for quality education. The Page duo were happy that their son had passed the interview and had secured his place in the nursery. Page wanted that his son studied well and make a good future.

Alex was a last bencher. He was a surprise package as he was not at all interested in studies especially mathematics. He used to get beatings right from nursery to his school days for not faring well in mathematics. “Rosita teacher” had created terror in Alex’s mind. He used to be very afraid of her. Every other day the little boy was either standing on the bench or kneeling down for chit chatting and MATHEMATICS! :)

It was “Agnes mam” and “Jacqueline mam”  during school days. If not in studies Alex had great interest in sports. He used to run relays for his ‘RED’ team..run hundred meters for his ‘GREEN’ team..run two hundred meters for his ‘YELLOW’ team…..run and run and run..run from books run from studies run from tuition classes run from everything that said “STUDY!!!”.

Now that he had scored 65% in his tenth grade, it was decision time to opt the correct field,  Science, Arts and Commerce you know!. Science required a good grip on mathematics which Alex did not have, Arts was a boring subject and the only thing left was Commerce. “So lets go for commerce stream!” said Alex. Choosing a stream was not a tough process but choosing a college was. Getting into a good college was a rather competitive job. A good amount of importance was given from which college a student did his studies from. Scores came second. 

Maryland College of Commerce was a sought after and reputed college specialized in commerce and economics. Alex had secured admission in the ‘second round’. Thanks to his grandpas Freedom Fighter Certificate. A special preference was given to students holding such certificates and Alex was one of them. Alex always wanted to go out of his sleepy Amby Valley town and study in the good, modern colleges of the cosmopolitan Maryland. Even Page wanted this but Clara did not. However she finally agreed. She had to! She wanted her son to be smart, talkative like her and much more…

College was to start after one month and Alex had many dreams to fulfill once he entered college.

To Be Continued….