Human
life is shaped by various experiences; some of which we forget with the passing
years, but some others remain engraved in our lives so deeply that they become
part of our life thereafter. My first association with SJCC was in the summer
of 2009, as I stepped into the campus for my summer vacation, which eventually
led me back, in the following year for my first year of regency (in 2010-11).
As
I venture back into my memories, the first thought comes to my mind is to thank
my students both residential and day scholars. My job at SJCC was to be a
demanding teacher during the class hours and to be a compassionate elder
brother at other times. As I was the first Jesuit Scholastic to work there as
the regent, as an institution SJCC began to set lots of things in order. It was
indeed a herculean task to bring in
the discipline especially in terms of class
timings, conduct, cleanliness, basic mannerisms, and inter personal
relationships. I am sure the batch which completed their studies in June 2010
with whom I spent the first 2 months of my stay at SJCC, may have found it hard
to cope as from out of the blue, suddenly someone started monitoring them very
closely. Sutesh, Anil, Sachin, Kiran, Pravita, Vinaya, Sangeetha, are but a few
names who showed such maturity to cope
with the change without a word of bitterness.