"Beauty Of A Day"

By Umair Ali.
Produced by the Step Up Productions.

A personal message by Umair Ali: Hey there, Pafians! I hope you guys like this video. I worked really hard on this and I pretty much think that it's worth it! So check it out. But yeah, the song's photography video is still in progress. Cheers :-)

Isn't he an amazing teacher?

By Rimsha Khan A1C6.

Short heighted, short tempered, he lashes you out in front of everyone and is known for making the life of a student a living hell. A typical example of “you have to be cruel to be kind”. A man of his words, he is, Ahmed Saya.
A confident walk, a gruffly voice and zeal like none other. This gentleman’s first impression is most likely to be downright scary. Just as you’re thinking along the lines of changing your section, your conscience wakes up, knock’s your head and screams, “Are you nuts?! You won’t get a better teacher than him!” And so, the journey begins!
An absolute master of his subjects and knows exactly what he’s doing. His attitude and focus towards his students is worth mentioning. A man with an absolute straight forward nature and the enthusiasm to help his students reach new heights! He does not leave any margin in polishing his students from coal to diamonds. However, if you happen to be on his hit list then your worries are just beginning. You never know, you might find yourself outside in the corridor, peeking inside the classroom to catch a glimpse of the lecture just because you skipped a class. You might end up being filmed in the class while singing a nursery rhyme because you were late. And to top it off, the video might very conveniently appear on Facebook tagged as: “Welcome back to kindergarten!”
His witty and quick sense of humor might just leave you wondering, “Was he talking about me?!” More of a public figure, he is the safe resort to all those who are surrounded by the demons of Accounting and Mathematics. His perfect idea of practicing is a load of homework, usually, consisting of minimum fifteen questions, which is mostly due by the next day! I still remember how elated we feel sometimes after class and whisper to each other, just in case he overhears us, saying, “No homework?” And our weekend plan would crumble to dust as a six page text from the class representative snaps us back to reality!
His methods are nowhere close to what I have seen before. But they are absolutely genius! However, with this man, it’s always two-way traffic. The second you make him feel that you’re not interested; it takes him seconds to decide your fate in his class and possibly the school.
With him around, accounting classes are a joy! His witty one-liners change the atmosphere of the class easing the terror of the subject.
His love for teaching is very obvious; it’s more like a passion. It’s a force within him that pushes him to put such an extra lot of dedication and hardwork. His sincerity is commendable and he happens to be one of the very few people who are loved and feared at the same time.
Influential and charismatic, he is a sheer joy to be taught with. Believe me, being his students is no less than being on a roller coaster ride. It’s thrilling, fun and terrifying! You would never regret studying from him because once he sets off with a goal; he is bound to achieve it. And if he promises you the best, he makes sure to deliver the best. But take an advice, never, ever, ever, ever, EVER, even “dream” of bunking his class. You just might get thrown out of the window for it!
Mark my words: Studying from him is a lifetime experience, one that you don’t want to miss for anything! So all hail to Ahmed Saya, one of the best and most respected teachers on board! We are very proud of you sir!

Five things I don't like about my teacher.

By: Syeda Ramsha Wasti

It’s almost impossible to like each and everything about a person. So here are a few things that I don't like about my teacher.
My teacher disregards the other aspects of my life. 

Why do most of the teachers give out quite a lot of homework? Do they take an oath of assigning a bundle of homework everyday before they get appointed at a certain school, or do they just do so in order to earn a good reputation in the eyes of the principal? In my case, my teacher makes sure he gives out at least three hours of homework every night because he thinks that I have an ample amount of time at home which I usually waste. The other day he gave me some homework and there was a party going on in my house so I was reading, serving and laughing all at the same time. I stayed up until two in the morning just to complete those questions and turn them in on time. Just picture this: A girl is doing her homework while there is a party going on in her house and everyone's is enjoying besides her. Don’t you feel sorry for her? I bet you do. What my teacher doesn't understand is that he is ruining my social life by bombarding me with this much homework. Honestly, he leaves me with next to no time for the after-school activities and without these my college applications would look bad since colleges do not accept nerds nowadays. On top of it, he punishes me if I fail to submit my homework on time even if I have a genuine reason. I am afraid people would start labeling me a nerd if I carry on with the same boring and lifeless schedule.  

He talks more and listens less!

Generally, though, my teacher talks more and listens less. He’s always busy lecturing us and thus, spends a little time listening to our questions. A few days back, he was explaining a very difficult concept related to commerce. Obviously, I was staring at the white board like a dumb person since I am from a complete science background. And as you may already have guessed it, the ideas kept flying over my head and when I raised my hand to ask a question, he requested me to hold on to it until the end of the lecture. The cut off bell rang by the time he got done and so he rushed out of the class without answering my question. As you would expect, he began with a new topic in the next class. To tell you the truth, whenever I look at the questions related to that topic, I think it’s some weird language written by the ‘Incas of Peru’ (this is some ancient tribe that lived in South America). I personally think he should entertain some questions during the lecture in order to create a friendly environment in the class and to make it a little less boring. If you enter our class while he’s teaching, you would find half of the people yawning and barely keep their backs straight and this is just due to his extremely long lectures.
 My teacher doesn’t trust me!
A loud voice scared me and made me take a step backward as soon as I entered the class.
“You are tardy!!!” my teacher yelled.
“But I am just a few minutes late. It takes time to get here from the library as it is at the other side of the school, “I explained.
“Ahh…that good old excuse. Sit down!!” he ordered.
So I took a seat but surely was a bit annoyed since my teacher didn't even bother to accept the genuine reason behind me being late and listed it as a ‘good old excuse’. This clearly shows a lack of trust between my teacher and I. I don’t like the fact that he regards my genuine problems as lame excuses and puts me in the category of students who bunk classes and then show up with a good and smart excuse. I have never bunked his class yet he doesn't trust me. Honestly though, there’s nothing I could do to change his way of thinking.  
OH! So he’s a little arrogant.
Yes, my teacher is a little arrogant because he always thinks he is right although he is wrong at times. If I say something which contradicts his ideas and beliefs, he asks me to empty my cup and take my foolish and senseless ideas elsewhere. For example, one day my teacher was explaining his views on extremism but when I contradicted his view, he asked me to change my way of thinking since it’s extremely baseless according to him. Isn't this what Albert Einstein's teachers did to him? But then he turned out to be one of the most influential scientists out of the blue. So maybe, there's a great philosopher seated inside me which my teacher is yet to discover. This is usually how I console myself.
He usually compares me with some nerds.
My teacher usually advises me to be like, XYZ, a girl whose life is all about studying and you can always spot her in the library during the free periods.  He often says, “You should learn something from XYZ. Such a bright student, she is. I am certain she’s going to get an A*”. I don't like it when he does that. I know he does this just to create a competition, but it seems like he’s mocking me and telling me that I am extremely dumb and do not deserve an A* at all. My point is that being a teacher, he shouldn’t show favoritism because it can discourage and hurt quite a lot of students. 

I hope I don’t sound like a person who has a problem with each and everything her teacher does. Obviously, he teaches quite well and that’s the reason why most of his students score an A grade. But I think he can make his class a little bit more interesting by overcoming the above mentioned issues.

Belle effet.

By: Hussaini Shan-e-Abbas

My love for Miss Carol

                                                     By: Javeria Rehan

Just a few days in the AS Level, a class awaits its GP dose of the day. Enters a short heighted teacher with a gesture of tranquility and a perfect smile on the face. Five minutes of her arrival, comes in the wandering, lousy bunch of friends with an excuse of rush at the canteen. Poor souls! Get to suffer the wrath of standing at the back of the class for the entire period or two. Then she takes a random look at the class and her lovely eyes find someone missing. "Absent or bunking?" shouts she to an otherwise dead class and boldly again. Then continues, "You can lie to me but not to yourself. God is looking. I'll find out anyways and make a call to his parents!" so that any saint attempting to save a bunking friend may die of absolute shame. Thereafter bunking her GP lecture remains an eternal dream. And so begins her class.

During every single lecture of her's, one wonders how she brings life out a subject as boring and unendurable as GP. From discussing current affairs to giving hints on examiner's quest of knowledge to making one memorize an entire book, she leaves no stone unturned in making one's GP paper worth a look. Amongst her most amazing and startling qualities is her individually catering to every single student. A model of moral values, she knows every student's weakness by heart and makes the fortunate spirit work on it day and night. In addition is her royal attribute of producing accomplished orators. So one naturally expects most of her classes to be full of heated debating sessions. The fondest of her GP memories is when she speaks, or tries to speak Urdu, in her utterly English style. Hilarious as it may seem, it makes us love her all the more!

So here's to Miss Carol Dsouza - your ultimate resort to General Paper specialization, if that, to you, truly matters!