For the statement: School days are the happiest days of our lives.
One of the luckiest things to have is a happy childhood. And school is an unforgettable part of our happy childhood, isn't it? There is something about childhood that no other phase of your life can replace. I believe school days are the happiest days of our lives because we are protected, loved unconditionally, and free from worldly responsibilities.
School days were the best as your mum allowed you five extra minutes in bed every second day. It was nice to be a school goer as only had to race with your friends till the bus stop and not run to the bus depot or metro station to get to work on time. If you were late to school you could blame your school bus, or your mother who served your breakfast late, or your dog who chewed off your shoe, or your friend who pushed you into a puddle just for fun. Your parents watched over you and when they didn't you were looked after by your teachers and older siblings and even the nosy neighbours and the scary watchman of your complex. You had so many people to catch you in case you fell.
School days were better than today because no matter how many window panes we broke or tyres we punctured, we were loved and showered with affection by our parents. Our older siblings always fought for us even if we were wrong. Our grandparents pampered us spoilt in the vacations with grandma cooking delicious meals and grandpa taking us to adventure trips in the woods. No matter how bad a student we may have been at school, mum always tucked us lovingly into bed and prayed for bad dreams to go away.
School projects, impending exams, weekly tests; these were all I don't care for us but nightmares for our parents. No matter how close the exam day was, we would continue to sleep for those extra five minutes in bed while mum gathered material for us to quickly revise our lessons. While we spend the evenings playing downstairs, our parents would invoke all the creative spirits and complete our projects and assignments. We got to walk gloriously in school when the assignment they completed gave us A+. We were untouched by stress and the struggles of being responsible for ones actions all the time.
In conclusion, I reiterate that school days are the happiest days of our lives because we are protected, loved unconditionally, and free from worldly responsibilities. At the end of a day in school, our feet were dirty, hair was messy, but our eyes were sparkling with a wish to have another wonderful day at school tomorrow.
Against the statement: School days are the happiest days of our lives.
For some school goers, the sun is always shiny and people around are always nice. But for some school goers, school is not the happiest memory of their childhood. It is full of peer pressure, lack of confidence and being bullied.
At school, every deficit that you have is mocked at by your classmates. You are always supposed to fit in if you want to belong to a group. If your classmate got a new school bag with the photo of the latest superhero, you need that bag because otherwise you don't fit in. If pink coloured flowery stationery pouches are trending, you must have them or you will feel out of place when you are doing group studies at your friends place. If your friends use expensive gadgets, they influence you to want that gadget because you belong to their group, and birds of the same feather flock together.
School days are the worst nightmares for introverts. You hate being a part of the full-house morning assembly. You hate being picked by your teacher for loud reading in front of the whole class. You pray that you don't have to participate in any elocution competitions. You are miserably nervous on the day your friend doesn't come to school because then you have to travel alone and face people. School is the worst for people who don't have high confidence levels.
The most miserable part of school life is being bullied by classmates stronger and outgoing than you were. You have bad dreams about an episode of you being cornered by bullies in the restroom in school. It happens all the time. They catch you at vulnerable points and your modesty and self-respect is compromised over and over again. And because you are shy, you are too scared to go and complain to your teacher.
Students who like to be by themselves are called losers, and the whole class spares no moment to make fun of them. School is not the happiest memory of childhood for some. It is full of peer pressure, lack of confidence and being bullied.