Do you Bunk?

Students in uniform hanging out in the public during the school/ college time are not an unfamiliar sight to us. No, it’s not a sign of increasing educational excursion by academic institutions but the growing trend of bunking. So, what do we exactly mean by bunking? To bunk is basically to skip the classes and go someplace other than school. In fact this trend has become so common we rarely find any student who hasn’t bunked his/her school or college at least once. Likewise, I too have bunked my classes. In my case it was more like hiding within the school compound. I and my friends would basically conceal ourselves in the bathroom or the basketball court.

There are many reasons why students choose to bunk school. To some following the same routine everyday gets tedious whereas some may feel that attending classes is worthless. The endless assignments, teachers’ complaints and a desire to break free from all these often leads a student towards the path of bunking. Earlier it was more common among the college students but now it is equally prevalent in the middle schools as well.

The trend of bunking has reached a height where the students often organize mass bunking. This new form of bunking requires everybody in the class to be absent thus showing the mass participation of students. It is organized in cases where the students want pre-holiday or post-holiday.

So, where do the students go if not to school. Well there are lots of hubs set up for this very purpose. From the early morning movie shows to early breakfast in restaurants or simply lingering the town the students have found different ways of indulging themselves to pass the time which actually was meant for school. Many of you might be astonished to know this but the horizon of bunking is very broad. It merely doesn’t mean few naughty pupils not attending classes but the whole class or even the college may be a part of it. Personally, I have seen the largest group of students of a particular college occupying the whole accommodation of a movie hall during college hours.

When the students get bored doing all the above mentioned stuff they choose to go partying. Different dance clubs have even shifted their opening time for students to enjoy the pleasure of clubbing early morning. But all these pleasure is not attainable without an amount of risk involved. There is always fear of being caught either by the parents or the school.

The immense increase in the rate of bunkers has called for firm action from school/college officials. They are obliged to impose strict rules and take bunking more seriously. It is not a bad thing to take break from studies once in a while. After all we are humans and we need rest. But when that rest exceeds too much and for too long then a person often fails to do his prime job as in the case of students –they fail to educate themselves.