Professional Training Days

 We Are The Kids That Never Grew Up

From 13 February onward, we have come forward together as a group of 80 folks who share a common experience and interest.

Let’s face the fact: being an adult, especially becoming an educator can feel like a bit of regret and nostalgia when we watch our students make fun of and enjoy each and every bit of student moment like we used to do in our earlier student life. But the truth is we can’t go back so couldn’t have my desired childhood entertainment until a call from NAPD. Auspiciously, the days in NAPD offered us that desired student life.

We Look Better in School Uniforms

During the lockdown period due to the Pandemic situation, life became motionless and dull. Many lockdowns later, we were starting to re-emerge from our still life which undisputedly boosted our effort to deal with the new normal of the world. Luckily, the FTC call came and all of it started with physical exercise and wearing the same white uniform. The fear of getting late made us sleepless and after not doing anything physical for so long, it was quite a bit of a struggle at the beginning. A few days later, we were able to turn the pains into pleasure and entertainment. The white PT uniform provided us with the nostalgic feeling of childhood.

Bringing Back Memories of the Good Old Day

Some people may say that the FTC venue is a place where you study, study, and study and nothing else but, we proved them wrong through all our experiences over the past four months. Some of us were really afraid as the place is new, most of the participants were new, and lots of challenges which was outside of our comfort zone. But soon, we started enjoying the prescribed and disciplined life. With age, some people become more judgmental some less judgmental. The good news is, that the ones who joined the FTC program were of the latter kind of people.

NAPD days can be described in different ways, like full of surprises, craziness, and many more, but the all in all description of what was like our old school days are; Fun, wild and memorable. Fun in a way that we interact with our training mates and formed an ally to do crazy things in our classroom and sometimes no one can notice even like our school days. Along with attending sessions from dawn to dusk, we had fun as we did in our campus days. The Breathing space was a remarkable place as whenever we got time, we used to chill in that beautifully designed place.

Another thing I loved about my training life is cultural events. Every month, the Authority of NAPD helped the participants organize a mess night and finally a guest night. In these events, participants from eighty different colleges across the country performed and showcased their talents to everyone. Particularly, the rehearsal parts were full of fun and unforgettable. The dances of amateur style at late night in the dormitory were something I never want to forget

Last but not the least, it’s the trips (Own Village Attachment, Day long Trip, Study Tour) where we went out and had quality time with our fellow participants and learning experience. Every trip was filled with stories, songs, dances, music, and dramas which therefore offered new experiences and many new things of life skills.

Still Competing Who is the Best

“It hurts if our friend fails, but it hurts even more if he comes first”- a famous quote from the 3 Idiots movie is also connected to our FTC program like any other student life. Some of us got that feeling nevertheless that’s not unusual. Besides this, the race to achieve the Director General (DG) award to some extent initiated a hidden unhealthy competition among the participants which turned into jealousy slightly. At some point, we did stop feeling jealous and envious even the most serious student. Finally, we’ve been able to experience joy and pride in the accomplishments of my batch mates without feeling like we haven’t measured up.

Cherished time we never want to forget

As time flies, I could say that NAPD days were filled with happiness, and sadness and brought us a full of excitement. It’s like a full package gift that one received in one’s entire life suddenly comes into one’s life.

I know one fine day, I will be silently smiling with wet eyes, looking at the memories from our FTC, and remembering all the good times I had in the FTC days of the NAPD campus. Now I can relate to the famous quote of Tim McGraw that is: -

“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Tim McGraw