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A Summary of the Website Clem Hosted 20 Years Ago in 1999 Reconnecting Many People Around the World GoethalsMemorialSchool- a summary of the website Clem hosted 20 years ago in 1999 reconnecting many people around the world. “The way we were” Situated high on the foothills of the Himalayas, close to the town of Kurseong, Goethals was one of many elite schools founded during the British Raj in India by Christian missionaries. Goethals was a boarding boy school. Classes began early March and ended in early December. To graduate, one must pass the Senior Cambridge examinations issued from England. The school was run by the Irish Christian Brothers, who were dedicated educators. THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND EDUCATION Going down memory lane many memories flip past my mind, especially of my school days. Those days are to be remembered the most. Not only the pranks, the achievements, and the failures, but all those things that I learnt. Learning was not only from the books but from those people around me there. "A Christian Brother product" is how I am always described after thirteen long years in St. Joseph's College, Bowbazaar. I had my education, my complete education in SJC. I had seen the Brothers as our Principals, our teachers, and our friends. I had been in school talking to them about almost anything on earth. They had a lot to say and I remember listening to them for hours. I learnt a lot; received a lot of mental and moral support from them. There were times when only words could heal the pain and I always found a patient ear listening to me. I found in them friends, people who went to the extent of teaching me how to live a life. Education; formal education was one of the visible contributions of the Christian Brothers in my life. Education which was not there in any books, which was not examined by any Council or University; education which extended from where the realities of life begin, was imparted by these people through whatever little interaction I had with them. Their words, views, expressions and ideas led to the manifestation of the perfection, which was to be brought out through education. The process of education could be said to be near completion when it was imparted with utmost personal care and a touch of spirituality. I remember those days when we would stand together to pray for the forthcoming examinations, pray for a sick friend, or even pray and ask God to be with us for the rest of the day. The thought of spirituality regardless of religious diversity was embedded into my mind that gave me the strength, the will and a spiritual bent. Formal bookish education was our normal routine, but something more than that was given out by the Brothers. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to be with them, learn from them certain values which makes one a better man. With their words, their actions, their thoughts, we learnt how to love, how to help, how to share, how to be a friend, how to respect, how to feel for others, how to be compassionate, how to be sympathetic, how to be the strength behind the broken soul and so on. There are a lot more to be added to this list but sad enough that there would be very few words to describe them. Discipline was one of the things which was not only taught to us, but was given a place alongside our lifestyle. I am proud to call myself a Josephite, for we differ from others and excel in this very section of discipline. Apart from being in touch with the Brothers in school, I had them beside me in all possible ways. After I had left school there was a very big gap in my life. It was difficult for me to believe that there would be anyone to tell me to improve my handwritings, there would be anyone saying a short prayer before an examination, there would be anyone who would lent me a patient ear. I received my education in another reputed educational institution in Kolkata after class twelve, but missed out on certain things like values which were hard to explain. It was regular routine education which prepared me for an examination. This type of education, to me, lacked integrity, the spirit, the essence of building a complete man pure in heart and mind. The working atmosphere, the inspiration from within was missing. This vacuum made me feel the need of the Brothers, their touch in education. I longed to go back and sit at those benches in SJC, to be back into the atmosphere which made me feel at home, which made me feel that I was growing. Keeping pace with the course of events in my life I decided to become a teacher. This was the chance I did not want to miss; to be back with the ever-friendly Christian Brothers. I am back with them here where I have regained my lost days of school, the process of education. striking a perfect balance between discipline, spirituality and values makes my belief even stronger that the spirit which runs through the Christian Brother Institution make the process of education more meaningful and alive. I am proud and happy to be a tiny part of the whole system and would like to ask Him to help me grow with them. Mr. Debasish Bhattacharya GMS Teacher Article published in the 1999 Goethals Magazine Saikat Sarkar 87 I was quite "thrilled to see GMS on the net. I just got my account at home and was surfing at leisure and out pops "Good Old GMS" on the net. I was so excited, I managed to scare my wife with my screams and antics. It was pretty nice of her to patiently sit with me and bear with me while I took her on a grand tour of the school - thanx to your photos. Memories just came flooding back to me - and especially two items on the site just swept me off the floor - one was the School Crest and the other was the pix of Br. Fitzpatrick. Ever since I learnt the meaning of "OMNIA BENE FACERE", I have carried it (the crest or the monogram as we called it) with me personally wherever I have gone. I retained my crest from my school blazer (one I can no longer wear) and it is currently pinned on my softboard at my office desk. I also managed to create a "GOATS.BMP" file for it once I gained sufficient expertise and currently I use it as my wallpaper and screen saver. And Br. Fitzpatrick's photo was an added bonus. All we students have this habit of "piling on" about our profs and teachers while in school and college and we also have these "fancy" nicknames and stories about each of them - each fancier than the earlier. Br. Fitzpatrick sure had his share too - but two things that I remember about him is - when he was the Principal HE USED TO KNOW EVERY STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL BY NAME - right from Class 3 to Class 10. And it was not only the name - he also used to know their family background !!! His interaction with us all thus had a personal touch which was very comforting. Almost 13 years after leaving school when I have quite a sizeable number of people in my team, I try to emulate his skill but, sadly I never manage to do it with the same finesse with which he used to. The other thing I will be forever grateful to him for is his parting words when I was leaving GMS. In June 1987 when he handed my ICSE results to me and congratulated me he said that "It doesn't matter which school or how big the school is where you have studied, what you do in life JUST DEPENDS ON YOU!!!" He probably told me this considering the fact that I was going to a big city for the first time having spend all my life in small towns and villages and as something which he expected a teenage boy to forget as soon as I was out of Kurseong down the Punkhabari road to Siliguri - if not earlier. But personally for me it has had quite a profound impact. I have faced a few personal difficulties in my career, but have always managed to come out of it on the strength of what Br. Fitzpatrick told me that day. In all these years if I have anyone to thank other than my parents and family for giving me strength, it is Br. Fiotzpatrick. I would like to thank him personally - would you have his e-mail drop or can I get it from the Alumni list (I havent checked yet). Sorry, if I sounded very emotional in this message - but GMS after 13 years - this IS INCREDIBLE !! Would be looking forward to hearing from you. Its a long time since I have communicated with a Goethalite. AND THANX A TON FOR CREATING THIS SITE. Mohan Shivdasani 62 Strange how maudlin one can get on a combo of a good single malt, Danny Boy and words that leap out at you from your "obits." page! Moved to tears. (Good job)! The good Brothers never played favourites, but "callow youths (sic)" that we were, 'fraid the same could not be said for us students. Sure, we respected (and feared?) them all, but a few have special places in our hearts for a word or a gesture that touched us especially. There's something karmic in my life, that the ones I remember most, are visiting the Man Upstairs! (Boy, have the angels got their hands full)! Bro.O'Malley was my 1st class teacher (Standard 6---1960) and NOBODY typified the "jolly Irishman" as he did.
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