One day, during my college days, a teacher told me that judging by my answer scripts, I don't study. He also said that if I studied I could do very well. He said this when I was with my friends and I remember feeling very proud and happy; proud of the fact that I don't study and happy because now my friends had proof that I don't study.

Model Higher Secondary School (MHSS) stands as one of the oldest schools in town, almost as a landmark. Over the years it has gone through varied changes much like the town itself. Like the changing seasons, the school has also gone through its fair share of phases, each of them brings in it's set of challenges.

It was on the 14th of November 2020, I got a call from an unknown number who happened to be my former student Mr. Akok Walling, asking me to write “A Reminiscence” to be published in the magazine which is being brought out in commemoration of Model Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung on its 50th Anniversary in December 2020.

As one grows older, the tendency to look back grows stronger. As I take a stroll down the memory lane, I vividly remember my days at Model Hr. Sec. School. My tenure started in 1991 and ended in 1994 when I left the school. This brief four-year-long period was an eventful one.