Not surprisingly, they never referred to the student as “student” – it was always “this child” – that in itself set the tone for intimate bond between the teacher and the taught. It was not surprising therefore that almost every single teacher, whether it was the “class teacher” or a “subject teacher” almost always knew the child inside out – not just the academic performance, but even small nuances as talking and eating habits and characteristic behaviour patterns. The other facet that caught my attention, year after year, was the amount of effort and time the teachers put in for the “Christmas Concert” an annual extravaganza in which every child in the school participated.