Sister Berchmans, the name sent terror to the hearts of many! She was not only our principal, but also my math and english teacher (shiver) at one point. I must share this however, that i have yet to meet anybody who could teach better than she did! Seriously! Ever since she took our classes, everyone scored over 80%. Pre sister Berchmans, everyone scored under 60%..so u can imagine. She made us rewrite our essays atleast 6 times, until they were perfect to the very last alphabet. Also, i must add, she made sure noone ever said "pro-now-nce" in our school "its "pronounce"(with a little irish touch).! If she every finds her way to this website (and sees all these grammatical mistakes), ill probably flee to mars!!!You Nincompoop!!! I can hear it even now in my head....

Lets not forget those table manners and im very afraid to mention the word serviette here because uptill today, i really dont know how to spell it(1 had to check the dictionary). Lastly, the most important memory is here: the blackboard head bashing!! i doubt anyone has graduated from school without being blessed by having her head pounded by her at some point or another( i swear, i was lucky enough to have missed it, but i did live it vicariously at one point!).

Heres one incident which has to be mentioned here at all costs:
Those lawrence college boys, as usual, would stick to our hockey field grill like flies. Every, single day during games time, we would have their audience. One day Sister Berchmans showed them what an irish nun is all about. She had police men dress up as ordinary men, who waited till the boys arrived.All i know is that one moment they were talking to those boys, the next handcuffing them, To add to their insult, they were made to walk through the school in that state all the way through the hockey field till her office where they were both slapped left and right by her and sent to jail. We never saw lawrence college boys after that. she should run for Prime Minister!

I have to say though, i love sister berchmans and she remains my favourite. All i can say here is that our convent experience could not have been even half as rewarding as it was had she not been our principal and teacher. She is a woman who never compromises on quality, be it in education, general standards for the school or anything else for that matter. This quality alone, has gained her enough respect in my eyes. Her teaching skills are unmatched and i hope that one day my kids can be under her tutelage and gain all that we have gained from her.

CURRENTLY AT KARACHI CONVENT.