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This feels familiar......

Déjà vu is a French word which translates as ‘already seen’. As the name suggests, Déjà vu is a feeling that
one has lived through the present situa�on before. The �me you're experiencing déjà vu, you get that eerie
feeling that you have been here and have completed the exact same work in the past. We know that we
haven’t, but we feel amazed. We are lost in a completely different world figuring out what exactly
happened. It’s a strange and perturbing situa�on.

Example – You walk into a room, and suddenly feel like you have been there before. Even though you
haven’t.

There can be two aspects in experiencing a déjà vu:-
1. Healthy way- A healthy brain can experience déjà vu. Many psychologists believe that experiencing déjà
vu indicates a healthy brain.
2. Medical disorder- People experiencing déjà vu and other symptoms like hallucina�ons, confusion,
seizure frequently happen to be mentally ill or psychologically ill.

Have you experienced déjà vu before? Don’t worry, everyone has. I don’t know about you, but I have
experienced it several �mes.

Here are a few facts on déjà vu:-
• Humans don’t seem to experience déjà vu un�l they are at least 8 years old.
• One survey found that two-thirds of adults claim to have experienced déjà vu at least once.
• Travellers experience déjà vu more than others.
• The opposite of déjà vu is called “jaimus vu.” It’s when someone goes through a familiar se�ng but it
feels totally unfamiliar.
• Some studies claim déjà vu could be a part of precogni�ve dreams, giving us a glance into the future.

- Venkata Damodar , IX

ISC (Class XI-XII)

Sherwood Public School - My Extended Family!

Sherwood - this single word means infinite emo�ons to me and I am sure even to you. I have spent the be�er part
of my life that is 12 years in this school. There is a different aura about this place that even makes people visi�ng
here for the first �me feel like they have always known this place. Whenever someone says Sherwood all I can hear
is ‘Family’. I have never seen a school or even an ins�tu�on where the teachers, the domes�c staff and the students
treat each other with great respect and love.

From a young age we are taught the importance of prayer, healthy compe��on, having compassion and many more
virtues and values. If I were to write everything this school has taught me in this ar�cle, then I would take up the
whole newsle�er and even that would not be enough.

Sherwood has always taught me to treat the domes�c staff with equal respect and love as we give to the teachers.

When I write about my experience in Sherwood, how can I forget our extra curricular ac�vi�es. The debates , the
sports meets, the quizzes and all different sorts of compe��ons taught us that par�cipa�on is more important than
winning. I have celebrated fes�vals in the school which I don’t get a chance to celebrate at my home like Raksha
bandhan and Sankranthi.

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