“No Adarsh anna (means brother)! We do not need to stop our project! If the pipette suction is not working, we can use our mouths instead,” Kullayama, a 9th grader, blurted out anxiously. Eagerness to learn at any cost and nervousness at losing an opportunity was clearly tangible in her voice. “MOUTH? THAT’S NOT SAFE!” I opened my mouth again to parrot the lab safety protocols that I learnt in my school but stopped immediately when I sensed the vexation in the faces of 20 plu