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The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary

At the High School

  • In high school, Gandhi guards his character carefully, becoming tearful at the least bit of bad behavior on his part.
  • He dislikes sports, but he develops the habit of taking long walks, which he now says keeps him in good health.
  • An innocent mistake of Gandhi's leads the headmaster to wrongly punish the teenager for lying. The incident leads him to see that a man of truth has to be a man of care as well. High standards, yo.
  • Gandhi relates his experience learning Sanskrit in high school and advises readers that Indian higher education should include several languages. ¡Sí!