Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Living in an informal Settlement

I am a 12 year old girl, I have1 mom, 4 sisters and 3 brothers.I was busy in my sister and I's room,trying to learn how to read. I felt very uncomfortable and hungry, I couldn't study with an empty stomach. My tummy was grumbling so much,I felt like I was gonna puke. I knew if I asked my mom for more food, she would start to stress a lot, because we hardly have any food to feed our family.I always wanted to become a doctor when I was older so I could help the people that were suffering diseases or any type of sickness.I wanted to make a difference in this world.
The next day, I had to wake up at 5:00 and school started at 5:30.I only had half an hour to get  ready.My sisters and I all got ready by 5:26 and we all went to school.The school was very far away from our home and it was raining so hard. While I was walking to school, I tried to find something to walk under so I could keep dry, but it was no use. I came to school soaking wet, as if someone had poured a huge bucket of water over me.I felt so uncomfortable sitting with 7 people in one desk, especially when we were all covered with mud.Everyone at my desk had to share 1 textbook. When me and 2 other people were done, I was dying to flip the page.I had to spend 18 minutes waiting for the other 4 people to finish their last math sums.At break time,Hannah and I played soccer on a small field with a few boys. We had no grass on our field, only dirt and stones.While we were playing soccer, I slipped on the mud and scraped my knee across the stones.I went to the teacher to get some help, but they didn't have a first aid kit, so when I was doing my homework at my desk, I was struggling to sit properly.I didn't feel comfortable at all, not one bit.


 

3 comments:

  1. Excellent writing, Biyu. Such an accurate description.

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  2. well done I like how you pretended to be the person

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  3. well done I liked how you pretended to be the person

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