Morning registration starts at 8.40; my tutor base is on the other side of school from the entrance which is annoying especially because I cannot stand tutor time anyway. My tutor is nice but once registration is done there isn’t anything to do except talk to the dull people in it. Lessons start at 8.45; we have two lessons before break time. My favourite lesson in school is PE, I like sports very much and it’s a nice break from sitting down writing the whole time. My least favourite lesson is Science it bores me to death! On the whole I like school and I get on well with the kids and teachers and I suppose I’m fairly bright when I’m focused on a task. I am in year 10 now, GCSE year, I chose ICT, history and PE as my options.
10.45 is break time. I go to the newly refurbished lower canteen where I always buy a can of Dr.Pepper and Doritos which is £1 from my £2.50 dinner money. I take a seat in the centre of the room with my friends where we eat and chat about football. My friends make me laugh a lot and I return the favour. My best friend is either Ed or Rich, I don’t speak to Rich as much but I’ve known him all my life so we know each other inside out. Two more lessons follow before lunch which I’m always eagerly awaiting.
At lunch, I generally go straight to the field where we play football, if we have a ball. We always play a match which has now been nicknamed the ‘derby’; the teams are always the same, our team has the better players but the other team have more players and seem to play better so the win count is fairly even. The second bell signals the final whistle, after the match, I get a drink to cool off. If we don’t have a ball I buy some food from a pretty poor selection in our canteen, then muck about around school. At 2.05 the bell goes to signal tutor time – great.
One more lesson follows until 3.25 and we can go home! Generally, I go to my girlfriend’s house or she comes to mine, I don’t see her much in school as she’s a year below. We haven’t been going out long but I’m hoping it’ll last. My parents don’t get home until after me but I’ve just been given some keys to the house which I wasn’t expecting as I’ve lost so many over the years. If I forget my keys we have a secret backdoor key which I use.
At home, firstly I get a drink and a crumpet then watch Sky Sports News to catch up on the days’ football events, and then I’ll go on the Internet to find out more.
Football is my life; I am a season ticket holder at Bristol City and I play for my local side, Bishopston United. My Grandfather got me into Bristol City, he arranged for me to go to my first ever match in 1996 which we won 2-0. As for playing, I used to play with my best friend way out at Avon Athletic but since being at Cotham decided to join Bishopston. We’re in a high league but we’re struggling, I play on the wings and I’m number 7. Last year I scored the winner on the last day which kept us up but this year we may go down anyway.
If my homework is done I’ll laze about until dinner. I generally watch TV, play a computer game or ring somebody. I watch too much TV, my Dad for one would much rather I read a book but I’m just not a book person. My favourite TV programmes have to be The Simpsons and Dream Team. My favourite film-star is Samuel L. Jackson, so, without question my favourite film of all time is Pulp Fiction. I also spend a lot of time on the computer, surfing the internet or playing games, I play on cricket and football manger games, some days I cannot get off. Dad will cook me and my mum a nice meal to fill us up, then it’s back to being lazy until I retire to bed at around 10.30/11.00 on weekdays, more like 2 or 3 at weekends.
Saturday mornings I have a long shift at The Breadstore from 8-1. I’ll be paid and then I shower at home before football, if Bristol City are playing a home match 3pm kick-off means I’m home at around 5.30. I mite ask somebody to stay or I may be asked to stay at their house but either way I never miss The Premiership at 10.30. Sundays, I have a long sleep then shower to wake me up before my football match for Bishopston. My pre-match routine is to shower, eat, stretch, change, knock a ball around in my garden then I have pasta on the way to the match. After, I go to the pub down the road with a few of the players to watch the Live Sky Sports match at 4pm. I leave at half-time or full-time and get dropped off home. I will shower again then catch up on the masses of homework I generally have. Dream Team is on at 8pm whilst I eat the big roast dinner my Dad prepares, my Dad is a really good cook so nothing goes to waste. Sundays are about the day I have an early night. I lay in bed thinking about life. After I finish school I think I’ll probably go to college and university and train to be a sports journalist. I have had a work experience application accepted by the Western Daily Press sports editing department. Hopefully it’s my first step into journalism and money so I can have a big house and family.
