A life in the day of

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Jake Barker    11N       GCSE English Literature       Miss Myers

‘A Life in the Day Of’

…the alarm clock blares as it strikes 7.30. The hammer pounces from bell to bell aggravating me to wake up, but when the morning is cold, these bells never help persuade me to get out of bed. Outside is dull and grey, yet my bed is very warm and cosy, why should I get up? Unfortunately, I have to go to school which is required by law and also my dad. From a needed nights rest, I still feel sleepy from the late night I usually spend wondering and panicking about school, ambitions and life. After my dad has hassled me out of bed, I quickly get dressed into the awful school uniform. I detest the uniform, it’s dreadful. There is no advantage in a school uniform from a student’s point of view; I could list a million points about the disadvantages of the dress code, but compromising seems so much easier. I again hear my dad’s furious voice deriving from the bedroom, ordering me to hurry up before I am late. My dad is usually very depressed, especially on a morning; always instructing me to do something, whether it is to get up or to wash the dishes.

                      After I’ve got washed and dressed, I stumble down a flight of stairs into the kitchen, dreadfully needing a decent breakfast; I can’t focus without any food. After a good breakfast, I am fully functioning and ready for school well… not really but my stomach is satisfied. I leave for school on the bus, this journey from home to school is very appropriate for some quick revision for an upcoming test, a chat to some friends or some needed sleep.

                      I enter the doors of the prison; trapped until the clock reaches 3:15.Teachers are constantly guarding students like guilty criminals; their eyes never leaving the inmates. The registration period, the beginning of the end. Everyone shakes their cells, desperately seeking freedom, waiting till the cells are opened at the end of the day. However, I do not completely hate school; it can be enjoyable at times alougth it can become too much, with tests and exams repeatedly. Registration is usually a brilliant time to get some homework done quickly, seeing as completing it at school signifies more time at home, unluckily assembly’s crop up every now and again, which disrupts this routine. During registration, I talk about nonsense, but this is one of the few reasons for school; socializing.This period is a short 15 minutes and a lengthy 35 minutes on a Friday, a good moment for some essential sleep.

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                    Problems like these never happen at the weekend, the best part of the week, although I will never get a good nights rest since on Saturday and Sunday mornings I either visit my grandma or go to work; frustrating. I work for NH Property LTD to earn a bit of money for that day. Nevertheless, the weekend is all leisure time to myself. The weekend generally consists of the same morning and night routine as the weekdays. I may go to town with my friends, which will frequently involve getting ...

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