Every morning I am woken by the joint effect of my phone and watch alarm. Honestly, it's loud enough to wake the dead

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        Every morning I am woken by the joint effect of my phone and watch alarm. Honestly, it’s loud enough to wake the dead. After pressing snooze a couple of times I begin to stir. With a thud the door opens and a dark figure lurches in the doorway. It’s mum announcing the arrival of yet another morning. She is meant to wake me up if I've accidentally turned over and gone back to sleep thinking I can't be bothered with school.

I am one of a family of five with two adults getting ready for work and getting the five year old baby ready for school and the two teenagers, my brother and I getting ready for school. As you can see, mornings are chaos, with everybody trying not to be late. The fact that there is only one bathroom makes everything worst.

I eventually haul myself out of bed at about 7.30am. By this time everybody else in the family has used the bathroom so I have it all to myself. Unfortunately I still have to hurry or I’ll be late for school.

        After half an hour I emerge from the toilet properly alert and ready for a gruelling day in school. I go downstairs for a quick breakfast. Since I have recently decided follow a healthier regime, my breakfast consists of bran flakes with weetabix. While eating breakfast I watch cartoons with my little brother. I then force myself to get dressed into the dull clothes commonly known as school uniform and pack my school bag which I should have packed the night before.

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        At 8.15, I race around the house trying to find my blazer. I grab my dinner money and run out of the house. My house is not far from the school so unlike countless students who go to school by bus, I walk. My school journey can be completed in 10 minutes if a walk at a steady pace but as I do not have the energy in the mornings it takes me around 20 minutes.

I stop off at my best friend, Sara’s, house if she is at her dad’s house as it is on my way to school. ...

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