MissKerryH
I was stalling. I'd not done what I was supposed to do and I knew I'd get into trouble. I'd promised Year 9 I would mark their homework and instead I had spent my time playing Criminal Case. What they didn't understand is that I simply HAD to find out who the murderer was.
The sly fox slunk along the dark alleyway. It was searching for its dinner. Anything would do. It spied a tiny mouse, scuttling along further ahead, and it carefully pattered forward, ready to strike. Unfortunately for the fox, a cat pounced from out of nowhere, carrying the mouse away with one swipe.
I took the controls and attacked the aliens with every ounce of force I could muster. The worst thing was, I knew I was going to run out of ammunition before I could zap them all. All of a sudden a great green blob came smashing forward. I sucked in a deep breath and pressed down. Blam!
"Now you're dead!"
When he left me, I cried enough to fill the Pacific Ocean. Salty tears coursed down my cheeks endlessly while I lay on my sofa, pausing only to cram more chocolate into my mouth and watch Oprah on endless repeat. He was my life and now he was gone.
I sat amongst a pile of books, distraught at how much I still had to learn. I would never get the hang of calculus, no matter how hard I tried. The numbers began to swim in front of my eyes and I felt dizzy. This is pointless, I thought. I want to be a hairdresser, not a maths professor!
There are many people in the world who wish they were educated. School should be a human right, but there are millions of children all over the world who are denied it. But one needs to question whether you can become educated without going to school. It is possible to learn without a teacher.