Tuesday, 31 May 2016

My life in a informal settlement

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My name is Susan and I live in an informal settlement this morning I woke up and I was ice cold because of the water that had been leaking from the hole in the roof ❄️💧💦 I thought about my dads new job and if it was good  and school and how boring it is then suddenly I saw my clock it was 30 minutes till school started and I had to get ready! I ran to school. We only had 1 years t book in our class and School is 3 hours long and I am in grade 7 school was long and boring we learnt about the life cycle. Once school was done I had to walk home my route was a long narrow road between the sheds as I was walking I stepped on a sharp tin that had mud into it I yelled OUUUCH! my foot started to bleed but not badly, I saw a tap just as I sat down In the mud I limped with pain to it I got some water for the tap and put I on my cut it felt a bit better then I had to carry on walking home as soon as I got home it Was still a cut but wasn't as painful as it was earlier my 6 siblings where waiting for me at the lunch table today what is for lunch? I asked.today  Was a great treat we got cheese and tomatoe for lunch.Then me and my best friend Ellen played soccer  outside the small shacks we loved soccer we would play for 3 hours a day. it was night again every night before I went to bed I would wish for a better home and for a nicer school and collage I went to bed as cold as ever because of the Hole in the roof 

Next morning

I woke up early, mom woke me up GOODNESS SHE YELLED "dads new job has got us a house" she said I yelled with excitement when are we moving in I asked? Now said mom.i went to tell Ellen she felt great for us then it was time for us to leave, when we where on our way out of the township I thought that this place taught me how to be thankful of what I have.

1 comment:

  1. Sebastian, you skim over quite a few areas of Susan's life without going into much detail. Although you write from her point of view, you don't really express how she feels about her home, her school and township environment. The changes she would like to see are only mentioned without explanation. Please spend more time reading and editing your post before publishing.

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