A Day in the Life of a Singapore School Kid

In the pervading darkness,
The alarm clock rings.
Their sleepy owners snooze the alarm,
Then gets up to pee.

The maid is busy in the kitchen,
Preparing the drink.
Gulp the whole lot in,
Then slouch off to catch the bus.

Walking in the dark,
The bus comes chugging up-RUN!
Or else you might be late,
Trust me, that's not fun.

The news breaks out amongst us,
Our science teacher is not around.
We cheer and arrive at her room,
Only to find there is worksheets to do

We arrive later at a world,
Filled with streams and rivers
And noisy little humans
That?s how Geography is.

Next we get to another world,
Full of revolutions and wars,
Then we see Hitler killing the Jews,
God bless the poor souls.

After leaving the cruel History world,
We get to Lit
With Romeo and Juliet and Othello,
And those tests we sit.

The recess bell rings,
And everyone starts talking-yes, everyone
Exercising their mouths and waiting for the moment
When it is unforgivable to talk.

After finishing a few more lessons,
Like gym and mother tongue
Finally! The dismissal bell rings.
Everyone eats their lunch.

After lunch, we go home-no wait!
We go to the world of calculation,
Don't get me wrong, we?re not managers,
But we have math remedial.

After remedial, we skip out of school,
With bags heavy with homework to do.
We run for the bus stop again
For the bus is here.

Reaching home, we sink gratefully into the bath.
Then we have dinner
Next we do homework (oh no, I don't know this question)
Before jumping into bed.

Good night, my dear friend
A new day is about to begin.

Grace Tan
Sec 3G