Date for Entry: (Friday 19 January 2024)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 20 January
2024)
[T2, W:03 – WD:13,
(Td:1)*].
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Dear Diary,
I came to
Valsing this morning with the driver Mr. Big Mouth Impatient. Two gentlemen sat
in the front seat and were speaking Spanish. As soon as I got into the office,
I went to the OJT book and signed in for the day. I decided to take my journal
book and had the times in and times out finished for the rest of the week. They
were now organized.
I moved to the
staff room and Janessa was there with Susan and just came in with her green-looking
boots. We had 1F this morning. We had a good chat sitting on a concrete bench
during the second half of the second period before walking off to 1F. Some of
the Soca was done in groups and I worked on the music alphabet as the topic for
the book for today.
On my way to the
art room, Miss Gittens was not there. I waited with the rest of the Mitchell
house in the art room during recess and then I helped them paint the word
Mitchell on their banner. It took me an entire double period during the 5th and
6th periods to finish painting the word Mitchell and smoothen the edges of the
words and this also went halfway through lunchtime. I met all of the Mitchell
students in the hall practicing the song and they had lunch very late.
I decided to go
and sit in the conference room because I saw that it was empty. The air
conditioning in that room was very comfortable and nice. Janessa came and asked
me to watch over her staff again. She asked me if I was coming to the function
and I was not ready. I was feeling very sick at that time after working on the
banner but I decided to go find the children because sadly not many of the
Mitchell house teachers were present with us.
A lot of us in
the Mitchell house were outside of the auditorium. We did not know where
everyone was or even where to gather and I was not seeing any of the Mitchell
teachers around. I only saw Mr. “Marlon” and he confirmed that he was in
Mitchell when I asked. I soon saw Miss Dana and asked her if she knew which
teachers were going up on stage with the students. When she said no and I asked
her, I told her that I would go up with the children.
A long wait
occurred and then the results came. Leacock was the first to perform, Mitchell
was second to perform, Farrell was third to perform and finally, Gift House was
the last to perform. The male judge was the one to announce the results. We did
not get to know who the lady was. The male judge delayed and made us wait. It
made everyone very anxious and angry at the same time. It just so happened that
Farrell was fourth, Leacock was third, Mitchell was second and Gift House came
first. Many of us did not approve of Gift winning the chantwell but I went back
to my desk afterwards.
I was still
appreciative that Mitchell House was still one of the higher houses in the
scoring points or the ranking. I was told by Miss Mustapha that Mr. Reed came
earlier that evening. He came earlier than usual and he wanted to start
practice with the marching team. I went to finish my journal entry for the day,
packed up my bag to set it in the staff room and ate lunch, as it was the afternoon
after school at that time. I met all of the marchers who were present there
along with some of the upcoming students.
In the end, this
art room was locked up so we could not take the flag back inside there. Maria
and Susan were still there. We helped Maria carry water bottles to her car. I
did not see Miss Gittens again for the day. She told me, “Mr Ali you lookin’
like you go fall asleep one time as soon as you get home.” I laughed when I got
up again to go and stumbled to fall back on the couch. Didn't feel like eating anything for the evening.
Link(s):
- St George's Chantwell (2024) - Performance Video.**
- Picture of the Final Results.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(8:48
am – 5:28 pm)
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