Date for Entry: (Wednesday 13 November 2024)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 30 November 2024)
[T1, W:11 – WD:49,
(Td:4)*].
**electricity notice
Dear Diary,
This morning I slept back. It was
very difficult to wake up. Thankfully I did not get to school that late. I hope
that OJT changes their late time for arrival with the Cultural Transformation
Policy from the Ministry. The staffroom was empty as usual. I didn't walk briskly
and quickly as I usually do.
Was feeling too tired and sick
the whole way. I could not even make up my words properly in prayer as if I had
been up drinking the whole night. Class assemblies were in session. I had to
use the washroom before the long walk to pay for the pies at recess.
Soon Jess came back and she asked
me to take the children down to the music room. The students were taken to the
panroom to try and do the school song while the others who missed my exam were
given it. The rest of the double period took a while to get over. Jess decided
to grade the 2L papers because 3M was on a field trip. That's why Artee was
saying she was excited to ride a horse.
I took the first girl's paper* to
be copied for Mr Charles, made copies of music in the staffroom and then went
to get the pies. It felt like they were not putting enough pepper again. As
soon as Mr Marlon came in he said Good night. I replied Merry Christmas and
Miss Carthy laughed out saying the same. Recess time came and we were wondering
if there was going to be a holiday tomorrow because of the scheduled blackout.
I went to the music room to join
the Form 4s. They were in the cupboard looking through previous students' past
SBAs. This was the session for the day. It finished early. As we were in the pan
room doing scales, Miss Carthy came and called Jess out of the room. She came
back and told us that the school was being closed early because of a sewage
leak on the compound.
There was another immediate staff
meeting again for the week. We were told about a sewage leak the children had
to vacate the compound and that if it was not fixed by Thursday then there would
be no school on Friday. Tomorrow was also declared no school because of the electrical
works being done in the area.
While writing my notes in the
meeting, Jess came and interrupted me to find the keys in the music room. I
told her that it was in the front of the classroom and she didn't see it. I had
to leave the staffroom to go and get the keys myself. The keys were exactly on
the same table. Mr Marlon was in the corridor asking the children to assemble
in the hall. The classes were under lockdown too and children were being asked
to walk out of the compound in groups as a measure of safety.
Mel went out to help the children
with the box lunches but we had to get her back. She, me, “GG”, and “Chrissy”
went up the Main Road with Mr Raymond. I dropped out in Curepe to wait for
Daddy to come for us to head up to go by Isa for Library work.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(8:11 am – 1:02 pm)
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