Kayleigh's Blog

I wake up at 4am in the morning to go to school.My parents are dead so I live with my siblings and my gogo. My gogo is ill so take care of her.I walk to school and they feed me.I can’t afford food for home.Teachers hand out books I share my books with 5 kids.I get home at 6pm and I cook dinner for my sisters, brother and my gogo. I have three sisters and one brother. My parents died because they walk across the street and got hit by a car. My siblings are so heartbroken. Since I’m the eldest I’ve got take care of my gogo and siblings. Every second afternoon I go and fetch water for the house. Life is hard to balance between being a parent and going to school. My gogo said if it’s to hard I must drop out of school but I don’t want to I love school. I try to do homework when everyone is asleep. If I really can’t see I find the nearest lamppost. I’m hopeful that my gogo get better. I wish we can afford a proper house with proper bed and toilets that flush, medication to heal with Inc...

Last week was horror week for me. A singing inspector came and He wore these funny looking pants. He had a face like a peach and eye blue as the sky. He had curly hair as yellow as hay.I hate him, I don’t need to know him to make up my mind. Jack and paul were lucky they do exams not singing. Iris says to me that she already hates him. I agree with her. He made me feel horrified. He made as sing doh , rey, mi.I sang on top of the modelrater. Iris says to me I sang nicely.I saw how nervous Iris was.I felt sorry for her and Gladys. The inspector called them deaf and the dum. He also shouted at Benny and Charles. They didn’t know any songs so they sang pretty Poly.