I Hate School

• Jackson Lindsay, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2007

I Hate School

With a slash a sword cut through the curtain. There stood a black figure. He emerged from the dark. Guess who it was? It was the Black Knight. The most fearsome, scary and spooky looking knight you will ever find. It steps in front of me and slices your stomach. “Ahhh!” I woke up. My mum rushes into my room and asks “what’s wrong?” “I had another night terror. This time the Black Knight was there.” And he tried to kill me. “Well go back to sleep” mum said with a huge smile try and get some sleep.” “But mum… it seemed so real.” “Just go back to sleep you’ll feel better in the morning.” That’s all she said and then disappeared down the hall.
That morning at breakfast mum put a bowl of porridge on the table. It looked disgusting. I felt like just chucking it out the window. After the pain of eating that porridge I got dressed for school. I was heading for the bus and then the school bully ran up to me and shouted at me “give him all your money or else!” “Or else what?” “I’ll squash you like a rotten lemon you little girl!” “Would a girl do this” you reply. You punch him in the stomach and walk away. When you get to school the bully’s gang is there. They corner me in the basketball court and start beating you so bad that your head starts bleeding. When I go to the school nurse and she sends you home (I go to a public school so the teachers don’t care about bullying). When I got home you open a pack of crisps. I turned on the television and watch The Simpsons. When my mum got home she made dinner and I went straight to bed. The next day at school I get beaten up by the bully and his gang. I go to the nurse again and she sends you home again and I watched
The Simpsons again. I asked my mum if I could go to another school, a private school maybe. But she said no. then under my breath I murmur “I hate school.”

School: Midland Christian School, WA
Year/Age: Year 6 Aged 11
Category: Story