The Stress Of School

• Max Morris, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2022

I watch the clock tick
and im waiting for the class to end
i get called up to answer a question
but i don’t know the answer so really, i have to pretend

I don’t know what to say
and the teacher catches on
my palms get sweaty
but by the time the teacher yells at me the bell had already gone

i race to my next class
almost being late
realising i have a test
so i must accept my fate

the test was hard
but i got through it
i got 90% on the test
but i had to use my wit