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Throughout primary and secondary school, I didn’t have a school bag like other students. Most of the time, I didn’t have money for the bus either. So, I put my pencils and books in a plastic bag and walked to and from school every day. I walked fast, so I could reach in 30 to 40 minutes. My classmates made fun of me for bringing a plastic bag to school, but I didn’t care. I wanted to study.
I am studying in ITE now. This morning I didn’t have sufficient money to travel to school yet again. Our financial assistance has run out. We have re-applied, but in-between, it’s difficult. My mum tried asking some of our neighbours if we could borrow some money, but everyone is struggling. A friend from school transferred a few dollars to me so I could top-up my EZ-link card. I made it to school today, but it’s stressful not to have any money on me at all.
I have an exam tomorrow. I am not worried about it, I know I will pass. 100%. I don’t have any textbooks, because we don’t have the money for it. I just listen carefully in class and try to visualise what the teacher says. It’s all in my head. Sometimes, before an exam, I will call up a friend and ask them to read to me from their textbooks.
I am presently enrolled in an engineering programme. I fix all the electrical things in our house. I just need to be alone, and talk out loud to myself, then I can do it. It sounds weird, my family laughs when they see me talking to myself and fiddling with things, but it works! I also repair phones. I didn’t learn these things in school. I just open things up and study the parts for a while, till it starts to make sense to me.
My mother has had a very hard life. She raised us on her own. Maybe because of her own experiences, she gets very concerned when she sees people or animals get hurt. Therefore should any of her friends encounters problems, or she sees someone on the street harassing a cat, she always asks me to step in and help.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2018/06/ite-student-who-cannot-afford-textbooks.html
I am studying in ITE now. This morning I didn’t have sufficient money to travel to school yet again. Our financial assistance has run out. We have re-applied, but in-between, it’s difficult. My mum tried asking some of our neighbours if we could borrow some money, but everyone is struggling. A friend from school transferred a few dollars to me so I could top-up my EZ-link card. I made it to school today, but it’s stressful not to have any money on me at all.
I have an exam tomorrow. I am not worried about it, I know I will pass. 100%. I don’t have any textbooks, because we don’t have the money for it. I just listen carefully in class and try to visualise what the teacher says. It’s all in my head. Sometimes, before an exam, I will call up a friend and ask them to read to me from their textbooks.
I am presently enrolled in an engineering programme. I fix all the electrical things in our house. I just need to be alone, and talk out loud to myself, then I can do it. It sounds weird, my family laughs when they see me talking to myself and fiddling with things, but it works! I also repair phones. I didn’t learn these things in school. I just open things up and study the parts for a while, till it starts to make sense to me.
My mother has had a very hard life. She raised us on her own. Maybe because of her own experiences, she gets very concerned when she sees people or animals get hurt. Therefore should any of her friends encounters problems, or she sees someone on the street harassing a cat, she always asks me to step in and help.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2018/06/ite-student-who-cannot-afford-textbooks.html
