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I like school but sometimes it's just too hard to get up in the mornings.
I'd rather stay in bed and watch the telly.
Especially when it's a cold day.
Anyway, it's embarrassing if you haven't got the proper uniform.
I've only got one set. I'm not going to go in if I look mucky.
Sometimes my mum forgets to put it in the wash.
Anyway, the teachers get on at me
and sometimes it shows me up in front of the others.
'Where's your homework, Shireen?'
'Where's your PE kit, Shireen?'
'Why weren't you in school yesterday, Shireen?'
You see, my mum doesn't like writing the letters
when I've been off, so I get all the questions.
I felt really bad when everyone else got to go to the adventure park.
I didn't but it's okay because my friend, Natasha, didn't go either.
So we just went round to hers for day and watched telly.
I love music and dancing.
There's a street dance class that goes on at our community centre
on a Thursday.
Me and my friends sometimes watch through the window.
It looks great and the woman asked me if I wanted to come in
but I didn't.
If my mum had the money she'd let me go.
I know she would.
I don't want to ask for too many things anyway
because I don't want to stress my mum out.
Sometimes when I ask for things she gets cross.
Not with me but with my dad for not having a proper job.
So I just don't ask because it causes arguments.
Sometimes I can hear them arguing when they think I'm asleep.
I love going round to my friends' for tea
because they all sit down together for a meal
and we don't do that at home.
I wish I could have them back over at my house sometimes
but it's so embarrassing.
My mum usually forgets that they're coming.
The house is always a mess
and we wend up going out for some chips instead.