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the cage.
The teacher told me off twice for not paying attention. Every time
the rat moved, I had to turn around to look. The teacher said he
would give me a detention if I didn’t concentrate in class.
    It’s difficult
to remember which books I need to have with me, and which I can
leave in my locker. The history teacher was mad at me today because
I didn’t have my history text book with me. I had to share a book
with the boy sitting next to me. I thought my book was in my
backpack, but it wasn’t. When I checked, at break time, I found the
book in my locker. I think I will write a list of the books which I
need each day.
    The boys did
P.E. today while the girls did swimming. On Friday, the boys will
swim and the girls will do P.E. I didn’t like P.E. at Westlake
because I was never sure what I was going to have to do. I am
rubbish at anything sporty. In today’s P.E. lesson we had to do
forward rolls. I’ve never been able to do them. I always end up
falling sideways. The P.E. teacher crouched down behind me, and
pushed my head down, so it was nearly touching the floor. Then he
pushed me to make me roll over. Every time I tried to do it on my
own, I rolled to the side. At least I wasn’t the only one who
couldn’t do it.
    One of the
teachers shouted at me today. He said I shouldn't be wandering
around the corridors. I was lost.
     
    *****
    Angela's
Diary
    I hit the panic
button this morning when Lesley telephoned. I thought something had
happened to Jamie. She was annoyed because he had come looking for
her while she was with her friends. He had left his geography
homework in his bedroom. All the time and effort he had put into
his homework last night, and he forgets to take it with him.
Needless to say, I didn’t get as much as a thank you for driving
over to school with it. He said it was my fault he had forgotten
it. Sometimes I think I must have 'mug' written on my forehead. Do
other kids treat their parents like dirt, or is it just me?
    What an
evening. Jamie had somehow managed to drop a toilet roll into the
loo. Instead of fishing it out he had tried to flush it away. It
got stuck, and I had to clean it up. I didn’t say anything to him
because he was doing homework until bedtime. I dread to think what
kind of reception I would have got if I had tackled him about the
toilet roll.
     
    *****
    Lesley's
Journal
    I got a
detention today because the teacher heard me call Alison a cow. It
was worth it because the teacher asked me what I had said, so I got
to say it out loud to all the class. You should have seen the look
on Alison's face.
    Tram boy showed
me up proper today. I've told him not to come talking to me at
school, but he was wetting his pants because he had forgot his
homework. Who cares? I forget it all the time. The only way to get
rid of him was to call mum and tell her to bring it. Even then the
little shit wasn't grateful. Courtney and Orange had a right laugh
about it.
     
     
    8th September
(Thursday)
     
    Jamie's
Diary
    By the time the
bus is half way to school, it’s always full. The noise on the bus
is terrible. All of the kids shout to one another, and a lot of
them have music playing on their mobile phones. Once the bus is
moving, we aren’t meant to get out of our seats, but there are
always a few kids walking up and down. The driver doesn't say
anything to them.
    The ICT teacher
hasn’t got a clue what he is talking about. How is he meant to
teach us when he doesn’t even understand what Safe Mode is? The
computer on my desk was switched off, so I asked him why. He said
it had crashed, and I would have to partner with someone to share
their computer. I asked him what was wrong with it. He said it
wouldn’t boot. I asked him if he had tried to start it in Safe
Mode. He said he didn’t repair computers. He said the technician
had been informed. I asked him when the technician would be coming.
He said I should stop asking questions, and partner with someone.
He wasn’t watching, so I