Lately I’ve been consumed into the life of a Polytechnic student. I make new friends, we go a little more crazy than my friends and I would in Secondary school, we make a fool of ourselves, we laugh, we stay out late, but here’s the catch; my friends love making fun of me.
1. Curfew
Because I came home later than my curfew(11pm) few days back(11.30pm), and did not inform my mum about my whereabouts, my curfew now has been changed to 9pm. So my mum said that I’ve been coming home later than her coming home after work and that’s unacceptable. It’s only recently that I come home late… I’VE BEEN COMING HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE FOR YEARS, MUM. And I was accused for going out till late hours and not coming home immediately after school. IT’S NOT LIKE MY FRIENDS AND I GO OUT OF SCHOOL AT ALL. MAJORITY OF THE TIME, WE STAY IN CLASS TO COMPLETE OUR ASSIGNMENTS AND GO TO THE SCHOOL’S CAFÉ TO CHILL. THAT’S ALL. DOES THAT MAKE ME A REBEL? DOES THAT MAKE MY CLASSMATES A BAD COMPANY? DID I CHANGE FOR THE WORSE? Someone please enlighten me. I really do not see anything bad about my classmates nor chilling in school. It’s not like when I come home at 6pm there will be anyone anyway…
And that’s not enough. All day long in school, my friends just kept going about curfews, and whether a curfew can be eaten or not. I know they just take it as a joke, but to me, AS IF HAVING A CURFEW ISN’T PATHETIC ENOUGH, MUST YOU ADD ON TO IT?!
2. Small eyes
Yes, by now, everyone knows that I’ve got small eyes. And the guys in my class wouldn’t stop teasing me about it. It’s genes, and not like I’ve got control over the size of my eyes anyway… They even said that I do not require a palm to cover my eyes, just a pinky will do. So I thought that I can start afresh in tertiary education, but it kinda went overboard.
3. Purity
So then most of my classmates are legal(18 years& above) or came from Mixed Schools, while i'm here, stuck in my ALL GIRLS SCHOOL pitiful self. I guess it's normal for couples to be formed... I mean, in just 1 month, BAM!, 2 couples in my class... Whenever my classmates talk about sex or those NC16 topics, yes i know i'm already 17, i still feel like i'm stapled to my 15 year old self. Either that or maybe because of the people i mixed with then. We certainly do not go round the classroom talking about sex and what not... Our definition of extreme was Throwing Sanitary Pads in class... now yknow what i mean by purity.
Well, i just have to accept the fact that i'm out of an All girls school, and now i'm studying with BOYS--- though my classmates may be 18,19,20, they behave like they're 16... or worse. Nevertheless, it has its perks of having boys around, especially those in my class, they lighten the mood every lesson. (:
Back to the point, i think i really have to pick up my pace of catching up with everyone else. So many sexual terms they use, and i get confused with every new word they say. Then i wonder if it's good to be innocent sometimes... ...
