Personal Narrative Essay: My Day At School

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I was talking to my Granny, Joan Nolan who is eighty one years old.I asked her about her school days.

As i showed granny my new dimmer switch in my bedroom it took her back to a time when she used candle light to do her homework.
"I remember when i was in school and when i used to get my homework i would have to use candle light if i did my homework to late in the evening so i could see what i was doing. i got a lot of homwork so it would take a while so most evening after school i would have to use candle light, we had to use candles for light as there was no electricity when i was going to school."
How long were you in school for?
""I went to school until seventh class which would be the same as firsty year now. i went to school for around seven years. I went to Ballomitte school. in the school there was only to eachers one downstairs amd one upstairs and alos there was one classroom on each floor so two all together.i never went went to secondary school i stayed at hhome and helped my mother with the cleaning and feeding the animals on the farm. we had cows, sheeps and pigs. some people went to secondary school but mostly boys went , if you did go to secondary school you boarded.I remeber that the school was to small for the amount of students that attended it. Third fourth and fifth class shared a classroom. there was only enough room for half the amount of students in the class. when third class and fourth class was writing fifth …show more content…

"On a sunny day i would walk to school it would take me a mile and half. i remember when i was walking to school i could hear the bord singing and the sound of chikdren laughing. if it was raining i would have to get a pony and car to school. it was very small and there was alot of us on it so we were tightly packed in. i remeber it was my neigbout who who was driving. he was angry and he would shout at us for being late in the morning if we were not at the the stop in time, he would still wait on

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