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gray rain Jun 2016

3 minutes of pauses between each of the words
but I remembered the ending of the verbs

2 minutes of questions, maybe more
the pauses could effect my score

1 night left I'm in a better place
the practice showed me it's not a race

hands are shaking
heart is racing
the recording starts
there are no restarts

My speaking assessment is tomorrow morning but my teacher did a mock with me so I feel more confident

#school #spanish

gray rain Jun 2016

Listen To Yourself

El logro no es importante sí no lo disfruto. Hago algo porque lo disfruto no para ganar.

I should probably stop doing Spanish if I don't enjoy it. There's no point doing something I don't enjoy.

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Translation
Achievement is not important if you don't enjoy it. I do something to enjoy it not to win.

This is one of the answers to a question on my speaking assesment but 'algo' was 'deportes' which means sport. I don't know why I dislike Spanish so much but I do. There is now two days left and writing about it help me learn.

#school #spanish

gray rain Jun 2016

Prisoners In Disguise As Students

We're all prisoners
serving between five and seven years
some escape and find themselves somewhere else
some stay and accept the crime of being born
in the 21st century
where it is illegal to be out of education
so we are sentenced if we go
and our parents are if we don't
during your time you will be force fed Maths, English and Science - the stuff you really hate and never want to go near but what some wierd person really likes for some reason.
If you're lucky you may be rewarded
allowing you to play sport or something else you enjoy.
If you're not, you have extra time where any such luxeries are stripped and you will be forced to sit in silence so you will learn from your mistakes.
If you're rich you can wake up later and pay for longer breaks whilst servings your time.
some will leave having learned nothing and will find themselves back for more time
but some will learn and graduate into society never to return.
To the place that kept them for many years.

I really don't know how the legal system works but I think I got the point across.

#school

Jun 2016

tl b

Dreams with Sharp Nails (10w)

I have a headache from dreams clawing to break free.

#10w #dreamer

Jun 2016

Imotional

Realisation

Are you?
yes, I always have.
How did you know?
I just did
So is it like this?
I don't know.
Ok...I understand.
Do you really?
Ye, it's just the opposite. It's the same really.
Just stop pretending you know everything.
I was just trying... to understand how.
I don't care that you don't.
I don't get it.
Exactly, you never will.

When asking questions isn't going to make you understand. You need to stop and think about how you're making the other person feel.

#questions #realisation #dialogue

gray rain Jun 2016

When Ink Is Spilled

When ink is spilled...

Do you make it into something that looks good or try clean up as fast as you can.

Do you let it soak into the paper and when you go to write it ends up on your hands.

Do you continue to spill the ink not giving a **** about where it lands.

Do you turn it into a poem or song that you could sell to the next underground band.

Do you leave it to live a life of its own and see the patterns and shapes it makes as though it was planned.

Or do you leave it for someone else to clean up just because you can.

gray rain Jun 2016

Speaking Assessment 3 (not really a poem)

Why the **** is Spanish so ******* difficult to remember?
The teacher says "it just is! Stay 'til 5:30 tomorrow with the other twenty who can't remember either."
As my head fills with excuses about why school shouldn't be important or why exams should be stopped.
I say "ok" because it doesn't stop the fact that I have a speaking assessment in three days. Then in a year it can be dropped.

#school #spanish