I didn't want to go to the orphanage (poetry)

I wanted to not get yelled at. So I studied really hard. She said I will go to the orphanage if I didn’t do what she said. So I tried really hard.

In the end I didn’t go to the orphanage. I stayed home.

And when I got hit at school no one said a thing. I can’t remember what I was getting punished for. Writing 50 sentences in one sitting was brutal. But I did it because I was told to. And I have done it more than 10 times.

The teacher said I wasn’t a model student. Later she thought I was passive. But she thought I was a good kid later.

One time I got 70% on a test. I went home and I got hit with a bamboo stick. So I scored 90% on a test. She said “please try harder next time”. So I was scared whenever I took a test because I knew that she would be angry. So I pretended that I got my tests signed.

She said she must have sold her country to have so many problems in life. I told her that I’m sorry that I didn’t go to the best school, graduated with top scores, etc. Yes, I’m sorry that I’m a horrible person…but I don’t know how to make it better. Or change who I am, really.

I hope me being disabled won’t make her feel like ■■■■ because I know that expectations for me to get better is high. But it’s genetic. You can’t fix broken genes. And it will get worse and I hate it. I hate that I can’t get better and I’m really sorry. But I don’t know how to fix my body and I can’t stop it from getting worse.

Anyway, I just hope they know that I’m trying and I’m not slacking off. But I’m just glad I didn’t end up in an orphanage. I stayed home.

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Thanks for sharing this @anon10648258

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did you really get hit with a bamboo stick because of test result? that is terrible really…

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When I was living in Syria, teachers would hit our hands with a wood stick whenever we talked in class or maybe even when we were at the chalkboard and did bad. The worst was when they hit us with palms down, it hit the bones hard. Once my friend bought a wood stick to the teacher as a gift on teachers day, everyone has to give gifts to the teacher.

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yea i got hit too when i was in elementary school but they fired that teacher… i was glad he was gone…

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It used to be common back then, but not anymore.

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ah yea that sucks huh… shouldn’t get hit really…

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