Beautiful Lies and Silent Truths

Count To Ten

Count to ten

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Such a small number that fits right upon the fingers on my hand

Such a small number in comparison to 20, 30, 40, 50

Ten seconds compared to ten minutes

Ten hours

Ten days

Ten weeks

Ten months

But to believe that ten years ago I was only six years old

I would've been in first grade

Started learning multiplication

Didn't realise that the alphabet would be soon mixed with those equations only a few years later

Not realising that dreams would soon be far from reality

But after all I was only six years old

Then we add one

It becomes seven

Seven years old, compare that to seventh grade.

Growing up became a little more terrifying

But reality just hadn't quite smacked me across the face yet

New school, new faces, new names, so many more new people... Guess it was time for a new me right?

In seventh grade, I was twelve years old with a lot of thoughts planted in my mind

Hoping to share my dreams and infinite ideas

Wishing for everything to run smoothly for the bumpy road ahead

Don't worry. By the end of the next five years you'll be off to University studying anything you ever wished for. Getting the job you always ever wanted.

Don't worry!

Everything is going to be just fine... If... You don't fail.

Don't fail.

Don't fail these exams, essays, assessments, assignments.

Surprise test!

Here's some homework.

You can't use calculators for this exam.

You must bring a calculator.

Study for your essay.

Don't worry, there's never a wrong answer.

You can't write that.

That point is invalid.

Memorising something which will be remembered for an hour and forgotten the next.

"You need to make an important decision now. What will you be doing for the rest of your working life?

Don't worry, these next 6 exams determine whether or not you can get into University. You know what you want to do right?"

- a.k.a