THE ROOM WAS SUBSTANDARD.
The sun 🌅 shone softly at a room in the southern part of a small town in Nigeria.
Chichi_age eighteen, long dark hair, six feet five inches tall laid down awake on her mom's fluke staring at the old white and black television on a wooden stool , she shifted her gaze to the other things in the room. A grandfather's clock was hung on the wall , a worn_out cotton fabric on the window and a poor looking wardrobe.
She wanted to stand up but felt weak and paralyzed then she looked up and keep staring at the ceiling then old memories kept flashing back .
"FLASH BACK "
Eight years ago , Chi-chi sat on the same fluke in the room getting ready to go to school then grandfather's clock rang , It's quarter past 7am, she hurriedly hung her school bag on her back and ran out of the room to meet her mom , Mrs Williams ( A woman mid_age in her earlier thirties ) in a small hut outside the house, where there's a three_stone cooking fire 🔥 having the cooking vessel placed very close to the fire itself, Limits the excess waste of heat and a big metal pot on it, where she prepared solid pap in exchange for money 💰 in the nearby market .
she met her sitting on a small stool and stocking the solid pap in a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers (basket) . Hurry up mum else I will be late to school "she said" then she looked up at her and smile , serious student "She replied" then hand her a cup of liquid pap and beans cake 🍰 to eat , By the time she finished eating, Mrs Williams was ready , She collected Chichi's school bag and they both lift the heavy basket up and placed it on Chichi's head.
The moment they stepped out of the hut, The first ray of sunlight lit up and cast a rosy hue across the morning 🌻 sky ,the sun shone softly on the street , bringing a flurry of an early morning activity...
As they were walking down the street , Mrs Williams started singing "Here comes the Sun" by the beatles till when they reached the market .
Many people were busy with different activities in the market , There were cobblers , Clothes sellers , Groceries store and many more..
Mrs Williams assisted her to drop off the basket and gave her a token amount of money to spend during the school break time , Come and meet here immediately after school "Mrs Williams said", Okay, mum " she replied" ,she collected her bag , back it then ran to school ..
SCHOOL👨‍🏫
Monday morning ...It's a New week , Everywhere became silent in the crowded space the moment , A young lady in her early twenties "Miss Sarah" The class teacher walked Into the mini square shaped classroom festooned with colourful posters on the wall, local wall clock was hung beside the blackboard , The pupils were seen sitting two_two on the chairs and locker in their front was arranged vertically facing the empty blackboard on the wall, There's also a table and a chair at the edge of the class for the class teacher...
"Good morning , Ma '' The pupils stood up and greeted the class teacher .. "Good morning, Students" Miss Sarah replied and proceeded to her space and sat down then she rested her hands on the table staring at the pupils...
Miss Sarah clears her throat "What do you want to become in future ? ", Miss Sarah asked the pupils one after the other ... Lawyer, Bankers, Doctor and so on" The student replies" ...When it's her turn , Miss Sarah smiles then called her , Chichi what do you want to become in the future ? ,; She asked "I want to be a fashion model , a comedian , a makeup artist and a novel writer " she answered politely , "Wow, you are very intelligent ", Miss Sarah complimented then one of her classmates whose name is tacha raise âś‹ hand to ask question from her , Miss Sarah granted her permission to talk .. " How could someone want have it all , I mean chichi just mentioned more than a goal " Tacha said , There's nothing wrong in dreaming of achieving many goals, "Explore all what you're feel comfortable and good at doing in as much it's not hurting other people" Miss Sarah advised
"thanks for the advice, ma'am" The pupils responded.
It was a revision week actually cause It was few weeks to their common entrance examination of grade 5 to enter the secondary school so , they were just revising all the topics they had discussed earlier the terms.
It's closing time, the school bell rang then all t the pupils in her class and other classroom rushed out