07/03/2016
Story of my life by-Justin Malgas
Scene 9
Grade 4 was a bit scary as i was part of the senior side of school now. The work became more realistic and the beatings more brutal. No we were not inslaved in any type of way,but it felt like it. It was my first time reading infront of the whole class, but it was only the alphabeth. We stood in lines as the kids all said the alphabeth in Afrikaans all proud and well. So God help you if you stutter or forget one word.'' jy sal kak as jy dit nie reg opse nie''. I was scared as sh*t,because i could not say the alphabeth. Not in Afrikaans though. I always switched to english. To much Jean Claude van Damme and Jackie Chan movies. Yes i learned to speak english at a very young age from watching t.v and movies. It was tough for me,because everyone in my house spoke Afrikaans and only my grandmother knew how to speak Xhosa. So basicly was i the only mixed race kid and the first as all my other cuzins are half xhosa. Actualy there are Afrikaans speaking xhosas. Back in class as it is my turn to say the alphabeth. I never knew you could be tortured with a board erasor till you are speech and poewrless. I never said the alphabeth after that. Not in Afrikaans till i could master it. Natural Sciences was one of my favourite subjects. i remember this one time when we had to stay behind because i got detention so i had some lost work that i need to catch up on. I dont know much,but i wrote something and read it out loud and someone felt provoked by my statement that was actualy part of my work. That was my first fight in school and in class. Well i did not lost the fight or won it either, but i was so pi**ed when they stopped it, because now i got double detention for a week. The guy that i exchanged fist's with had to sit in with me. We became friends after that. Karate everyday with my other two homeys Stef and Gino. We were badass until one morning i got into another fight. The prefects made me an offer i could not refuse as the guy im fighting was a bit taller and more muscled than me. Yeah he was a reall ''spiertier'' and i a little ''maergat'' wat in sy broek bewe,because my chances of getting the best bleksem of my life is standing infront of me. So the prefects told me if i dont fight i will face the principle and believe me when i say you would hate it to face our headmaster as jy kak aanvang. So there i stood unbottoning my shirt.as there was a little crowd blocking the view to the office. I dont know what i did, but all i knew was i never knew i was so super fast with my fancy footwork. One kick as i was turning in the air and down goes Goliath and i was saved by the bell aa the prefects where a bit worried, because i kicked the guy so hard. He spend an entire hour in the bathroom. Well nothing happend after that, but i was still scared he would come back so the badass crew of ours would spend most of our time practising infront the office karate everyday untill we mastered every move van Damme and Chan could teach us. Grade 4 was the year i learned that sometimes you need to stand up for yourself. Sometimes kicks and fights dont help, but you need to make a statement in order for people to take notice that you are a nobody trying to be somebody and yes i did make a statement in my senior year. I was not the nerd that was bullied or lunch was taken. I was a cool kid cracking jokes and making fun of everybody. I even took over the class from time to time when we had no teachers. So whenever we were in a dull moment. I came to the rescue and made school a little bit less strict as it was. Well that was my actual goal. I never really went to school to get educated,but i did learn enough when they schooled us. The reason i went to school was to be that kid that everyone looked at and thought for a moment '' i wish i could be that guy''. I never took anything serious,but nothing was taken as a joke. I did my part and now its time to put it the test.my life took a twisting turn in Grade 5 where i realised my clown acting should come to an end,but thats another story as you should stay tuned,because this is where everything started....to be continued