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I looked glumly out of the window. The sky was grey; it was raining, and you couldn't see two inches in front of your face, perfect weather to match my dire mood. I watched the droplets of rain splash onto the window and followed the waving path along the glass. The noise of the water hitting the window with such force was loud and soothing, like I was in the tropics; away from the stress of school. Together, with the dim lights of the classroom, and the soft murmuring voices of my class mates; it was friendly and even inviting.

I was lost in my thoughts; my own little world friends would say. It was easier to do that now. I sit on an isolated double table at the back of the class room but that's ok; I don't really mind .

Now that my citizenship course work was completed and up to a good standard I had nothing to worry about but of course I don't tell the teacher this; I prefer 'my little world'. I like to sit and think about things; silly little things that I know will be ok in the end, yet I can't stop thinking about them. Like, for instance, I had not completed my next lessons homework. I wasn't worried last night about it when I had decided that it didn't matter and what was the worst that could happen if I didn't bring it in? but now, I remembered the detention threat she had given all of us.

"So do you get it then Hanna? What have you put down?" My teacher suddenly starts talking to me but being me, I don't have a clue what she is talking about and blurt out the first thing that comes into my head, "mothers will carry their baby for nine months?" What can I say? I gave it my best shot. We had been doing about the gestation period yesterday and I presumed that we were carrying on from what we were dong, so I was shocked when the whole class burst out laughing.

"So", replied Mrs Madery, a little amused by what I had said. I felt my cheeks starting to turn red; the problem with skin like mine. "You feel that the most important thing you learnt on your work experience is that mothers carry their baby for nine months?" Oh no, not what I was expecting at all. I look around at all of my class mates. Everyone's eyes are on me, each one smiling and all of my friends are practically on the floor. How embarrassing but, luckily, they recovered quickly and the teacher was soon carrying on with the lesson.