Reading for "How People Live"
Anusibuno
I get up at 5:30 a.m. First I clean the house, then I get water from the
well. After that I prepare breakfast with my mother. After breakfast I wash in
the water from the well. Then I get dressed and walk to school. Im in class
P2, and I like maths best of all.
Anusibuno, aged 7, Zuo, Ghana
Dramane Oumar Samaké
I get up at 7:00. I have breakfast, then I leave home and walk to school.
Classes start at 8 a.m. and finish at 12:00. I get home at 12:15 and have lunch.
In the afternoon I go to work for three or four hours. Im an apprentice
carpenter. We have dinner at 8 p.m., and I go to bed at 9 p.m.
Dramane Oumar Samaké, aged 12, from Bamako, Mali
Paz
I get up at 6:45 a.m., have a shower and get dressed. After that I have
breakfast, then I go to school by car. I finish school at 2 p.m. In the afternoon
I study at home for an hour or two. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I play
basketball. We have dinner at 9 p.m., and I go to bed at 10 p.m.
Paz, aged 14, Valencia, Spain
Salma
"We get up at 7 a.m. and start school at 8 a.m. At midday we have lunch and
listen to the radio. We play football after lunch, then have a siesta. Classes
start again at 4 p.m. We finish school at 6 p.m. and have dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Then we play games or study. We go to bed at 10 p.m."
Salma, aged 13, Western Sahara refugee camp, Algeria