School essays celebrate friendship at SOS Children’s Villages The Gambia
Children's school compositions are always the source of amazing and cute stories. Today, some grade 6 students from SOS Children's Villages School in Bakoteh, The Gambia, would like to share the essays they wrote about their friend. |
Dorcas, an 11-year-old girl
"Pullo is the name of my friend. She was born in 1992 in the Gambia's capital and is an SOS child. She is a chocolate coloured girl about my height, and we both are in grade 6 at SOS Children's Villages Lower and Upper Basic School in Bakoteh.
Pullo is a chocolate-coloured girl about my height, and we are both very friendly people. She does not get angry very often. However, when she is angry, nothing can stop her from doing what she wants.
Her hobbies are playing football and talking. We are different in character because I only talk when I have something to say. But my friend Pullo talks all the time, invites herself into conversations she wasn't invited to, and disturbs the class.
But I still like her because she is helpful and friendly!"
Ousainou, a 13-year-old boy
"My friend's name is Alhajie. He was born in America in 1993. He is short and black in colour.
Alhajie likes playing football and plays well. He often makes the team win. He also performs well to pass his exams.
He is good to me and normally talks little in class. He is also good to others and does not like fighting or insulting others. He is not hard on people and usually plays and jokes with everybody. He likes doing funny things, and I guess this is why people enjoy him so much!
I like him because he is good and kind to me and to others. We usually share many things."
Fatou, an 11-year-old girl
"My friend's name is Binta. She was born in the Gambia in 1993, in the capital city hospital. She is attending SOS Children's Villages Lower and Upper Basic School, in grade 6, just like me.
She has a brown complexion and brown eyes. She has yellow teeth, but she is beautiful, healthy, smart, honest and kind. Her hobbies are football, basketball, and tennis. She also likes jumping up and down in class, like a monkey coming from the bush.
Her behaviour is worse than mine, as she always disturbs the class and likes quarrelling. However, we are similar in the way that we both like to work independently.
Even though she is noisy, I like her because she is kind, honest and smart. She would share anything she has with me and others in the class, and I also like her for that!"