School In The Slums

By Paul McCann

The number of students living in slums have grew
There are many schools in slums that people go to .

Some schools are built with timber and others with bricks .
But slum schools have dirt floors with their roofs made with sticks .

In the slum there is no canteen or a school bus
But nobody in slum schools ever make a fuss .

Many slum students have no books to call their own .
They have no computer or TV set at home .

Teachers in slum schools are mostly from a mission .
They turn a blind eye and they take time to listen .

Slum schools are usually overcrowded and small .
Everyone must fit somehow one and all .

Although its difficult everyone keeps their cool
Although its hard in the slum they still go to school .

With determination they get education .
And even find some creative inspiration .

Schools in the slums can provide an exit away
from an existence where people live day by day

without using good grammar or a ball point pen .
or without the ability to count to ten .

At school in the slums learning can be lots of fun .
Students that go to slum schools can be old and young .

And they are learning lots of new things they can do ,
Just the basic skills that will help them make it through .

With knowledge there can be a way out of the slum ,where many hardships in life can be overcome .

By Paul McCann