Something at School

Life in School

My life in school is full of ups and downs. We have both good and bad times.

Last week, I created a big mess at my homec lesson. We were cooking (for me, attempting to cook) a plate of spaghetti and it was fairly challenging as this was one of the first assignments I have been tasked to perform.

The recipe was very simple. I had to heat up some sauce, add some cheese and spices, cook the spaghetti and then serve it to the teacher for sampling. However, I poured in way too much sauce, causing the sauce to spill over the pot. I was frantic on seeing the mess I created and quickly borrowed a friend’s cloth to mop it. However, we had had a Design and Technology (D&T) lesson before Homec and the cloth still had some adhesives on it. Before my friend could stop me, cloth got stuck to the pot before I could do any cleaning and to make things worst, the cloth dropped into the pot while I was trying to pull the cloth away! I hurriedly fished the cloth out of the pot and added the cheese and other ingredients to continue the cooking. However, somehow, my hands uncontrollably poured half a bottle of chilli (instead of a sprinkle of pepper) into the pot.

I followed on by adding some salt, but my clumsy hands betrayed me once again and was done with it before realizing that it was sugar and not salt. I managed to cook the spaghetti well though. The dish managed to look aesthetically appealing.

At judgment time, I gingerly presented the dish in front of the teacher. When the teacher placed the food into her mouth, she immediately sped off for some big gulps of water before returning. I was both shocked and relieved when she still gave me some words of encouragement after that. I resolve to hone my spaghetti cooking skills from then on.