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I was labeled the ‘Bad Girl’ in Primary school – labeling scars

March 10, 2017 6

At New Germany Primary School, I was infamous. I held the school record for most visits to the headmaster’s office, 3 times in one day and 7 times in a week. It was absolutely futile to try to modify my behaviour. The teachers and my peers had decided that I was ‘bad’, they would never have seen beyond their preconceptions, …

A South African wife, poet and mother. Sula was the founding member of the Durban Live Poets Society (LiPS) in 1995 which she headed until leaving Durban in 2000. She has had journal extracts published in Fair Lady Magazine and in the anthology “Glass Jars Among Trees” and her poetry, for which she has won several prizes, has been published in various South African and international anthologies. Sula is a loving mother to 4 children and loves hiking, the outdoors, reading, writing, cooking, baking and sewing. (written by my husband :) ) You can e-mail Sula at sula1968@gmail.com