This is part of an essay written by a Scottish 13-year-old sec | School English Teachers

This is part of an essay written by a Scottish 13-year-old secondary school pupil.

My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- @ kds FTF. ILNY, its gr8. Bt my Ps wr so {:-/ BC o 9/11 tht thay dcdd 2 stay in SCO & spnd 2 wks up N. Up N, WUCIWUG — 0. I ws vvv brd in MON. 0 bt baas & ^^

My summer holidays were complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their 3 screaming kids face to face. I love New York, It's great place. But my parents were so worried because of terrorism attack on September 11 that they decided to stay in Scotland and spend 2 weeks up north. Up north, what you see is what you get - nothing. I was extremely bored in the middle of nowhere. Nothing but sheep and mountains.

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