With every Cognita school in the family now educating their students online, the Group launched the Cognita Global Competitions, a series of optional student competitions designed to provide our students with an opportunity to connect and share their creative flair across the organisation.
One of these was “From my Window” competition, a student portrayal of what they see from their window. This could be in poetry, prose, a visual, musical or digital representation.
Our talented Maximilian in Year 12 chose to create a song in his English class and Mr Burns, our BSB Wellbeing Mentor, entered it to the competition, which saw entries from schools from across the world.
Two weeks later Max became the Winner of the Senior category!
Congratulations, Max! Your song is beautiful, and was a worthy winner of the first prize!
Maximilian, Year 12
“In our English class, we were asked to do a creative piece of writing about the quarantine and lockdown procedure. I decided to write a song and one day I began to feel inspired, the ideas were rushing to my head. I was driven by the idea that every bad thing, every obstacle in life has a bright side. The message that I wanted to send through the song is that we must fight through the challenges and that we must focus on the bright side of things in order to feel accomplished and happier.”
Ms Beth Kerr, Cognita’s Global Director of Wellbeing
“It was absolute privilege to listen to your song and read the lyrics. I think, like all great music, it will help others – your peers, find the words to describe how they might be feeling right now, but are not able to express! Keep up the good work Maximillian – you really are one talented young man and a credit to Mr Burns and your school. Take care of yourself and thank you again for your truly wonderful song.”
Lyrics
Wake up again its just another day now
Gotta stay in when im used to staying out
I feel like being productive but im just laying down
I feel like I can’t no more im going to say it loud
I want to see the sun but it rains now
The ceiling and the ground now is my main crowd
The pencil and the paper gets my pain out
My mind and the media screaming man down
On the edge of insanity
Beginning of infinity
Im calling my psychologist
Im falling like economy
I think about you being with me
Im feeling this affinity
ain’t gonna happen silly me
Please just end this misery
Its just another day feeling closed up
I tired of this monotony on non-stop
I wish that at this moment I could go back
I wish that time could speed up and just roll past
tired of this routine everyday is the same
Its like a dejavú over and over again
Everyday is a loop beginning till the end
Every wall in my house begins to feel like a fence
And im missing all my friends
The weekends and the games
The love the fun the pain
The joy the laugh the shame
The purposes the aims
The wind the clouds the rain
The parties, school and even
When a normal day begins
Its just another day feeling closed up
I tired of this monotony on non-stop
I wish that at this moment I could go back
I wish that time could speed up and just roll past
Its just another day feeling closed up
I tired of this monotony on non-stop
I wish that at this moment I could go back
Cambio
But today I woke up and something’s different
I was feeling magnificent no more feeling diffident
I Stopped for a moment every thought of indifference
I heard the angel whispering
Saying this could last forever
its bad but however
Theres a bright side whatsoever
Got to improve its now or never
Stay at home but stand together
Use your time wisely be clever
Work hard start getting better
Strike for greatness great endeavor
And I thought that he was right
Every darkness brings a light
There is more clarity on the sky
Theres more animals and life
Theres more stars to see at night
For a downfall brings a rise
Theres more time to exercise
Learn create and improvise
Maximize your productivity
Enjoy every activity
Enhance you creativity
Develop new abilities
So stand up from your bed get away
Start to do your passion and If you can’t find the way
Work harder every day never be afraid
What you do is not in vain so continue don’t complain
There will be a time and the moment to obtain
the world continues and we’ll see who took the pain
But kept fighting, stood up and made no excuses
The one that learns and not abandones when he loses
The one that chooses what he want and he produces
The one that uses his chances and never refuses
Cause its just another day feeling closed up
But this time ill keep working going non-stop
I know that you may want time to just roll past
But we can’t change it so we got to work hard
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