MATRIC YEAR IN MAYHEM

BLEAK. Cheated. All work, no play – just a few of the more polite thoughts some of this year’s matrics have expressed.

And really, who can blame them? They’ve finally made it to the top of their school food chain and now look.

All those cool traditions, leadership roles, special privileges – gone in a stroke of a lockdown pen. Not to mention the fun – the matric dance, the post-finals parties, hanging out with friends.

Now it’s school (when it’s open), home, study, repeat.

“At first, missing out on the last of everything at school was an emotional roller-coaster,” says Megan Steel, who’s in matric at Fish