By Nabeela & Favour
It started as an ordinary Tuesday morning; the sun was blazing, and the weather was warm. Some students were secretly making TikToks during assembly when the principal’s voice suddenly boomed through the speakers:
“Attention, students! From today onward, TikTok is officially banned on school grounds.”
All of a sudden, there was silence. Every smile faded. The air felt heavy. Then, from the back, someone yelled, “Not my drafts!”
First period was chaos. How were we supposed to survive math without scrolling through dance challenges under our desks? Group chats exploded with memes and dramatic reactions.
By break time, the cafeteria felt like a ghost town; no trending audios, no skits, no lip-sync battles. Just… people actually talking to each other. A few rebels tried sneaky tricks renaming their hotspots “Chemistry Homework” and secretly posting TikToks from the bathroom.
By lunch, secret meetings formed at the back of the library. “Phones out,” someone whispered like it was a spy mission. Later that day, someone suggested starting an underground TikTok club.
But by the end of the week, something strange happened; we all got used to it. Turns out, life without TikTok wasn’t that bad. We laughed more, talked more, and actually got to know each other.
Maybe, just maybe, we didn’t need TikTok to feel connected after all.
Nabeela & Favour are JSS2 students of Key Special Academy
