Learning as well as teaching has taken 180 turnabout. As educators we are competing with technology and dysfunctional home-lifes. However, one thing that never changes is fear of the unknown or change. The first day of school is P for everyone involved. Providing learner-centered “getting to you” activities allows students opportunities to not only get to know one another, but it also enables them to make personal connections.
1b – If feel that I do a great job making students feel welcome and at ease with the activities we do the first day/week of school. However, considering students that moves in throughout the school year of course have the same anxieties that were felt the first day of school. So, the “Get to Know Me” survey that
I was in the bathroom getting ready for the first day of the third trimester of 8th grade, I was comfortably singing in my bathroom thinking I was alone. After getting ready I opened up the door and look in the hallway flustered to see my mom filming me singing. I was embarrassed and my cheeks turned bright red as I ran towards the front door to jump into my shoes and catch the bus. I went to school and it was a regular day, I had new classes and one of them was with my favorite teacher, Mrs. Gates. I never thought I would build up the confidence to sing infront of people ever but Mrs. Gates but i started to rethink that when my teacher told the class that at the end of this week on friday we will have auditions for a solo of the choir. I felt this uneasiness in my stomach and thought I was about to embarrass myself by throwing up in front of the whole class. I went the whole day just thinking about that solo.
This was it, the last school I’d go to before college, high school. It all seemed so surreal that it was that time. I have never been more terrified to start something new in my entire life before. Thinking about making that transition from middle school to high school really freaked me out and I really had no idea why. Also being on crutches didn’t help the situation at all either and only made it worse. “Mom I really don’t want to go high school, it’s going to be horrific,” I’d say to my mom.
Walking into the first day of high school i never thought i would have i experience i've had until now, honestly my experience of school did not meet the expectation
So, while we are here in middle school we all sit in an area that we choose at the beginning of the year. Now we are going to have to face an even worse problem. We are heading to high school and some of us won't have friends there to sit with. Lately, I've been thinking, what does the first day of high school mean? IT MEANS I HAVE TO MAKE FRIENDS ALL OVER AGAIN AND PANIC THAT MY SOCIAL SKILLS WON'T FAIL ME. No friends at high school equal no one to sit with. I also don't exactly know if freshmen through seniors sit together. If they do, it's going to be even worse. Why? BECAUSE all my life I've been scared
Remember that dreadful, nerve wracking, and mind boggling day that everybody under the great, enormous sun goes through? You know, the first day of school. The time when you leave your parents for an anguishing and eternal 8 hours of the days similar to being an actual adult going to work for 8 hours of the day. Yeah, that is what my personal narrative is all about and (maybe a fun park hee,hee,hee). I hope you enjoy it and can relate to it because everybody has and will experience this HUGE milestone in life. Well, let’s get started, shall we?
I ecstatically jumped out of my bed as my alarm blared in my ears. Yes, I was excited. It was my first day of middle school after all! I put on my clothes I set out the day prior, and ran downstairs to get my things. I remember being so excited I was completely ready for school half an hour before I needed to be. I even remember what I wore… Mostly. I was wearing a light pink beanie, green leather jacket and blue jeans with my black converse...I think. To be completely honest, I don’t remember my shoes or shirt underneath my jacket. But it all fell apart after I left and got to the bus stop. I suddenly got chills and knots in my stomach and was happy to have one of my best friends, Jasmine at the bus stop with me.
It was a cold, dreary, January morning-- the first day back from Christmas Break. This one was different than past years though, as I find myself driving on I-10 and foreign roads, to my new high school.
The first day of high school was crazy but also fun. That summer I was able to work a summer job, so that year I was able to dress myself exactly how I wanted. When I tell you i spent every last cent on school clothes as soon I got my paycheck It was gone. Then my friend and I were both working so we were having fun all summer . So the first day of school comes around, I was like the hood Christopher Columbus. I had to show everybody where there class was at because I worked there for the summer so I knew were all the classes were.
The evermost dreaded first day of school; well not just any school, high school. Dun dun dun, what supposed to be the the scariest part of our ever so small existences thus far. Massive lockers looming over us, the gigantic seniors ready to terrorize us lowly freshman. However after all the warnings I’ve gotten in books and movies, I still thought i would escape without embarrassment. Oh, the innocence I had.
It was the first day of grade 6! The day’s morning was really exciting and welcoming. But, as the day went on it wasn't. It maybe was the worst day of my life. I always hoped, that that day had never came or will never come again! The whole time I felt like going back home.
The bell rings as I walk into class. Not late, but not too early either. That's the way I work. I’m never late to anything, and I’m never early to anything. I make my way to the back of the class where there are open seats. I throw my stuff down and sit down as I listen to the teacher. I pull my notebook out, as well as a pencil, and begin my notes. The first day of school is always the worst, mostly because the teachers introduce themselves. Who wants to know about their teacher? I mean they come to school, and they teach us. What is so special about their background?
It was towards the end of the summer of 2014 i was going to Auburn Riverside for the first time to go pick up my schedule. The first day of school was a little scary, but I i 'm glad I made friends fast. I think my easiest class was my 6th period, language arts. It was my easiest class because we never did anything in that class. I meet this guy named Casey, I knew him because I have a friend named Laura and she has a friend named Hailey so her brother is Casey. I 'm sure if he likes me but we 're really good friends now. Casey was really good friends with Francisco and they became friends because they sat in the same group during that class period. Me and Francisco became friends a few months into the school year and we started to talk, he asked me for my snap chat and we became best friends on snapchat.
“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” S. Ajna The first day of school was exciting. and had practiced I had new classes and was excited to meeting new people. The day went by fast, but I did not really make any new friends. As the months went by I started talking to other people in my classes and that was how I started making new friends. Junior was starting off great. Because I did not do great my Sophomore year on grades I dedicated all my time to school and decided to work even harder to make sure I would do better than the year before. I was so proud of myself when I ended first semester with 4 A’s and 2 B’s. I did so good first semester and I was really proud
Ring, ring, ring, the school bell goes off. “My first day of school and I’m already late I tell myself.” As I run up to the school doors I can see all of the teachers closing their doors ready to start the day. Luckily my class is still open and I run inside throw my things in my locker and make it to my classroom just as my teachers closes her doors. It was just like any normal year but that’s about to change.
Harper woke up full of energy and barely noticed the pain in her sore foot as she wrestled with her clothes under the covers before hopping to the bathroom on her crutches. The other girls in the dorm started to stir as their alarms went off and Harper – who always set her alarm ten minutes earlier than everyone else’s – was pleased that she was first in line for the bathroom.