Do you remember being afraid to enter first grade?
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First grade.
For some of us, it was the first time we would be away for a full day.
Were you afraid to go? Or excited?
Click below to see what each of us felt.
Kindergarten was not mandatory when I was a child, but I did go to a privately run school. I have fond memories of those four walls, the games we played, the lessons we learned, and even some friendships that were born out of those early days.
One of the more wise moves the educators made – in connection with the public school system, I’m sure – was to take those of us moving up to first grade on a tour of our new school. I have no recollection of how we got there (since there were not school buses involved in my kindergarten days) but get there we did. Somehow, there were no other children in the school that day (possibly it was a Saturday?) – and I can remember thinking how quiet it was. Going from a one-room schoolhouse to a larger brick building with multiple classrooms could have been overwhelming, but it was made to feel like an easy transition for us.
I believe we met many of the teachers that day, and possibly even some administration. We were invited to sit in a classroom to try out the desks and treated to some milk and cookies in the basement cafeteria. My subsequent memories of heading off to school are therefore filled with excitement. I remember being so happy that I’d be taking a bus to school, since my sister had already been doing just that for four years; and recall my mother being proud that I jumped up on the bus the first day, gave a quick wave and excitedly found my seat.
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I loved school from Day One – and have very few memories of ever being afraid of going or of not wanting to head out and explore the latest new adventure I’d be treated to in the classroom. That sound so damn Pollyanna – but I still love to learn something new…..I guess it’s just part of who I was and who I continue to be.
Do you remember the first day you rode a bus to school? Was it a good experience or bad?
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