Personal Narrative Essay: My First Day Of School

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There I was standing there at the end of that rock two-mile long driveway with my princess backpack on my back awaiting the bus that would take me to my first day of school. St. Anne’s Catholic School was located in a small town in Southern Illinois where I would spend nine years of my life attending. Little did I know than that those nine years spent at that school would affect me greatly.
On my first day of school I remember my older brother, John, and me getting awakened by my loving mother in the early morning hour. My mother was getting our clothes picked out, ironed and starched for the day. My father was doing his usual in the kitchen preparing bacon, eggs, and toast. He always said, “You need to eat to keep from gettin’ hungry.”
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Soon while my mother was trying to get us ready my father would leave with his thermos full of coffee and his lunchbox in hand. After we collected our backpacks and put our shoes on our feet we stood at the front door waiting on my mother and my youngest brother, Nathan. My mother loved taking pictures of us especially by that old, wooden front door. My mom made us stand there so she could take several pictures of the two of us. Once the picture taking was finished we immediately all piled in the backseat of the dark green Mercury Cougar. As I sat in the back seat of that two-mile long drive I was wondering how my first day of school would be. I was definitely scared but grateful that my older brother was going to the same school as me and would look after me since he would only be one year ahead of me. John was the caring and soft-spoken sibling. He would always hold my hand when he thought I needed …show more content…
When we entered we proceeded to walk down a hallway and up a flight of stairs. Once we got to the top of the stairs John turned and looked at me and pointed to the classroom that I was suppose to enter. He let go of my hand and entered the classroom across from mine. I turned and entered my classroom where my teacher, Mrs. Friend, greeted me. Her tone of voice was so comforting and sweet which immediately gave me a sense of love and safety. I noticed the room was bright, colorful, and the lockers and desks were labeled with names. I immediately went to my locker with my name on it and hung my backpack and found my assigned seat. Class began with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The morning went by very quickly due to the teacher giving us exercises in where everyone gets to try and know each other. Early afternoon Mrs. Friend made us collect floor mats and all sit on the floor for story time. She encouraged us to take a nap if we would like. I was lying on my mat and began to doze off as she read me a story. Not to soon after we took a nap she awakened us to go line up by the door to go eat lunch. We went down the steps to the lunch line and after receiving our trays she escorted each one of us to our table. I got to sit next to a pretty longhaired blonde girl names Cara. She was a very talkative girl that I found amusing. I found out that she was going to

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