First Day of School Essay

Middle school changed how I felt about myself and my personality. Summer is almost over and I am about to start a new school. That means new teachers, new students, and means new me. In elementary school I was never nervous about starting another grade. Maybe its because I knew all the teachers and I knew what to expect. That was not the case for middle school. I was a wreck. There was 2 weeks till school started, I was a little nervous still, but I was to concerned about my first day of school…

School is like a six-hour walk on a rainy day, it’s not fun. But, when you’re surrounded by the right people it’s not so bad. Hidden Oaks Middle School, you start at seven and end at two. Five days a week, eight hours a day. My mornings usually start at six o’clock I wake up, brush my teeth, say good morning to my dad, eat breakfast, and get ready for school. When the clock strikes six forty-five I say bye to my dad and walk to my bus stop. On the bus I sit next to one of my friends…

changing event to move to a Nation that I’ve never even heard of. It came so sudden, One day I was in Ninth Grade, doing class work, and the next moment I was told my Dad is getting deployed back to the United States because of his job in the U.S Army. Then I move to an U.S Army Base, where I’m surrounded by so many people who I don’t know. It will change my life for ever. It was the year of 2013. It was a snowy day in the cold month of April, in the large Metropolis Mountain town named…

wasn’t just some typical day for me, it was the day full of joy and excitement. It was the day when I was united with my family without having to fear that they’ll have to go soon. It was the day when I saw snow for the first time; sparkling from the light of the star that is closest to us. It was the day I was exposed to a completely different culture. And evidently, it was the day I asked myself, “Where am I?” - I felt like an infant who was exposed to the world for the first time as I…

The First Day Her mind was set on a goal. The First Day by Edward P. Jones was about a little girl going to school. It was her first day. The theme of this story was determination. Some evidence were, in the story her mom was very determined for her daughter to go to school. The mother would question why she could not attend a specific school. The mother would also do anything to get her daughter to a school. In the story it mentioned how she took out documents as if she was waiting for that…

Most schools use the traditional schooling system. When kids go to school for 180 with breaks spread out along the year. They all so have 2 ½ summer break at the end of the year. Kids around the world can also go to school for 45 days and get a relaxing 3 weeks off. Schools should be using the traditional school schedule. There are many reasons why we should do this. It has no positive effect on education, it adds to costs, and it disrupts the long awaited summer vacation. First off , year…

Gaelle Medidor Civil Rights Activist February 22, 2017 Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges is famous for doing something most of us take for granted today: going to elementary school. But that simple act by one small girl played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, and grew up on the farm her parents and grandparents sharecropped in Mississippi. When…

former professor, James Newman. I was fortunate enough to have Mr. Newman as a world geography teacher during my freshmen year of high school. The first time I met him I had no idea that we would develop a long-lasting friendship, something that went further than the casual student-professor interactions. As a recent immigrant from Mexico, my first year in high school represented a big challenge as I struggled to adapt to the new culture and society. Nevertheless, it was Newman’s classroom where…

they were my own. The truth was, I was disappointed in me too. “I can’t believe you’re going to miss another day of school, you can’t keep doing this Curtis!” I knew he was right; I had already missed 40 days and the school year was barely halfway over, but I just couldn’t find any motive to attend school. When I did find that motivation somewhere very deep within to make my way to school, I cursed myself for being so foolish as to think anything might have changed. Each time I entered homeroom…

year in Brockton High School in December of 2012. I was excited to start school there, but as I walked in, I started to notice that this school was bigger and much more different from my school back home. The excitement had brushed, everything suddenly seemed so confusing. I couldn’t understand what was being said, and frankly, I started to get scared. I had already been overwhelmed by the new country, new people, and a new language. I still remember it like yesterday. My first impression was…