First Day of School Essay

locker. I had nothing organized and had no idea where any of my friends were. Standing there wishing summer wasn’t over. I didn’t know if I could handle the middle school. Slowly I turn myself around. There I was, a new sixth grader at Port Clinton Middle School terrified, yet hopeful. I was excited that I was finally in the middle school, but also extremely nervous. The only thing I could feel were butterflies in my stomach. I start glancing around seeing each clique together, all talking. The…

Dreams; we all have them, whether they are dreams that arise in your sleep or dreams that will determine what and who you become in a future time. According to Henry David Thoreau, "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." When first pondering upon this statement, it is difficult to decipher which "dreams" Thoreau is describing. If this quote were to be broken apart into individual words, "dreams" would refer to our desires and our hopes. What is meant by touchstones in this case is certain…

times hadn’t gone by so fast and that school, work and life were that simple and so laid back again. Though most of us like thinking of the past, we have to simply take a look back in time and leave it there, in the past, so we can experience new things and have new memories to look back on in the future. This chapter is about my look back into the past. I actually started school a year early in pre-k. When it came time to start pre-k my birthday fell just a few days before the dead-line for…

Today's college students have many roles these days. This can vary from, competing in sports, being good students, role models out in public, clubs in school. Being a student athlete is much harder then what someone would expect. The time they put into a sport for example, football. All of the athletes are brought in 2 weeks before school starts and work their butts off until the first day of school. Then, school starts and lifting also begins in the mornings. Football players are expected to…

2002, on a Wednesday night. It was a beautiful day. I saw my mother and family for the first time. I can’t say that I knew my life was going to be perfect but I knew I was going to make it the best. I’m not going to say I’m the best child in the world because I’m not. I have my ups and downs as everyone else, but I’m only a child. I haven’t seen all that the world has to offer me, but I know I’ve seen some of its best. After being born, I spent four days in the hospital before I went to my new…

an overall sensation that oneself is dying. It was 2006 and a school night at my house. “Mommy, my head hurts!” I complained. My mom, being the worrier she is, exclaims with fright “Did you hurt your head at recess? Honey, do you think she might have a concussion?” she asked my dad. My dad rolled his eyes at her. I then run to the bathroom to puke. With my mom freaking out, my dad looks at her and says “I think Abigail has had her first migraine.”…

lawsuit against the Catholic School at which she was employed. She was diagnosed with a medical condition which makes it difficult for her to conceive therefore, her husband and she decided try In vitro Fertilization (IVF) for which the first rounds were unsuccessful. To do these rounds of treatment Mrs. Herx had to use her sick days. This took about a year (2009-2010) to which her teaching contract was renewed for the school year 2010-2011. Nearing the end of the school year (2010-2011), Mrs.…

with a personal anecdote on the events of the day and describe how it changed my perception of the world. I will then share the applicable research I collected and how I believe it relates to my experiences. On the morning of September 11th, 2001 I woke up an unassuming nine-year-old. I had rarely left the West Chester area and knew little about the outside world. I went to school that day, the same as any other day, excited because it was a gym day and and we would get to go outside.…

close to home. High school is probably the scariest thing starting next to college. Luckily I got a head start with knowing people considering I was going to the complete opposite high school that everyone in my middle school was going to. Cheer has always saved the day. I remember my first high school tryouts just like it was yesterday. I mean yes I did competitive cheer all my life but this was high school cheer! I went to the clinic the first day and we learned the school song. I usually…

moving because of the Teen bear getting bullied in school . He was cut from His school Bearball team. The baby bears friends made the team and that made him sad cause now he would have nobody to play with After School. So Everybody at school started to bully him because he wasn't on the team. So Thats forced them to Move... So When the bear family got to minnesota they had to find the teen bear a new school. So the bear family took the teen bear on a school tour to see what he likes and what…