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School Jitters

Remember how you felt in those first couple of weeks of school as it was just getting started? Describe in one sentence a scene or memory from that time.

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susandanziger

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  • AS all the other children cried at their desks, I felt the need to join them.

    mojogoingSep 13, 2011 10:38 am
    by mojogoing

  • I was upset because my haircut, new shoes, and freshly-sharpened #2 pencils were a mess before the end of the first week of school!

    moengeySep 13, 2011 8:33 pm
    by moengey

  • I cried very badly,almost everyday, holding onto my mother's dress with all my strength and screaming at the top of my voice that I wouldn't go into the class unless she would stay with me!!!

    pachhuSep 16, 2011 10:39 am
    by pachhu

  • New clothes. new people, new smells-it was exciting a whole new world to discover.

    dreamdustSep 18, 2011 6:35 am
    by dreamdust

  • I remember the overwhelming smell and feel of starch-taut new gingham on my plaid catholic school jumper.

    ashedanaeSep 22, 2011 12:34 pm
    by ashedanae

  • I sat there, at five years old, with my straight-as-a-stick bobbed hair, admiring Rebecca LeBlanc's springy Shirley Temple ringlets, knowing I looked like Imogene Coca.

    JudyKennSep 26, 2011 12:20 pm
    by JudyKenn

  • Seeming too tall to my half-day kindergarten teacher, I spent my first day in first grade, fully freaking my mother out when I didn't step off the bus after the am kindergarten class.

    sauwamSep 26, 2011 2:24 pm
    by sauwam

  • I specifically remember riding the bus for the first time (6 years old). My mother embarrased me by taking pictures. I had a horrific hair cut too. Im pretty sure up until middle school, first days were a breeze. Thanks mom ;-)

    julietsstarsSep 27, 2011 11:06 am
    by julietsstars

  • Bubbling with excitement, I tugged on my first-day-of-school outfit, wolfed down some cheerios, grabbed my new backpack, and skipped outside just in time to see the bus pull away.

    artofambivalenceSep 27, 2011 11:48 am
    by artofambivalence

  • I was in grade one, saw my classmates' parents peering through the window, beaming at their children, and I wished my mama and papa were there too.

    rg_eugeneleeSep 27, 2011 1:06 pm
    by rg_eugenelee

  • New books, new supplies,new haircut, new kids, new teacher.....girls!!

    SoapedSep 27, 2011 1:31 pm
    by Soaped

  • I don't remember my actual first day, but my aunt, who is only 5 years older than me, lived nearby and went to the same school. For my first year we walked to and from school together, so I felt safe.

    Mom1Sep 28, 2011 10:08 am
    by Mom1

  • I don't forget abig fat whit kind smile man.He was my first teacher.

    b.ghaffarzadeganSep 28, 2011 2:16 pm
    by b.ghaffarzadegan

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