First day of School Rumbles: The beginning of a New Adventure
School does not get you rich, but it does help you choose a better job to live. -Yoi
The school year 2023-2024 started last Tuesday and my kids were very excited. Too bad my son was still very young to even get enrolled in pre-school but I took him to his sister's school anyway. Besides, no one will take care of him at home because his father is on duty as a barangay tanod and assisting the kids in crossing the road.
I woke up early and prepared breakfast and the kids woke up early too! They are as excited as I was when it was my time but as the days pass I get lazy, I hope it won't happen to my kids too.
The school was just walking distance from home but we had to cross a highway so I and my husband would take the kids across but this time, since we still had to find the kid's classrooms, I had to accompany them inside.
Since it was the first day, the school held a flag ceremony( they usually do it only on the first Monday of the month). There were lots of people outside, parents and kids; I never knew our place had this many people already.
My husband was the one to enroll our kids and he told me about the daughter's advisers but I forgot Aelie's. All I could remember is that he said her classroom was the bamboo classrooms in the last part of the school (they were makeshift temporary classrooms but it had been that way for a few years).
We waited beside teh two-storey classroom building and the kids had fun on the staircase It gave me a good vision of what lies ahead so I decided to find my daughter's room. Good thing some classrooms posted the list of students they will have.
My daughter looks very happy to see a friend she made in her school learning camp.
I finally saw her name in the lost and told her to stay and wait for her teacher to arrive while I and the younger kids looked for Laling's classroom.
Yet later that day, we found out that my daughter got into teh wrong class but my husband corrected her on the afternoon session.
For Laling, on the other hand, I had a hard time finding her classroom. My husband said that she would be on the same adviser my daughter was on her kinder but it seems that he was wrong. I asked teh parents if they knew where the other kinder classrooms were and some said they didn't know, I decided to ask the teacher instead. I took the courage to find other classrooms in the back portion of the school but the listings were gone already. I asked a teacher and I got lucky that she will be handling my Laling.
There is one problem though, She said she was too young to get enrolled based on her birth certificate but it turned out my husband handed her the wrong one. It was Czak's and he was indeed too young to get enrolled.
Laling got inside, and I told her to enjoy and wait for her sister or father to pick her up and not go out.
The only vacant chair was too far from the door, Laling was doing great but some of her classmates were already crying fearing the new experience they would have.
I took my leave along with my son and prepared for work. My husband called me at past 10 in the morning, asking where Laling's classroom was and I had a hard time pointing it out. Glad he knew the teacher and found her room.
School is fun, and I saw familiar faces there. Some were cousins and some old friends who like me had their own family and kids that goes to school.
Honestly, I was a bit envious of them, they had free time and they stayed longer and some even waited for their child to finish the school class white I was rushing to get my child inside of her room so I could get to my thing. But still, I'm grateful for what I have in life.
The first day of school was a success, and the kids had lots of fun. they even showed me what they did in school when I arrived from work. Laling was so proud of her sticks and Aelie copied a story in her notebook. Aelie got 6 books and oh so heavy! I wish she will be able to read and understand most of them for the whole school year.
How about you, how's the first day of school doing in your end? Is it fun? Is it stressful? or is it both?
I would love to hear from you in the comments section.
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