Here are some memories of my first day teaching first grade from last year. Once you read them, you'll understand why I was a bit too overwhelmed to transfer them to the blog at that time. Now that my first day has arrived yet again, I thought there no better time to finally share them.
- Confiscating a box of sparklers from a six year old
- Waiting an hour in the cafeteria for school pictures with a class of restless students
- Getting locked out of school after lining my students up outside
- Hearing the favorite (and rather silly) interview question repeatedly asked during our get-to-know-you game ("What color is your bathroom?")
- Handing out birthday cupcakes to only half of the class because I remembered them after bus riders dismissed
- Being called Miss (not Miss Sims, just Miss) 500+ times
- Forgetting my coffee and breakfast at home
- Finding that there was no spoon in my lunch box for my yogurt
- Being told my schedule and the time and location of lunch and recess ten minutes before school started
- Discovering that a desk in my classroom set-up was mysteriously missing that morning
- Being rushed and dismissing students a couple minutes late after the bell
This year has to be easier. Dear God, my first day is tomorrow; p-l-e-a-s-e let it be easier.
