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“School was, um, fine, I guess.”

Posted by: mrmadden | 2 September 2008 |


First day.

Of school.

Who are all of these people? They come into my classroom carrying so many different conversations in their heads and expressions on their faces, like actors auditioning for roles in a play.

I look out at them and hope.

Hope that I can get away with letting them learn and getting them excited about learning. About their worlds and their lives.

They wear new clothes. They say new words.

They look for friends. Sometimes with desperation. They don’t want to be alone.

They sit still and silent. Until I say something to make them breath again and smile. Their trust comes slowly, like water controlled by a dam. Careful, don’t let too much out!

The day moves by like a startled breath.

Their facades fade and they reveal their faces.

They are people trying to get through their first day.

And I am right there with them.

What about your day?

under: schoolstuff

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mr. madden. i may be wrong but i think that our idea about writing stuff that people can relate to….may not have worked.
i dont no, maybe i am speaking to soon to no.
we’ll see.

My day was great….I got good teachers (ones I wanted-including Miss. Storm :) The only thing that was freaking me out was my locker. They gave me the WRONG combination to my locker! How stupid! Other than that, it was awsome….I was actually relaxed. =)
Another thing that has me upset is that I only have TWO classes with my friends. (Sorry Kaitlyn! Maybe in HS)

Delanie O.

School’s not that fine. I know it’s only the second day of school, but this year is the worst so far. I basically have no friends in any classes, I didn’t get the teachers that I wanted, and it’s the first time that I don’t like school. The only class that I like so far is Algebra, and that’s just because the teacher is nice. We haven’t actually starter work in that class though. Also, the top part of my locker wouldn’t open for hours today until my teacher helped me with it. So to wrap things up, I don’t feel the way I felt about school for the past 8 years.

Kaitlyn S.

well. ig ot the teachers i wanted.
except my e.l.a teacher. no naming names but i am not to fond of her.
but i love ms. storm.
i love ms. janes.
and everything is good.
except i get everything so organized and i have all my folders ready and a place for everything…and then in 1 month, everything i organized is ruined.
thats happened to me every single year i have had school.
jeeze.

my first day was okay. i mean, i had no idea where my classes were and i had no idea where my locker was. i also was late for lunch because i couldn’t get my locker opened. i ended up being almost ten minutes late for my fourth hour!
then today i got my schedule COMPLETELY changed, and now i have two new teachers. i guess it wasnt as bad as the first day.
but i thought that other than all of the complications on the first day of school, it was great! :)

For the first time in my school career i actually feel stupid. I absolutly do not understand geometry, which by the way i had pages of homework of material that was not explained in any way, so im completely lost on that one.
Other than geometry, i like my other classes, their super long, which makes my butt hurt, but oh well. Oh yea and when i finally found my class,i got lost every time i stepped back out , and i was thrown right back into the mosh pit of people. luckily i found my freinds in that mess, and things are just OK for now.

My start of school went good.But I have gym this trimester and my legs feel like noodles after only the seccond day of gym! All my teachers seem really nice. I got my locker opened on my 3rd try first hour on the first day of school so im doing preaty good. So Mr.Madden how are the new students?

This week was okay. I like my teachers and they’re all nice. Some of them even remind me of teachers I had in 6th grade! I have at least one friend in each class which is okay. I had a hard time opening up my locker for the first two hours of the day on the 2nd. But, because I have band third hour, i had to get my oboe from my locker, so i had to draw a chart of all the possible ways to open up my locker on my schedule. But other than that, my first day was smashing!

-Becca

I like all of my teachers. I have Mrs. Nowak, Mrs. Henning, Mrs. Zerman, Mrs. Mulder, Mrs. Price, and right now my mind went blank of my last hour!!!!
My locker is finally starting to cooperate with me…except for the top part! I can practically do push ups against my locker by holding on to the top locker and pushing myself up. It’s quite something… Yeah I know I’M SHORT! I know! :) It’s kind of fun to be short…
Anyways. like Becca said, I have at least one friend in every single class I take!! And that some of my teachers remind me of my sixth grade teachers is great!
Well, week one of school is complete (except for Monday :) so I guess its really not a week) we’ll see how the second week goes! :)

Hmm.. I can’t really say I liked the 1st week of school. I never like it. All we do is here the same speal about good behavior from almost every single teacher. I got the one teacher I wanted so I guess that’s good, but my Launguage Arts teacher (not naming names) talks way too much. I had him split 4th hour and after we came back from lunch he basiclly gave us the same speech. I like launguage arts class when we can work in groups and bounce ideas of eachother. not classes where we listen to the teacher talk for an hour.

Let’s see what else happened….Oh yeah I have personal conditioning for my encore. What is that about I already have basketball for that why can’t I have normal gym? I don’t want to have to lift weights because I am already tired enough from the stress of getting used to the new school year and 1 and 1/2 hours of basketball practice a 5 times a week and 1 hour of soccer practice 2 times a week.

After gym class I have French culture as my next encore. First of all I don’t think that french, spanish, and journalism should be encores because they resemble normal classes too much. Second of all I don’t want to take french in high school I want to take German so there.

Other than those ssetbacks school is ok i think but i still favor my 7th grade teachers of this year’s teachers. but it’s only the 1st week so I can’t really tell right now.

Tess

on my first day it was overwhelmiong having people come up to sayin how was your summer and saying good but i have to get to class… i liked it

Hannah, all I can say is that you are really going to enjoy Mrs. Price and Mrs. Henning. I had them last year, and wish I could have them again. Mrs. Price is a crack up and will always be telling you storys about her baby and other things.

Delanie O.

Ditto on Mrs. Henning and Mrs. Price.

Mrs.Price and Mrs.Henning are my favorite teachers right now! They are so funny!

Well, my first day of school was a breeze!!! At least I can say that! Everything is going well in my 3rd week of school but really, what can you expect to get out of sitting in a classroom? -besides learning!) Homework is also just starting to get heavier and heavier, so I’m not looking forward to that! Everything is good though and one of my friends are in my 5th and 6th hour so we have lots of fun!!!

Hm. So far school is ok. I don’t like all of my teachers except for two. But that’s fine because I can get rid of one as soon as the 1st trimester ends and I have split 4th hour so that class isn’t that long to sit through Hmm what else that is insanley weird happened hmm I have health 3rd trimester. Who’s idea was that to put into the schedule. I have a friend who is taking it now and theyu say they have to write down all of th foods they eat and how much they exercise. That is stupid becasue i am a KID and I don’t want to havw to deal with food problems until later in life.

tess

I hated the first day of school.All of the classes are the same.We tell or write something about ourselves, learn about the teacher, and in a lot of my classes we had to line up in alphabetical order or by birth date silently.
I like my classes now though because in technology i can finish all of my homework.I have only had homework like 3 nights,i think

Hi Mr.Madden
The thing about your new 6th graders is really funny and true, that is just like what i felt like and i know everyone else felt like, hope everything is going well with you and your new class.
See you around!~lansing

The first day of school is always the hardest… you are so overwhelmed in what class, where to go, if your with your friends, and trying to make a good impresion. It can also be fun seeing how all your friends summers were, meeting new people, everyone comes up to YOU. Its fun. I can’t wait for the first day of eighth grade.

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