The First Day of Seventh Grade!
Yesterday was the first day of the new school year! With new friends and teachers as well as old friends from years before, this year is one that I am sure will be filled with more fun and more challenges.
Before class, I met with many of my friends on the way to their classes. We shared our schedules, and compared our classes. Though some had almost identical teachers and classes, some were remotely different than my schedule. I also chatted to them about our wonderful summer vacations. While they explained their cruise to Alaska or their backpacking trip to Oregon, I talked about camping on Mt. Diablo and the wonderful Grandparents that I have who was coming for a couple months from China. It was one of those times when you wish that you were them, yet you know that they are wishing it to you as well.
Then, as the bell rung and school started, I saw more and more friends. During each class, I saw friends from fifth, sixth, and even a new friend that I had acquainted on that day. Meeting teachers was fun too. I first had Core (English+Social Studies) with Mrs. Linton. Everyone said that she was a real pain in the neck, and but I thought that she was okay, just a little outward. She would meet everyone at the beginning of the day with a super smile, showing every single one of her pearly whites. Then after introducing herself, she let us work together in small groups to create a political map of the world to get to know each other better. After laughs and lots of trying out different continent positions, the Five Minute Bell rang and I packed up, walking out the door.
My Science teacher was considered “The Pain” by almost everyone I had met. In fact the first bunch of words that rolled off her tounge when she approached the classroom was, “Get on the Wall and line up QUIETLY right NOW!!” She had such a loud voice! And while she murmured to herself while everyone filed in to the class along the back wall as she had ordered, I got a worse and worse impression of her. She gave a very long speech explaining how she was naturally LOUD and how she was going to be a little bit more STRICT than the other teachers, but I still felt that she might be a little better along the year. Anyways, a class of thirty could be a pretty hard time for one teacher.
Pre-algebra 7 was great though, an awesome ending to an awesome day. My teacher was Mrs. Torkelson, very fun and super nice. She explained the class, and appeared to be a prolific artist, with great stick-figures to entertain us during the extra time that the class gave. With a couple of laughs and a great deal of clapping, I left WCI with a very good feeling.
WCI will always be a place fo effort and challenge, though also fun and entertaining. I will strive to be my best and BE AWESOME!