First Day

“Beep, beep, beep,” were the loud buzzing noises that awoke me at 5:45A.M. I opened my eyes slowly and thought, “It’s all over, and summer is done.” But I knew today would be a new beginning, a brand new school, and new people. While lying there awake in my bed, I kept thinking about how many hundreds more students would be in my freshman class, and how many thousand in the hallways. It was a fresh start and my home for the next four years. As I got myself out of bed and dressed for school, I told myself, “You won’t be the only freshmen who gets lost or comes to class late.” That thought kept rushing through my mind as I ate breakfast. I ate my waffle slowly, bite by bite. I knew it was time to leave when my sister yelled, “Let’s leave now.” As we drove to school, the nerves built up, but so did the excitement. When I walked in, over 2,000 students stood in a hallway that seemed just like a crowd at a busy concert or sports game, the people just kept coming. The hall was full of excitement and smiling faces as everyone greeted each other and right away, I knew I would like the school. Moments later, the echoing of the bell sounded the hallway. Lucky for me, I could stand round at my locker and talk to my friends because my first hour class was nearly twenty steps away. We were all so excited to see each other finally after a long relaxing summer, but then the second bell rung and we knew we had to be on our way to class. I walked up to Spanish, D19, and double checked my schedule just to make sure I was in the right place. Sure enough, it was right. I walked toward the seating chart in the front row and found my seat. I walked to the seat in the front row and just so happend to be a few seats down from a friend of mine from Elementary and Middle School. I was unaware what supplies we needed for the class, so I came prepared with a spiral and folder. We all anxiously sat in our seats, ready to begin our frist High School class as a Stevenson Spartan.
The room became silent as our teacher, Ms Dyer walked in. Ms. Dyer welcomed us all to Stevenson and began the class with the "typical kind of class" on the first day. We heard all about the classroom rules and procedures. It felt just as if the hands on the clock were moving in slow motion. We were given our first assignment, a syllabus. "Easy enough," I thought. The second portion of the class consisted of some basic Spanish words and phrases. A majority of them sounded familiar from last years Spanish curriculum.