Yes, Back to School is Here

I loved school growing up.  It was a place where I had friends, structure, and I learned so much.  I loved the first day of school the most.  The weeks before school started became the weeks of preparation.  I remember thinking what hairstyle will I rock, who will I hangout with, and OMG, how much work will I have to do this year.  The day before school started, I laid out all my new clothes, new backpack, and new supplies.  Fianlly the day came when I came on campus, saw all my friends, and everything was back to normal for me.

Fastforward to 2012, back to school time is now starting in so early.  I remember when back to school was after Labor Day.  We never went anywhere for Summer vacation and I had to wait forever for school to start back up.  Now my son complains about how fast school starts.  Oh how times have changed.  See my son goes to a charter school which I love.  It is a great school whose goal is to get every single graduating Senior accepted into a College or University.  Their motto is "We always leave a place better than it was".  His school has a totally different schedule than the schools around us.  He started school in early August when the rest of our city started the last week.  So while most of his friends where still on vacation, traveling, and having fun, he was starting school.  Anyways, let me tell you about my son's 1st day.

I, as his mom, wanted him to be excited about school starting.  Come on, 1st day, new friends, new classes, new adventures.  Nope, he was not having it.  He had a bad attitude and wanted nothing to do with being a happy person.  But here is where it all changed-

I take my son to school everyday, every morning since he was little.  He has never gotten on a school bus or had to wait outside in the rain or cold, like I did.  We left the house on time, plus the school is like 2 minutes away.  When we arrived, there was music playing.  (Olympics song, Eye of the Tiger, etc...)  The teachers were outside greeting all the students.  The Dean of students had a bull horn and was on it.  He was welcoming the students back.  If he saw someone he knew or remembered, he shouted out their name.  It was hilarious and cool to me, like a scene from a musical.  How awesome that this school was so happy to have their students back!  How welcoming!  Maybe my son was not feeling it when we left the house, but I know when his name got shouted out, and his teachers shook his hand, he started feeling it.  Back to School was back in session and all is back to normal!

Did your school do something like this?  Did you dread the 1st day like my son?  Or did you look forward to it like me? 

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