Childhood Observation

On August 27th, 2011 it was cold and windy outside, for my first day of first grade was only minutes away. I was experiencing one immense fear of spiders at the time, whenever I saw one I screamed and ran away. Since my backyard is a prairie, I have seen spiders many times. Large, hairy, and disgusting basically defines spiders. Happily and excitedly I leaped off the bus, ready for my first day at McDole Elementary School, and when I entered room 132, I was greeted by my teacher. "Hi Jenna, I'm Mrs. Bright," she happily greeted me. "Hi!", I replied cheerfully. I discovered my bright pink name tag on a desk. On the way to my desk, I tripped over a chair and plopped onto the floor, I quickly jumped back up and seated myself. The buzzing of the lights as they turned on filled my ears with buzzing sounds.

"Yes," everyone announced. The walls looked like a ton of white bricks stuck together. The next thing that was on the agenda was taking a tour around the room. We all walked around the room and she told us what and where everything was. Kind of like a tour at the zoo. Once we had finished the tour we realized we had to begin learning. Our class started with the first subject of the day, math. I looked on the big white board and written in pink marker said: Addition and Subtraction. I know how to add and subtract I confidently thought to myself. Far into our math lesson Mrs. Bright began screeching. We all jumped up in our chairs. Our eyes were all focused on