K-5 Grade Experience

The first few years of schooling was virtually very easy. I remember all my close-knit friendships I had with my peers. We would always sing songs in lunch and play games together outside on the playground. When it came to lawn fete weekend, you can bet I robbed my parents for every penny they had to win those pointless prizes. I also had to learn the times tables in third grade which proved to be incredibly difficult for me. Going to a Catholic school offered me many benefits in the long-run. Benefit #1: Great education and teachers who would spend time with you so you don’t fail. Benefit #2: Never having the trouble of wondering what you were going to wear in the morning. Benefit #3: Small classes so you could deal with the same 12 people you hate each year until you graduate. Benefit #4: Forcibly learning Spanish since Kindergarten. Benefit #5: First Friday masses, a.k.a. nap time, unless the principal was there. Keep those elbows off the pews kids. Benefit #6: The renowned Christmas play, that really wasn’t a play, just 150 students crammed onto risers singing those same Christmas carols you hear every year, and horribly off tune. The most exciting part of this play was when one student would pass out and plummet off the back just in time for a teacher to catch them. Catholic school wasn’t all that bad in the long-run. It wasn’t such a breeze either. I remember on the first day of Kindergarten I was squirted with a juice box by another classmate. This will always be my best known memory that I will keep with me as I grow older. K-5 grade were honestly probably the best years of my schooling. It all goes downhill from here.