A Look Back at My Step from Elementary to Middle School
Z'Kera Sims, 10th grade
September 5, 2002

Entering the Southside Fundamental Middle School auditorium on that Wednesday morning, I had butterflies in my stomach. I was horrified. Adrianna Peters, a sixth-grade friend of mine, met me at the auditorium. We greeted each other and looked for a couple of seats. There were more unfamiliar faces than familiar ones in the auditorium.

Adrianna and I looked for our homeroom teachers' names, which took about five minutes. I found out that my homeroom teacher, Mr. Lawrence, teaches science and reading and that Adrianna and I would be in his science class.

As I was walking to my fist class, I saw a row of lockers, which stretched the length of the hallway. Now, I was more excited than scared. Walking down the hallway, I wondered which locker was mine.

Upon my arriving to class, the teacher assigned me to a special seat near Julie, Kim and Jon. I sit at the table to the left and in the front of the teacher's desk.

After we received our class schedules and some paperwork that goes along with day one of school, the bell signaled change classes. New schedules in hand, we found our next class. Somehow, amid all the confusion and excitement, I found mine.

My next class teacher is Ms. Thomas, the geography teacher, Room 10. She was so funny. Since she did not have any papers to give us, we just listened to her lectures on school rules and her course expectations. Before I could ask the first question, the bell rang. It felt like we had been in Ms. Thomas' class for no more than five minutes. In my next period, advanced math with Ms. Gecan, we accomplished the same things that we did in Ms. Thomas' class: more lecture on school rules and class expectations. Ms Gecan's class was over at 10:43 a.m.

Next on my schedule was LUNCH and, boy, was I hungry! I kept thinking, though, "How on earth can we be given lunch this early in the day?" To me, it was still morning. My thoughts then went back to the summer, when, at about that hour, I would be just getting out of bed and eating breakfast. My first middle school lunch consisted of pizza, which I ate lunch with my friends Adrianna and Jasmin. Before I could eat half of my pizza, the bell rang, and it was time to go to the next class. I practically ran to class so that I would not be late. Fourth, fifth and sixth periods consisted of reading, art and advanced language art.

In advanced language art, we did an activity in our Introducing Literature book. I was unable to complete the exercise because my sixth-period class is short and we listen to announcements at the end of the school day.

The transition from elementary to middle school was quite an experience, and my first day of school required a whole lot of adjustment. The practice of changing classes throughout the day was my most challenging experience. Otherwise, I had an excellent day. I DID IT!

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