Sep7

firsts.

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“i’ve always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school.

firsts are best because they are beginnings. “

-jenny han

 

 

 

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art credit: *sharon france, ‘the old schoohouse,’ acrylic on stretched canvas

*artist’s comments: this painting is from my imagination of an old white schoolhouse in a quiet county setting. these old schoolhouses once dotted the countryside, close enough for children to walk to in most weather.

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  4. I suspect it may make others look at me oddly, but I actually loved being in school! With a strict home upbringing where my ‘friends’ were chosen for me, being at school allowed me to have a ‘social life’ of my own choosing. And I liked learning (except for a few subjects). Don’t get me wrong – by the end of the school year, I was ready for a break.

    I love the idea that the first day of school is about beginnings, and I suppose that is what it was for me.

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  12. but don’t begining’s require the ending of something? how can one have one w/o the other?
    You and the kids are in for a wonderful year of growing ahead of you.

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  18. I went to that schoolhouse. Well, one similar and equally endearing.
    It closed as I finished grade 3. Not because they were building a bigger, better school but because the Dutch folks built their own school and it left about 10 of us kids in grades 1 to 8.
    It was a great place to go to school. Snakes slithered down the bell rope, the well water smelled skunky because there was a dead skunk down there! Deer peeked in the windows and before my time, the grade 8 students convinced their teacher to climb up on the school roof. Then took away the ladder.
    It was good to be a kid in school! :D

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  29. I’ve seen that painting a few times before. On your blog? It’s such a sweet innocent picture of more quiet times, less rushed, I love it. I also can relate to the ‘firsts’ – but I bet that all kids would question your thinking… :)

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