School's Here!

Next week's the start of school. I'm missing it now. The smell of brand new plastic and notebooks just exhilarate me for some reason. All bookstores are crammed with children happily choosing notebooks, pens, notepads, books, uniforms with their mom in tow with baskets full of plastic wrappers, textbooks, erasers, pencils, sharpeners among others.

I remember during my grade school years that by end of May, I'd beg my mom to take me to school to see if they already released the class list. I'd run over each and every one of the sections and check out all my classmates, where my other friends are listed and check out where my class room will be.

Then we'd go to the bookstore where I'll get our booklist. Call me a geek but I really get excited about new textbooks. We'd go inside and give the list to the sales clerk. He'd gather everything and include notebooks, folders, envelopes, etc. When we get home, I'll immediately check out each and every one of the books. I'd start out with the Reading and read the stories. Hahaha, forgive me but that time there was no internet or the computer so I stick to reading and playing outside... like normal kids should do.

Then I'd beg my mom to help me cover them with plastic paper. I didn't know how to cut out the plastic to fit the books so I just help out by folding the corners and putting tape on the inside covers. Then we'd do the same for my siblings! At the end of the day, you'll see me labeling all my books and notebooks with my really long name. I'd arrange them according to height and place them inside my bag on a trolley. Everyday I would pick out one book and read them. Except math of course. Reading, Katha, Science, Hekasi... all of them I'll skim until the start of the school year.

First days were no less exciting for me. It would be crowded with kids on the hallways, checking out which of their friends were still their classmates, where their other friends are located. It would be crazy, until the classs advisors one by one go to the classrooms and order us all to lineup. First days are usually introductions, seating arrangements, class schedules and some pep talk by the teachers. We do recaps of the school's mission-vision, thrust among others. Sometimes it gets boring but at the end of the day, you're happy you're finally learning something new this year.


*geek mode*