The first day. The first day‚ by Edward p. Jones. born 1951 is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Jones was born and raised in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and educated at both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia. His first book‚ Lost in the City‚ is a collection of short stories about the African-American working class in 20th-century Washington‚ D.C. In the early stories are some who are like first-generation
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Pg.1 The First Day The story is narrated by an adult female who tells the story of her first day of school‚ when she was still very young and unfortunately‚ throughout the years‚ has become ashamed of her mother. The question is: does her first day occur “long before” she “learned to be ashamed” of her mother? Or is she learning to be ashamed before the story ends? In order to give an answer we must first understand what is the narrator ashamed of. The set-up for the beginning of the story
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customary in our school that the 9th class students bid farewell to the 10th class. They make the parting day as much memorable as they can. They arrange a parting feast and bear all its expense; they do their best to make the function a success. The Last Day of my school This year 20th February was my last day at school. The school bell range as usual. The 10th class boys were sad in outlook. After the first period the teachers and the students of high classes met in the school hall. The Principal
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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My worst day of school was my freshman year. I had the worst day of school in the beginning of the year‚ September‚ to be exact. It wasn’t the first day of school but it was close. It started of as most terrible days of school start‚ missing the bus. It wasn’t that I just missed my bus it was that I was wearing wrinkled clothes and my hair was all messed up also. When I actually got into the building‚ the one good thing happened to me‚ I found a five dollar bill on the floor. But that luck wouldn’t
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was actually a pretty nice person. I had a somewhat unremarkable life‚ except for my mom being gone. I lived with my dad and my 7-year old brother in the suburbs. Life was hard sometimes‚ but I got through it. Eventually it came to the first day of school yet again. It was a typical first day of school. Rushing to get ready‚ finding the perfect outfit‚ cliche first-day-of-school pictures. When I got to school‚ everything was normal. Life was good. But‚ in a weird class I had called “Creative
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First Day I had just graduated high school about two months ago just starting my first semester in college. It was a summer semester and I started off taking three classes. This was all new to me my parents were no longer taking me and picking me up form school anymore. I would walk in the blaring Miami heat to the FIU engineering center then from there take the bus to the main campus. This was a special semester where I took all three classes with the same people who were all studying to
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My Last Day At School The twelfth of February 1960‚ was my last day at school. I was full of mingled feelings of joy and sorrow. I was happy at the idea of freedom and preparatory holidays for full one month. I was sad at the thought of parting from my teachers‚ friends and Alma Mater. We were asked to come to school at 2 p.m. on that day. All the students of the 10th class were well-dressed. Everybody appeared at his best. First of all‚ we were photographed. Then we had a sumptuous feast
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I was fully optimistic that the day would go well‚ but it did not fall in the plan that I believed it would. It was the same routine in a new environment. My first day at Larned High School started like every first day before me. The principal‚ Mr. Langdon‚ gathered all the students and welcomed us into a new school year. The speech as long but informational. It was a familiar speech that I had heard every first day of school. Unfortunately‚ this familiarity would end‚ and now I was stuck roaming
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future of not only the rest of my high school career‚ but my entire life‚ I continue to feel a longing for my old school. I wish for my old friends who I know will recognize me and jump to greet me; my old routine that I grew so accustomed to. But none of that matters now. All that matters is that I currently feel like a “nobody” and I’m certain that is all that I’ll feel for the next two agonizing years of my life. Is it just my imagination‚ my insecurities flooding my brain‚ or is everyone staring
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