Rethinking the First Day of School
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read
Today I celebrated (in my head) my 10th first day of school as a teacher. Some things felt the same as always. At the beginning of the day I didn’t feel ready. At the end of the day I was exhausted. The day felt to crawl along and fly by simultaneously.
But in other ways, I definitely felt the difference that experience has brought to my first day of school. For the second year in a row, I actually got some sleep last night. When I got home today, I managed to cook dinner! More significantly, I’ve begun to understand the purpose and structure of my first day of school…

