Tales From School v.Elementary School

I am going to post a memory or two from each grade in school.

Primary (1992-1993)


- Music teacher (a mean old man) told the boys to take a bow and the girls to curtsy. I didn't know what a curtsy was, and the boy next to me bowed, so I followed suit. The music teacher asked me in front of the whole class if I was a boy and it hurt my feelings.

- Each day at recess I would try to complete the same puzzle, but recess would be over before I would get the chance to finish it. It had a lady bug on it. One day, the teacher said, "Okay, everyone, recess is over. Time to clean up. Except Lori."
It meant the world to me that she let me finish.

- This was the year that for school pictures the background was those books. I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about. It made you appear to be in a library.

Grade 1 (1993-1994)


- This was the year I broke my leg when I was hit by a car. I had a tutor for a while at home.

- I had a crush on a boy named Shane. Too bad Snotty Jessica did too. I was so afraid of her.

Grade 2 (1994-1995)


- This was my third school in 3 years. I only stayed one year.

- My best friend was also a Lori, and we had the same middle name, just spelled differently. She is Lori Anne, I am Lori Ann. I prefer Lori Anne. Oh, well.

- A boy in my class made a dinosaur out of clay and it was so well done and I was so jealous that when the classroom was empty I broke his head off. Poor Mr. T-Rex.

Grade 3 (1995-1996)


- The last elementary school I attended.

- It has a graveyard by the playground. In order to get to the graveyard you actually have to go through the school yard.

- My first day there I bawled my eyes out.

- I was the first in my class to learn my times tables from 0x0 to 9x9.

Grade 4 (1996-1997)


- I was in a 4/5 split class.

- I loved my teacher, I thought she was perfect.

Grade 5 (1997-1998)


- This was the year my brother was born.

- My teacher (who ended up being my favorite, and for whom I babysat later on in life) also had a baby boy that year, a little more than a month after my brother was born. (They ended up in the same class)

- My best friend was Britney. We used to walk around our small community with bicycle helmets under our shirts and pretend we were pregnant.

- I was in the Christmas play, The Nutcracker.

Grade 6 (1998-1999)


- I played trumpet in the band.

- I played the female lead (Mrs. Claus) in the school play.

- I cut my own bangs and swore I would never have bangs again.

- I won an award for having a "love of literature"

Coming up next... Tales From School, the Junior High Edition.