I can’t remember my first day of school. Maybe it’s because I only spoke Spanish when I was younger or maybe it’s because I tend to forget things. It’s probably why I enjoy studying so much: forgetfulness makes everything new.<\/p>\n
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My son has been looking forward to kindergarten. He’s been reading since he was three and currently enjoys spending time in science text books reading about everything from the circulatory to the solar system. The other night over dinner he tells me “I can’t wait to learn about the Digestive System and the Central Nervous System in school. I can’t wait until we do Experiments!”<\/p>\n
Not wanting to make his first memory of kindergarten to be “there are no experiments until fifth grade!” I just smiled.<\/p>\n
“I love school. It’s fun. We paint, we sing, we play.”<\/p>\n
“Yeah?”<\/p>\n
“But I hate recess.”<\/p>\n
“Why’s that??”<\/p>\n
“The kids hit me. They threw me to the floor. They hit me on the head and they kept flicking my eyes. Then they stopped me from going on the slides and they followed me everywhere.”<\/p>\n
“…”<\/p>\n
“One of them called me a thief.”<\/p>\n
“Did you take something?”<\/p>\n
“No, I was on the jumpy bridge and a big fat kid yelled in my face saying ‘NO! You Little Thief!'”<\/p>\n
“Did the teacher see any of this?”<\/p>\n
“The teacher wasn’t there: it was two big people. But they were talking.”<\/p>\n
“Oh.” He then proceeded to explain to me how a bunch of kids went around and threw kids on the ground but how they kept throwing him down and hitting him on the head and pulling his hair and flicking his eyeballs.<\/p>\n
Tonight, around 11:30, my son’s first memory of kindergarten recess-time woke him up crying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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