School starts in just a few days, sending parents and children running for the nearest office supply and/or school supply stores. For many kids, this is the best part of the school year: parents, in an effort to support their offsprings’ enthusiasm, indulge them a little and buy colored pens, cool binders, and even cooler folders.
This is also the best time of year because friends who have been gone for the summer come home. Everyone is a year older, on a higher rung of school’s social ladder than the previous year. New schedules arrive in the mail, sometimes promising long-awaited classes, popular teachers, or best friends as classmates. New privileges are dished out in school, sometimes allowing students to switch classes for the first time, take driving classes, or boast the prestigious status of eating lunch off campus. Every new year is full of new possibilities.
College students return to their respective universities, once again relishing the freedom of living on their own. New class schedules are chosen, helping students get one step closer to their chosen degree. Friends from all over country and sometimes the world are reunited. College antics begin again, putting smiles on young faces even as they nod their heads in mock frustration. School is back in session!
If you are in school or have kids in school, what are you favorite back-to-school moments? When I was little, my mother always put me in a special outfit and took a picture of me in some sort of victorious position before stuffing me in the car and taking me to school, bouncing and chattering with excitement. What were are your traditions?
Tags: Kids & Teens by Erin
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