[Writing Activity] October 1-7

[PennyGoodfellow]

On 10/6/2023 at 4:15 AM, Redbottompunkin said:

🏫 I grew up in a smaller town, in NJ.  I would wake up every morning so excited to start my day.  Always an early riser.  The first few years I went to a private Catholic school, all I can remember there is how the school always smelt like food because the cafeteria was right as you walked in.  I was afraid of the nuns because everyone always talked about how they used rulers to hit your hands if you were bad.  So I made sure I was always good.  I remember cookies and milk and all of us having our own play dough containers, that smelled so yummy for some reason. 
📚Later, when I moved into a public school.  School felt very different.  I felt lost there, so many kids and so much movement all the time.  But I loved story time in the library and when my teachers would ask me to be a helper.  I remember the mile walk to get to school and the mile back.  We did plays once a year and always had a big yearly feel trip.  My favorite being to Philadelphia, PA in 5th grade.  🚌

Thank you for sharing! 

It seems like you've experienced a huge spectrum when it comes to school - I hope the Academy feels lovely! 

[PennyGoodfellow]

On 10/6/2023 at 11:14 AM, uni.sprite said:

School was super scary! I was very slow growing up and I have super bad number dyslexia so I would get yelled at alot for not completing stuffs 😖 It was very stressful! And unfortunately I had some very inappropriate teachers and such. (Super happy I graduated a few years ago!)

My favorite time was nap times waayyy back in kindergarten ☺️ And reading time!

I have alot of bad memories from schools so there's not much else I can share! Just happy to be here and my littlespace accepted. Very excited to try to keep up with the homework!!

I'm so glad you're here and I hope that this Academy can help heal some of the scared parts of you to help you remember that learning and school can be fun! 

[PennyGoodfellow]

20 hours ago, CodeName: Trouble said:

I had a horrible time in school and cried every day not to go 😖 Not much good to say here. Being dyslexic, an 'undercover' Neuro-spicy individual and in the lower middle class while attending an old money rich kids school was absolutely torture in every way. I don't care to recall much.

Things I do remember fondly: 

• I loved seasonal art projects that we got to do and decorate the room with 🥰 arts and crafts was always a fun time and we would often have special treats on themed days. 
• My favorite subject as a smol was always science, I was so fascinated with learning about the world; about water cycles, nature, space, weather and going on fieldtrips and making cool projects to explore it... became much less excited when they started making us read textbooks about it instead lol.
• Sing alongs in the library every week
• Activities incorporating the senses, like eating sugar cubes to learn about taste and stuff like that
• making oobleck 😁

I can understand those feelings - I didn't have a great time in middle school/junior high. 
I also loved the themed decor and holiday parties we used to have! 

 

Thank you for sharing, I hope that things here help you to have fun in a school setting again! 

[Kimba]

Week 1:
I'm from Germany and I started to go to school at the age of six. my school days were from Monday to Friday from 8am till 1pm. I didn't want to go to school when I was little because I hated to wake up so early. To be honest that hasn't changed much till now. 🤭
My favorite part about school back then was meeting my friends and playing with them during the breaks. Also I liked learning English (started in the third grade) and mathematics.
The worst part for me was having homework. After school I rather played outside with my friends instead of doing my homework.
My teachers said: "Homework is so you can learn the things we do in school at home too and get better." I always replied: "I already learned these things in school and I'm good at them, so no need to learn them at home too." 😅😂