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Being new at Cherbonnier Elementary

BY:BRIA MCCANN

I felt like I was in a long museum when I rode the bus to school. When I saw the school my mouth dropped to the ground. I was amazed and I also felt shy because I didn’t know anyone at Cherbonnier. I now know some of the teachers and almost all of the students. I also felt shaky because I had just moved to the fourth grade and she was moving a bit too fast for me, because she was doing 3 digit by 2 digit math problems. She taught us words we didn’t even know. But you know what? I felt good as the months moved forward.

One thing I did was every time she wrote something down on the board, I would pay attention and copy it down. The second thing I did was followed directions. When she would say get lined up, I would be the first in line. The third thing I did was I did all my classwork and homework. I was on the ball, but remember, that was just at the beginning of the year. The rest of the year I was okay, but sad to say, I wasn’t on the honor roll.

When I first got their kids were teasing me. But I found out that I was in the wrong class. Then I made friends and other people were nice to me. The others who picked on me stayed right back in the fourth grade except a few, the others went on to the fifth grade. Some teachers treated me mean because they thought I was disrespectful, but now they see that I passed to the fifth grade. Some students treated me mean because they thought that I wasn’t smart, and I showed them that I was smart and that I passed to the fifth grade.

I’m just happy that I passed. I was able to go home and show my mommy my grades on my leap and she was very happy to see me go pass the fourth grade. Every body in my family celebrated at the skating rink, but you guys have to pray for me to pass the fifth grade. I loved writing this story for you all, trying something new ended up fun!