First Grade Re-visited
I remember first grade more vividly than other school years. Where Kindergarten was full of play, first grade was serious business...or at least it seemed that way to me. I missed my mother. Some days I cried. Embarrassment over being weepy made me cry even more. I was an anxious first grader. But I cheered up at music time. We'd gather around the piano in Mrs. Schwartz's classroom and sing our [...]