First school day
With most kids going back to school this week, Andrew was blogging about the first day of school.
I don’t remember much about my first day either, though I do have a photo that I believe was snapped that morning:
Long-haired hippy. It was the 70s though. And I was obviously in a good mood… or it may have been my usual “I’m being photographed” face — lots of kids have those.
What I do remember is that (possibly on enrolment day rather than the first day of term) I decided that I wasn’t capable of spelling “Daniel”, and went by the name “Danny” instead… that lasted for 9 years, until I switched high schools to Melbourne High and decided I liked “Daniel” better. (My surname changed at the same time.)
I also recall early in that first term of Prep an older kid bullied me about something (possibly race-related, or perhaps about the odd appearance of my right eye), but I can’t remember any of the other details. Hopefully I wasn’t too upset about it. Back then there wasn’t a school buddy programme, which probably would have helped.
But as far as I recall, no other issues in Prep, and most of my primary school years are filled with happy memories.
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5 comments on First school day
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Emma on
Tue, 29th Jan 2013 9:10 am
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Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on
Tue, 29th Jan 2013 9:19 am
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Roger on
Tue, 29th Jan 2013 10:27 am
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Daniel on
Tue, 29th Jan 2013 11:28 am
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Kath Lockett on
Tue, 29th Jan 2013 7:44 pm
And I still remember you from those days (well, ok a little later, you must have been in grade 4 when I met you) as the geeky older brother who liked Dr Who :)
Great photo. I have one where I am picking up my older girl from her first day at kinder and she looks kind of like that, too.
No school uniform?
@Emma, hahaha funny. Not much has changed then!
@Roger, nope, no school uniform. Some kids wore something approximating uniform, but it was completely optional.
Dig that shirt! Would make an awesome retro pattern for wallpaper, or cushions now!
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