Introverted Being (2019 Part 2)

[208] Early School Memories

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Early School Memories

My 1st grade teacher is my grandparents' neighbor and would go to their house for 'hilot.' She was so kind and we still said hi and talked for a while when we saw each other. The last time I saw was in election day at our elementary school. She was so happy to see me and hugged me.

I remember I was a quiet kid in 1st - 3rd grade. My 2nd grade teacher was strict and when the class got so noisy, we would bow our heads on the table and pinch everyone's side except me. 😅 She knew I was a good student. 😝 Or maybe her favorite. She usually asked me to pull her gray hair after lunchtime. Haha

I remember walking into a classroom in 2nd grade and sit on a chair and got called cos my name wasn't in the class. I dunno why I still remembered that. I remember someone took a dump. It was so humiliating. She was the last one who left the classroom in the afternoon.

I remember when my classmate went to the toilet and shouted as if he saw a ghost in 3rd grade. It disturbed the class. He was just joking around. I remember my classmate purposely mispronouncing some English words and we would laugh. He got lots of head lice that when he grabbed his hair they would fall. Ewww! 😂 I remember I had my first best friend. We stayed best friends till 6th grade.

I remember having a crush on someone in 5th grade. He is my first crush. He was a transferee. I remember how he used to splash ice water on my foot while sweeping outside the classroom. 😅 I remember how we became friends (the first time we met as well) and used to play 'dampa' (game with rubber bands) after school outside our house.

I remember I got my lowest grade in a subject cos I failed to pass a project in 5th grade. I almost finished it but didn't know we needed to submit it that day.

I remember I got 5 close classmates. I can still remember their complete names. We sit at the back and when our class got so noisy and pupils didn't behave well, our teacher would let the six of us the first to go out in the afternoon. We were always behaved. I remember we liked eating our classmate's lunch in recess time and gave her our food in exchange. I remember how I like to sit with my classmate whose handwriting I really liked and tried to copy it. I remember how I carried her bag with me to put next to my chair in T.L.E class (different classroom). I remember how our T.L.E teacher made us weed and took the very root of the weed. I remember how strict she was. I remember my homeroom teacher would always want me to buy some bread for them after the teacher's meeting.

I remember the numerous times we weed in front of our classroom in 6th grade. It's a morning routine and sometimes we did it in the afternoon. I remember my 6th grade crush said he wanted to be a priest (he's already married). I remember the moment I cried hard cos I didn't want to miss school days. I got really sick when I got bitten by a rat. I loved school so much. I remember I was close with my three classmates. I lost touch with the other since we graduated elementary. I remember my T.L.E teacher would ask my help to cook for the school activity. I remember when my classmate failed to make the leche flan and it made me not to eat it ever since. It tasted gross! I couldn't forget it. I didn't eat leche flan for 10 years.

I remember my mother would sew my clothes/dresses for recognition days at school. My mother is really good at sewing using hands.

I remember how the entire school got flooded when it rained heavily. We would get stuck after school.

Yuchae Moon