The First Day of my Sophomore Year

June 2, 2009 and classes has just begun. This is my sophomore year now, done with all those feelings of not belonging in the crowd and the feeling of being uncomfortable with the new people and new surroundings. But of course, the memories of the past year of my study in Agusan National High School still linger around.

First day of classes, was the day of meeting new classmates again due the changes of sections of the students which solely depend on their average performance and grades during the classes in their previous years, this is also the day of meeting new friends and the deepening of the relationship with in peers.

The academic class of the section Darwin, the first section for the STOHS or Science and Technology Oriented High School curriculum in the sophomore year, which I belong in, was arranged to be early in the morning starting at 7AM at the room A-28 in the STOHS building which they also share with the freshmen students of this year who are occupying the room in the afternoon at 12:00. Some changes happened to the school like the addition of a new two-storey building with classrooms in it which replaced the wrecked and old “Titanic Building", and also the unfinished project of having a covered court in the main campus. The section Darwin was composed of only 37 students which originated as 40 students during the freshmen years in section Archimedes with 11 students which were moved into other sections and 10 new students which replaced those who transferred.

I bet the first day of classes for the freshmen students is still an adjusting moment because this would be their first day in the school they will be spending their other four years of high school with, this would be the day of meeting other and new personalities to blend into and to add up, there are now only three sections in the STOHS curriculum for the first years which was formerly four sections with section Galileo being the one that was diminished.

Perhaps, the first day of the seniors will be a day of excitement because this will be their last year in their beloved school until they graduate, receive their diplomas and become an official college student. So, therefore they have to spend time with their friends wisely and also concentrate to their studies to gain more opportunities in their upcoming tertiary years.

Indeed, all first days of classes are a mixed of emotions like excitement, joy, the feeling of being unsure, sadness and many other more. But let us just hope that all the bad first days of classes will turn out to be good in the succeeding days because as they say, “first impressions don’t last”.