First Day at School

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First Day at School It was natural on the part of every student to remember the first day at school. I moved from Vietnam to the US in August and I were staying at home for 2 months and then I started school in October, right on my birthday October 12. The chill outside and the first day of school started in the middle of semester, it created a terrible feeling of fear and anxiety as I went to school alone. It was not a normal starting just like the other first day at school, but it was something that I began with a new experience because I didn’t speak English at all even though I have learned it before. It happened when I was 15 years old and first time went to high school in Chicago which was my freshmen year. The first day of school teach me new experiences and lessons that I could do better in future. It was the beginning day ever at my very first American school in my life. The school name was Glenbard East High School, it was so strange when I heard it, and I didn’t have much of an impression about its name. It was a cold and dark morning when I was waking up to get ready for the first mark of history. I picked for me a long jean and white shirt with a pair of Nike shoes, and then covered outside with a black jacket. My grandfather was the one who drove me to school, I sat in a car but my brain was blank, I couldn’t even think of anything at that time, I was so worried. I felt like I couldn’t breathe, the nervous was choking me up of internal feeling. Fifteen minutes’ drive to school, I could see the big building appeared in front of me; it seemed like a castle which was for students get in and earn more knowledge. I walked in with my sweaty hands and freezing feet. I was holding a couple of papers to show to the office or teacher to let them know that I was a new student. I wandered around in the giant building to find the office; I walked but had no

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