Every parent faces having to send their kids back to school after a long, and hopefully fun, summer. There are a lot of emotions to deal with during back to school time, from sadness over summer coming to an end, to excitement about what the new school year will bring, and those feelings can seem overwhelming to children and parents alike. These ten stories about the first day of school, taken from the message board site Reddit.com, are a good way for parents to remember that, no matter what, you can always find something to laugh about.
10) This Guy Took His First Bite of The Day
“First day of first grade, I just got some new Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and I’m enjoying them with a friend. Two kids walk up to me, and one of them asks to see my newest and most cherished card. He then takes it and runs away with the card. I chase him down, tackle him into a pile of gravel and bite his arm until he starts to bleed, and take my card back. He ends up getting in trouble for taking my card, and nobody believes him when he says I bit him. The next day his mom makes him give me half of his cards. We are now best friends. So a pretty good day for me, a pretty bad day for him.” – Pmonstah4
9) When Your New School Becomes A Maze
“It was my first day of school at a school I had just transferred to. I was never allowed to walk home, so I had to wait for my mother to come pick me up. I waited for hours and nobody ever showed up. Since I wasn’t allowed to walk anywhere, the faculty had all left the building, and didn’t have a cell phone I had no way of contacting anyone or getting home.
Turns out I was at the wrong exit. Both sides of the building have the same sort of entryway, and each entryway looks out onto a parking lot with a softball field behind it. They were exactly the same, except one lot is for seniors to park and the other is the faculty/library parking.
My mother went frantic and went to the police with a ton of photos of me. Eventually, I was found still sitting and waiting to be picked up at the back of the building.” – Science Art
8) When A Bee Surprise Attacks
“I sat on a bee and my left butt-cheek swelled up so badly I couldn’t sit down and one of the boys in my class called me Lady Pillow Farts.” – Anonymous
7) When A Trampoline Session Goes Wrong
“We were allowed to go into school a little late so that the prefects could show the new students around first. In this time, me and my best friend decided to go on the trampoline in the garden. This led to ripped trousers, just before the first day of school.” – Christophski
6) When You Don’t Remember Which School You Go To
“I went to the wrong high school on my first day.” – sMendo7
5) When You’re A Little Too… Nervous
“I’m not sure if this counts but my first day at a new preschool saw me vomiting in the teacher’s hand. I don’t think I went back after that. Poor Maya. You earned that paycheck, girl.” – Heartdeco
4)When You Try To Run Away From School
“I missed the bus on the first day of kindergarten. My dad and I were waiting a while, so he went inside to double-check the bus schedule. I got scared to wait alone so I ran into the garage right as the bus went by. Oops.” – Snapps
3) When The School Makes You Feel Vulnerable
“Best Day: Reported vulnerability in schools security software, company paid for a party in my honor. That day I became ‘Cool’.” – AshmanticNinja
2) When You Hurt Somebody But Manage To Make A Friend
“First day of highschool I know absolutely nobody and I break another girl’s toe playing soccer in gym class. I piggybacked her to first aid and we’ve now been friends for seventeen years.” – Anonymous
1) When This Guy Actually Had A Good First Day Of School
“I got to have grilled cheese for breakfast before my first day of kindergarten. Pretty great day.” – TheCrunchyBanana
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