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First Day – Home again Chapter 4
A continuing story. At 2 o’clock, the alarm bell rang loudly, marking the end of a busy day. It was time to go home. It was time to go home. Lucy was classified as a ‘walkie’ because she lived close enough to the school to walk home, and walkies could leave first. There were only Continue reading
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First Day – Observations of a Six-Year-Old Girl Chapter 3
A continuing story. Large windows lined an entire wall, flooding the classroom with morning light. Large black chalkboards covered the front wall, with a door near the windows leading to the adjoining classroom. A second blackboard and a cork bulletin board lined the wall facing the windows, interrupted only by the corridor doors at each Continue reading
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First Day – in the Classroom Chapter 2
A continuing story. The nun, in her long black habit, stood at the top stair in front of the heavy double doors, which were opened wide, welcoming the new students to their first day of school. There she stood, erect and formidable, wielding the heavy brass bell that signaled the end of playtime and the Continue reading
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