First day at school!!!

Monday morning, I woke up at around half six (6:30 in England). Sam and his father have to leave earlier because Sam is following an education at another school (because all his friends went to this school), and Sam’s father works at another school. I was still tired because I was really excited the night before, and slept at one o’clock. In England, people eat a lot of cereals as breakfast instead of bread in the Netherlands! So, instead of bread, I ate lovely cornflakes! I wished Sam and his father a good day, and started to pack some books for today’s first lessons! My schedule for today was: Period 1 and 2 chemistry, period 3,4,5,6 free, period 7,8,9 history. Beth told the night before she would be cooking the fifth and sixth period and asked if I would like to join their cooking group which I actually (and yes I’m a boy) wanted! 10 minutes after Sam and his father had left, Finley ran down-stairs and we watched some tv together. Mrs Webster woke up too but it took quite a while before Beth came downstairs. Mrs Webster told me that she always has breakfast in her bedroom, and that she needs some time to do her hair. At around half eight (8:30), Beth walked and I followed (I had no idea where to go) to LOGS (Lewes Old Grammar School). Beth had her first periods in another building than I had, so she went in-side building 1 and I walked on to building 2. I knew how to get to the library myself, so some seconds later, I was all alone in the library. A sixth former (year 12) saw a new student which had no idea what to do, so asked the student (me) if I needed any help. I told her that I am the Dutch exchange student and that I was waiting for our mentor. She immediately called some other six formers, around ten, who introduced themselves. After ten seconds, I probably forgot all their names, and now after one week school, I still don’t know all their names. However, it was nice that those students were interested in me and I didn’t feel lonely anymore. At around ten to nine, Ms Rosin arrived in the library and asked me if I had any idea where Manon and Sanny were. She took me with me and we walked to the sixth-formers chill-room. She explained that every morning at nine o’clock and every afternoon at two o’clock all students had to go to one classroom for registration. My registration mentor, Mrs Charlie, was already sitting in our registration classroom. Manon and Sanny arrived at ten past nine, so ten minutes late, which is, I think, a very good first impression :p. Mrs Charlie is pregnant! Lots of students make fun of this, but she thinks the jokes are funny too. At around thirteen past nine, we were sent off to go to our very first lessons in Lewes. My first course was chemistry with Sanny. The teacher, the host mother of Sanny and Manon, already knew us which made us feel a bit more comfortable. It was pretty weird, because we are around two years behind (because the students are two years older) with chemistry but after a ten-minute revision, Sanny and I quite understood where the teacher was talking about. Chemistry was heaps of fun, because the group of students, around ten, were all really nice and talked during the lesson, sorry Mrs Lowden, a lot with us. During small break, I met another twenty/twenty-five students, but I stayed in the sixth-form chill-room. I tried to talk to as many students as possible, also during the 3^rd and 4^th period. One of the students, Kumar, guided us through the school and introduced us to many students. The 5^th and 6^th period, I went off for cooking!!!! Beth had already shown me the room where we would be cooking those two periods. I was going to make dinner for tonight and made spaghetti Bolognese. Mrs Webster had given me the ingredients the night before, so I could immediately start. Beth made with a friend of her brownies and onion pie, for tonight’s dinner too. It went actually pretty well, and during cooking, I had lots of time left to talk with Beth and her friend, Freya. When my Bolognese sauce was finished, I helped Beth with her onion pie because she had to peel lots of onions, which make you cry! So after Beth and I had peeled all onions, both of us were crying :p. After cooking, which I really enjoyed, we had big break, so I went into the lunch room and had lunch, for free(!!!). I don’t want to be mean, but hot lunch is so much better than one sandwich in the Netherlands. Some guys, who apparently knew me, sat next to me and started a conversation. I met another large group of students. I really enjoyed break, but eventually had to leave for registration. Registration was fine, we all had to say a funny fact about ourselves. I told them that I was born with two spoons around my head, which is true!!!! Next course, 7^th + 8^th +9^th , was history. However, the teacher arrived and told Manon and I that they were going to check a test. So we could leave -___- So, my first day at school, I only had lessons the first two periods and the fifth and sixth period cooking. What a easy, long, free day. In the three periods, I walked through the school and tried to meet as much students as possible. After school, I wished everyone a nice day and walked with Beth and one of her ‘many’ friends home. The whole day, I had worn elegant/tidy shoes, so my feet really hurt at the end of the day. I had two blisters -__-. During school, I had seen that most of the boys, and girls wore normal sneakers to school, so the rest of the week I wore sneakers to school. That afternoon, I talked a lot with my host family and played a lot of games with Fin, aaaand at night, I had great dinner (thanks to Beth and …), aaaaaaaaaaand went to a play in the school with Sanny and Manon. We met Ms de Wolf too. She walked just like me a bit weird because whe had lots of blisters too, by the tour she had made. The actors of the play were mostly young students of       the school. It was great!! The actors acted professionally, and the story was funny. We met Kumar too, who was helping the actors backstage. I really enjoyed the play and the nicest thing was that I understood everything! Those who aren’t sure if their children should do TTO, THEY SHOULD!!!!!!!  Manon, Sanny and I walked home, and I started to work on my blog. Family Webster goes to bed pretty early, somewhere between ten and half ten, so the last hour, I was looking for friends on facebook. My first day at school was GREAT!!! And the next few days it would become even better!!!  

Picture 1: My bedroom with my clothes everywhere (I’m just a boy) and my own television J (which I only used when watching a movie with Sam

Picture 2: Some fellow sixth-graders in the sixth-graders chill-room

I've no idea how to change locations of pictures so they are a bit mixed up!!