Ruk’ux Scholarship: Stories of elementary school

First year of elementary school 

I remember, like most children, that I was quite scared because it was something new for me and I was not ready to start classes. I have always been a very shy person so everything was very difficult for me and I couldn't make friends right away. I didn't want my mom to leave me alone and there were times when I cried and walked out of class.

My teacher was stern, so you had to do your homework and If things were not done exactly as requested, the teacher would get angry. That made me afraid of her. I never asked her for help with homework or spoke to her for clarification of any questions that I had..

But it wasn't all bad. Every year interns came to the school and we had a very fun, kind and understanding intern. We all grew to love her very much. She helped me a lot with my shyness. She also encouraged me to talk to my classmates and hang out with them. Because of her encouragement I did so and it went well. Because of her help I made friends and I was also able to clear up many of my doubts.

At first I didn't want to attend classes, but with the arrival of the intern everything changed and improved for me. I had friends that I played with at recess time. The classes were very dynamic and I learned a lot with the techniques that the practitioner used with us. We used to play in class while learning a topic.

I remember that what I liked the most was when the practitioner would give us hours of reading. She used to sit all of us in a circle with her in the middle reading a book. She always read us the best books and made us feel like we were in a magical world by telling us that we had to close our eyes and imagine whatever she was reading. It was all very cute and we all looked forward to reading time.

We were taught many things and we made many didactic materials. We also participated in many activities, and we were stimulated to be more creative, and to have logical and critical thinking. Everything was very good. but of course there were not so nice moments. But as a child, almost nothing seemed bad to me.

When we were about to finish the school year, the teachers did a little farewell activity and we all enjoyed it and said goodbye to the intern who was with us all year.

It was a very good first year in elementary school.