It was the August of 1996 when I first started at “Head Start” I was like any other kid, scared to enter this new environment where I did not know anyone in the classroom with me, and because I knew eventually my mom and nanny was going to leave me. Even though I knew I would be in a class where I did not know anybody I still became the big girl I was I went in the classroom while my nanny held on to my hand. So once we entered and looked around the room I let go of my nanny hand and walked to the table that had a box with paint in it and started playing. Before I knew it I became comfortable in this new environment and did not even notice my mama and nanny was gone, I refused to panic because I knew my mama would not leave me in a unsafe place and I also found comfort in knowing my cousin was in the room next to me. Once all my classmates was in the classroom my teacher told us to find our name that was taped down on the name plate on the floor and sit “criss-cross-apple-sauce-with-our-hands-in-our-lap” we all listened and so once we found our name we sat there, then we went around the rectangle saying our name and who our best friend was, once we did that we played more games, then we had naptime next thing I know my nanny was picking me up from school and took me for ice cream at Dairy Queen *Yummy*! We hung out for a few hours until my mommy got off work then she picked me up and asked me what I had done at school I told her and she asked me even more questions *like all parents do after the first day*  like what did I learn? Did I remember my teachers name? Did remember where my class was? And those types of questions I answered almost all of those correctly…I just couldn’t remember my teachers name but after a while I remembered it. So after a few weeks past we had our fall fest relay race where we was competing against all of the other Pre-K classes in games like the 3-legged race, the tri-cycle race, and of course my favorite the potato sack race..*That was the funniest one* I’m sure every child that participated in that section of the relay fell down around 4 times in all. But in the end we had fun we didn’t injure ourselves much just got really dirty *Who cares about being clean when you’re having fun and when mud is involved??*…I know as a child I didn’t really care about falling in mud as long as I was having fun!!! After that day I made even more friends even those that was not in my class. As the school year went on I began to like school because it gave me the chance to learn something and make new friends. Well of course the school year was coming to an end and at the end of the year they had this “Talent Show” where you get to show your parents what you learned at school the whole year. So, as all of the Pre-K classes sat there we all took turns getting up and say what we knew, whether it was poems, our alphabets, or even how to spell our name. It became my turn and at first I was like I am going to be the big girl and say all of my alphabets…IN ORDER…well that did not go as planned at all I got called on and I froze *I don’t know why I just did* but when I got home I said my alphabet to my family and I got all of them correct. That is my first childhood memory I remember by every detail.