First Day of School

Well today was very interesting... Fun, but so so so so different from American schools! Here's the story:

I woke up at 8, ( school starts at 9 the first day, and its a 20 minute walk) got ready, had a delicious Italian espresso, and a not so delicious muffin, and started walking to my new school. It was a beautiful, drizzly morning, but i like the rain so i was happy. It kinda hit me as i was walking down the street that i was actually going to school in another country for a whole year. It was a very exciting feeling! As i got to the entrance of the school i did start to feel nervous because there was hundreds of kids outside, half smoking, all talking Italian and i stood out like a sore thumb. A lot of people were looking at me because it was obvious i was a new student and very blonde and white. Luckily i saw a group of people that were in my same class, and thank god because with out one of them to follow i would have gotten so lost in the chaos that followed.

A few moments later, the doors or the school were opened and people started running to get inside first. i realized later it was because you have to get to your classroom first if you want to pick out the best seat for yourself, or save a place for who you want to be your desk mate. So i had no idea where my classroom was, i was being squished between tons of people all running to god knows where, and at the same time i was trying to keep an eye on at least one person from my class so i could actually get to Class 4 F and not get lost! well i finally made it in side after running up and down stairs looking for the right room ( every year they change the area of the classes so you never know where to go until the first day.)
The classroom is completely bare or anything except for desks and a white board in the front. Even the teacher doesn't have their own desk, its just another student desk but facing the rest of the room and not the front. so we all find out seats and are all chatting. the first teacher is supposed to arrive at 9:00am but sometimes they re late so i guess this is normal. time goes by and still no teacher. finally an hour has passed and no one had shown up! so we had on class period free to do whatever. then the bell rings and we wait for the next teacher....another hour goes bye and o on! so we had 2 hours now of no teacher and hanging out, talking and messing around! i asked my class mates and they said it wasn't normal. we also found out later it was because out class had not been assigned an English or history teacher yet so there was no one to teach us on that day!
Then the math teacher showed up, ( for the next week, we only go to school from 9-12) so for the last hour she told us our schedules and all that stuff and i actually understood a lot of the Italian which is great! i didn't think i would understand as much as i actually did! Now i have to study the whole first chapter of my math book and go out and buy a whole bunch of books too! so i will update you later with how the rest of the week goes!

Bye Bye! :)