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What is your opinion about the importance of a person’s first day of school?

Almost everyone has a significant memory, whether pleasant or terrible, about the first day of school! In the short story “The First Day”, the author Edward P. Jones narrates a little girl’s first day at school, and explores the impact of a mother’s dream for her daughter. The protagonist is a five-year-old girl from an unfortunate single family who gets registered by her mother to attend the kindergarten. An ancient Chinese saying goes that “well begun is half done.”, whereas I think this saying is all-around. I always believe not only the first day of school is important, but also the everydayness is important; because everything is accumulated little by little, step by step and day by day. My own experience has also proven right my opinion: I attended the first Canadian school in Montreal, which was a French school.

The protagonist in the short story “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones had a memorable first day at kindergarten. This is not only because this was one of protagonist’s many first days in her life, but also because she knew more about her mother, knew more about her mother’s dream for her. The protagonist was a five-year-old girl from an unfortunate single family, and she lived in a poor neighborhood with her mother. In her first day of school, she wore the new clothes and brought some school supplies that her mother prepared for her. The little girl and her mother originally whished to go to the better school named Seaton Elementary just across the street front the church where the two went every Sundays. Unfortunately, their expectation came to nothing; however the protagonist’s mother didn’t give up. They decided to settle for Walker Jones, a school in their area. In order to register, the mother had to ask for help filing out the form, because she was an illiterate. With a woman’s help, the protagonist finally got registered for kindergarten, but she also found out her mother couldn’t neither read nor write. She felt ashamed for her mother. At last, the loud sound from her mother’s footsteps was imprinted in her memory mixing with the other children’s singing and talking all around.

As I mentioned previously, my first Canadian school was a French school in Montreal. By the time I arrived in Canada, I had no clues about French so that the first day in a French school was totally horrible. I could only understand someone else called my name, whose pronunciation is exactly same as English. I could only speak one sentence, which means “I don’t understand”. Although my parents stayed with me during the whole enrollment, nothing could be changed. All they could do for me was just to encourage and console. After the convoluted speech of the principle, students were split into a few groups, and the teachers led us to the respective classroom. The bell started ringing as soon as I sat on the chair. A bald strong man with a smiled face came into the classroom. “Bonjour!” he started to speak, speak a bunch of words I had never heard before. Afterwards, students began to introduce themselves. Time was quickly passing, in no time; it was my turn, but nothing in my mind. “I should say something.” I thought, “But what? All I can say in French is “I don’t understand.” Maybe for the good luck, the bell started ringing again, tediously ringing. The class was over; I could finally quit this hell! Since then, I decided to learn French well. I said it and I made it. I learnt French almost every day. Somehow my French had become better and better. Somehow I could speak more and more. If I hadn’t learned French every day, I wouldn’t have reached such level in French. The first day of school is not always a good memory; it could even become your nightmare. I don’t have a nice first day at school, but I still learn French well. For this reason, I think the everydayness is as important as the first day of school.

Not only the first day of school is important, but also the everydayness is important. The protagonist of the short story “The First Day” has learned the importance of the first day of school, which is an opportunity to get a better life. She has also realized that it is important to study reading and writing because her mother could not register for her for the kindergarten by herself. My own personal experience has proven right the second part of my opinion. It is similar to the protagonist’s experience in some ways, but different in the other ways. The first Canadian school that I attended was a French school. I didn’t have a nice first day in that school because I couldn’t speak any French by the time I came to Canada, however I have learned it almost every day. At the end of the school year, my French has improved a lot; therefore I think the everydayness is as important as the first day of school.
The message from the short story “The First Day” is clearly that the first day of school is significant and also a good opportunity to get a better life in the future. I feel strongly that not only the first day of school is important, but also the everydayness is important. All in all, a person must deal well with whether the positive or negative feelings from their first day at school. They also need to know what they should do in the future to make their dreams come true.