I usually wake up around 6:25. I get dressed, take a shower, brush my teeth, and usually go downstairs around 6:45. My mom makes me breakfast, and it’s usually toast and hot chocolat. I finish breakfast at 6:55, brush my teeth, and get ready for the bus. My mom or dad drives me to CLS (the Rhinebeck elementary school) and we see the Dutchess Day bus. A few minutes after the Dutchess Day bus leaves, the Poughkeepsie Day bus arrives. When I arrive at school it’s 8:15, and Laura usually says that we have to “catch class” because we are late.
Classes go on until break at 10:05. I usually have a bagel and I take a full one because I know that Bud or Cormac are going to take half of it. I try to eat fast because I like going outside to play basketball with my preschool friends, Wynn and Tomas. At lunch and recess I usually eat the cafeteria food and then go outside to play basketball with the 8th graders. The bus usually leaves around 3:15, and I usually play “I spy” with a nice 3rd grader named Kishi. When we get to CLS it’s 4:00. When I get home I play basketball outside, and then go inside to do homework, and then watch TV. I have dinner with my family, and then go to bed around 10:30, and then the cycle starts all over again.
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A day in the life of: •Aydin•
In the morning, I get up at 7:00 to go to school. I go downstairs and eat breakfast. I usually have bacon or serial and I then go back upstairs and get dressed. After that, I brush my teeth, and pack my bag. After that, I usually have free time for about 20-30 minutes. During this time, I usually go up to my room and browse the internet play videos games on my TV. I also have to walk the dog in the morning.
When it’s time to go, I get my bag and get into the car to go to school. Getting to school only takes about 5-10 minutes on a normal day. Then of course I get to school.
School starts at 8:15 — at this time I have advisory. In advisory, we usually talk about how the day (or week) is going to be like or just standard school talk. Another thing that the middle school does in the morning (8:15) is middle school meeting. In middle school meeting, we just talk about what the next couple of days will be like for the whole middle school. Usually a school day takes about 7 hours including breaks. There are 45-90 minute academic and arts classes (Math, Science, Spanish, Humanities, etc.), and 25-40 minutes of break/lunch times.
At the 25 minute break, I (and most students) just go to the cafeteria to get some snacks (Cinnamon buns, Muffins, Bagels, etc.) and hangout. After break, I usually have a 90 minute academic class. Next is lunch (40 minutes). At lunch the middle just eat lunch and go outside or stay inside (optional). For lunch I usually have steak or whatever the cafeteria has to offer. Then, it’s common time or a 45 minute academic class.
Common time is basically a block where we can stay in the middle school learning commons and silently read or do homework. I like this period!!!
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After that, I pack my bag and head to my moms office to drop my stuff off, school is over. After school I have to stay for an extra 1-2 hours because my mom works at the school. During that time I usually go to the after school and play with other kids that are in after, or just stay in my moms office and do homework or play games.
After that, I go home, do homework and then I just have free time for the rest of the night)(I usually go to sleep).
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