Activity 33

I think that one of the most important childhood events of mine would have to be my first day of kindergarten. I was a ball of excitement rapped in nerves that day. I was so worried about making new friends and being away from my family all day. During the bus ride, I began to feel even more nervous, but then the girl who was sitting beside me started talking to me and we both began to relax. Finally, I arrived at school and was ready to begin this journey. Half way through the day my class was dismissed for recess the boys stayed with the boys and the girls stayed with the other girls. I remember we were all so shy around each other and didn't know what to say. Some of the kids knew each other from church and pre-school, but others didn't know anybody. During recess all of that changed. We all started playing on the swing sets, playing hop scotch, and jumping rope. The shyness between everyone had ceased. By the end of the first day of school friendships had been formed that would last for many years to come.This was so important because these were the people who we would be surrounded by for the next 11 years of our lives. We as little kids had to open ourselves up to others and step out of our boundaries.Today the same girl that sat beside me on the bus is still one of my best friends. I think it is amazing that 12 years later we have held on to such a great friendship. Over the years the group of kids that we be the class of 2008 learned together, played together, and formed bonds that would last a lifetime.

I used 7 I's in my writing. I think that a reader is able to understand that it come's from a person's point of view that has experienced this childhood event. I think it is personal because I used certain detailed events that occured.