First day of school.

First day of school is a roller coaster of mixed emotions. Some kids and parents are really excited and some are extremely nervous. The separation anxiety hits and there are moms who's hearts silently wail as they let go their baby to be growing into an independent kiddo.

Its a new chapter of the little one's life filled with wonderful opportunities ahead. Each day as I drop off my kid to school I look at those emotion filled eyes surrounding the main gate at school saying byes and kissing them , mentions of 'have a great day", 'have a good day', enjoy your day'.. the little ones responding back " 'Bye mom, love you', ' Have a great day dad'.. Its a special moment every parent cherishes.

Most mums and dads experience a complex mix of emotions when it comes to sending their baby to school on the first day. However the 5 year olds are now eager learners who are excited about everything in the world around them. They know how to handle a longer conversation about anything and are ready to jump into this learning system.

Many can relate to these few lines about how it goes on the first day at school.

Note: This is a pre-pandemic first day of school experience I'm ranting about. With the schooling mostly turned into online activity right now across the globe I guess many of these emotions are kind of held back and social-emotional quotient of kids are now fixed with a limited set of people. I really am not sure of the consequences of this in the long run.

Let me close this post on a positive hope of seeing physical learning in schools as soon as possible.

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