Back To School - Day 1

What a day! I had forgotten how busy school is - you always have to be somewhere, or be going somewhere. I wasn't particularly nervous this morning. I had visited the school twice last week to meet the Principal and the teachers, so I think I got the nerves out of the way then.

First thing today, I met the senior rugby team. They were getting on a bus to go to Bandon to play. I will be honest - I seriously considered hopping on the bus and heading off for a day to watch the rugby. However, the fear of actually being asked to play put me off the idea. What if they didn't have enough subs, and I was asked to tog out? I personally believe that people who look like Josh Hartnett/Keanu Reeves/Kevin Bacon shouldn't be at the bottom of a maul getting their head stood on.

So reluctantly, I hit off to my first class - Geography. Today, we were dealing with metamorphic rocks. My ignorance of rocks was displayed earlier in the morning on the breakfast show when I told the others that I thought igneous rocks was the man who founded the Christian Brothers. Anyway, I sat in silence for the first ten minutes trying desperately to remember anything about marble and quartzite. The teacher told us that quartzite is often found in crucibels - which are things that you would use in a science lab, not what you might see on the wall of the church, as I discovered later. Eventually Miss Walsh asked me to read aloud - which is something I'm good at. It all ended on a sour note though when she revealed there would be a test tomorrow, so I have to study tonight.

I went to first year assembly, where I discovered more about the mentor system, the student council, and the cinema trip next week! I also spent some time with the Special Needs Assistants to find out about the work that they do. This type of support wasn't available when I attended school. And I had a lovely chat with Francis Xavier Keegan who has been in Waterpark for many, many years. He taught me, my brother and my father - and I used to be in his choir. Anyway, there is a school mass in the morning, and I have been asked to rejoin the choir for one last hurrah! And to think people scoff at my singing voice....

So, that's day one. Wish me well with the Geography test tomorrow!
N.