Five things Harriet learned at Lowewood.

This is my somewhat belated (tired, busy, sick, tired, busy, sick!) take on my first day at school.  Others have described the highlights much better and more fully than I could, so here is a snapshot of the things Harriet discovered.



1.  I am an enormous swot.  I don't seem to be able to help it!  It was really interesting to see how, in a learning environment, I reverted so quickly to my natural state, which is a mixture of a genuine desire to learn things, and a massive need to show off.  For the record, I did try really hard to reign it in, but it was much harder than I'd expected!
2.  School is difficult.  Like, seriously.  Sitting around listening to people talk at you for five hours?  I had absolutely forgotten what that was like, and had forgotten how being active really makes a difference.  Having something to do, to engage with, makes the time fly.  A sharp reminder to keep my own teaching active and fun!
3.  That habit I thought I'd broken myself of, not being able to keep my hands still, and fiddling with anything and everything in front of me?  Not.  At.  All.  Broken.
4.  I still push boundaries.  I want to know exactly what I can and can't do, how far I can go before I run into consequences.  I feel like I managed to balance this reasonably well, as it's something I've been aware of for a long time, and it happens in all aspects of my life.  (If I didn't, do let me know, and I'll try harder next time!)
5.  I have a serious accidental language problem - I truly did not mean to get slippered by Reverend Jenkins for describing my sums as 'fucked'!

I had a lovely day, thank you everyone for making it lovely.