Turns out that Gordonstoun does really have classrooms!! They are just hidden at the back of the school.
After an exhausting Expedition which may or may not have already been mentioned, it was time for real school.
one problem. real school is boring. like really boring. unless it is one of the following things.
an expedition, first day, Birthday, etc….
After writing that line I realized that it was lunchtime and had to cycle all the way down the hill from my house, Duffus, (the best house) to the refectory (the lunch hall). Talk to my friends and eat pasta with some exciting bits in it. when then having to burn off all the carbs by cycling back to my house. so I guess this school is not boring. It is exciting.
the expedition has been talked about in another blog written yesterday and added by the original owner of the blog. but one detail that is not going to be in that I will mention here.
We were having our bags checked yesterday and setting off on the expedition after that, so in the morning after getting changed I went to the main part of my house.
No one was there. It was the same with my dorm. In a pure spike of panic of being left behind while everyone else had gone to breakfast I ran all the way down to the refectory, to find no one was there… so while panicking on the inside I calmly at my breakfast and walked outside to find everyone coming down with their bags… meaning I had to quickly like a true adventurer *breath in* runuptomydormgrabmybaghoponmybikeforthefirstimeatthisschool…
I was thirty seconds late for chapel, but it didn’t matter.
but the first day of school was interesting… It contained me being in the top set for maths. meaning the teacher does not mess about unlike the other teachers talking about what everything is about. and quite chill lessons. But she went off and we were instantly told that she had high expectations of us. and instantly put us to work. this was quite a shock because at Aysgarth I was in the bottom set for EVERYTHING. Aysgarth, being an all-boys school, bottom set is like doing nothing each lesson
but now is the time to shine.
Other exciting things that happened were riding my bike and finding out where a good parking spot is. (I think I have found the best spot though) in a small corner where it fits in. near the stairs leading between classrooms putting me in the center. But what about if it gets stolen? I imagine you asking. well, my loving parents had given me a bike chain. And near this corner, there is a pipe that goes down the building near my bike where I can put the chain through my wheel and around the pipe.
but the first day is coming to a close. having cleaned my shoes, unpacked my bag, done my homework and written this blog it is time to rest.
this is Oliver signing out.
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Goodness, Oliver, your first school day sounds like an expedition in itself, with all the rushing around and finding out where you should be. Glad you didn’t miss your breakfast and that you were only thirty seconds late for Chapel.
Brilliant that you’re in the top set for maths, and that Aysgarth might actually have been teaching you rather well even if you didn’t notice at the time.
‘it seems that your blog (or whatever you want to call it), is going to be as entertaining and as wittily written as your proud mother’
PS that comment sent itself before I’d finished writing, but I expect you realise that the last bit was going to be:
‘as your proud mother’s.’ Looking forward to more of your posts as it’s all so new and exciting. Big hug, Janet