What is kindergarten? The dictionary defines it as “a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.” What I remember kindergarten being was a colorful, easy, and friendly environment where I would have fun and meet new people. Now that I am finally in high school I can look back on my kindergarten experience and appreciate it a lot more.
The first day of kindergarten was a new adventure to me, a new place, new people, and a lot more new things to do. So many different toys and books to look through. There seemed to be an infinite amount of things that I would be able to do, and experience. Every new lesson would fascinate me, they way they were taught was hands on, more one-on-one then high school. Friends were made by just sitting next to someone, or sharing crayons, funny enough friends seemed more real back then. Homework was to color a picture in and projects were made with macaroni. Life was just so simple and easy. There was wrong and there was right, there was yea and there was no. Everything had a meaning and a reason for being there.
High school on the other hand is chaos, people bustling along the hallways going to their classes not glancing back to see if that person that they just bumped into is okay or not. In high school all of that easiness that was at kindergarten is gone. Teachers pile on the homework that take hours to finish. Test and quizzes are at times unannounced, teachers expect you to be prepared and ready to go. People are fake, and mean. Not taking others feelings into account. High school is legit; anything that you do there affects you in some way in the future.
Thinking back on kindergarten I realize how much fun it was. Just one big adventure after another, high school could be looked at the same way, but it’s so difficult, I can’t get past how hard it is, I can’t enjoy it. If I had to go back to the past and pick a time to stop at, I would definitely pick kindergarten. It had an easier more laidback feeling about it. In kindergarten I was limitless.
