First Day of School
September 6, 2007 by leighannmayfield
Wow! Today is another first day of school. I can’t believe I woke up at 4:30 am! Am I excited or apprehensive? A little of both! I am speaking in the 7th Grade assembly this morning to all the new students. This is their day! No 8th graders! They come tomorrow. Funny! I must be having some of the same thoughts for this new day - what will the day be like? I wonder? What will the future bring? I wonder.
Wow! Those are song lyrics rumbling around in my head. Where are they from? I am humming the tune! Trusty “google” search - Maria sang those words in the musical, Sound of Music! The song title is “I Have Confidence.” She was about to start her new job, about to meet seven children and a captain, about to embark on a new adventure and she sings her emotions.
“I’ve always longed for adventure
To do the things I’ve never dared
And here I’m facing adventure
Then why am I so scared”
Wow! We all have these emotions! But I have confidence. I am passionate about what I do as a librarian. I am passionate about how much I love middle school students. I am passionate about serving and supporting them. I have confidence that this will be another amazing school year.
So, let them bring on all their problems
I’ll do better than my best
I have confidence they’ll put me to the test
But I’ll make them see I have confidence in me
Somehow I will impress them
I will be firm but kind
And all those children (Heaven bless them!)
They will look up to me
And mind me with each step I am more certain
Everything will turn out fine
I have confidence the world can all be mine
They’ll have to agree I have confidence in me
I have confidence in sunshine
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence that spring will come again
Besides which you see I have confidence in me
Strength doesn’t lie in numbers
Strength doesn’t lie in wealth
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers
When you wake up — Wake Up!
It tells me all I trust I lead my heart to
All I trust becomes my own
I have confidence in confidence alone
(Oh help!)
I have confidence in confidence alone
Besides which you see I have confidence in me!
Source of Song Lyrics:
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thesoundofmusic/ihaveconfidence.htm
i thought that rancho was so awsome. i enjoyed seing all of my friends. i also think it is so cool that mrs mayfield is from mobile alabama.