It was my first day of high school, and it was my first day of school in a new city. There was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A good image is everything, so it was important for me to ____1____ the people who I would spend the next four years with.
For the first time in my life, I thought about how convenient it would be to wear the school uniform. After carefully selecting, I emerged proudly in a patterned dress. An hour later, I felt ____2____ as I stepped off the bus and headed toward room 1136. But as I turned the corner into my first class, my jaw dropped to the floor.
Sitting at her desk was Mrs. Hutfilz, my English teacher, ____3____ the exact same dress as I. I kept my head down and tiptoed to my seat, but the first day meant introductions in front of the whole class, and soon enough it was my ____4____. I made it through my minute speech, until Mrs. Hutfil z stood up, jokingly adding that she liked my ____5____. Although this was the moment I had been worrying from the moment I walked in, all the ____6____ that had increased surprisingly melted away; the students who had previously been staring at their phones ____7____ their heads as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with my peers, ending my speech with “And I am very stylish, much like my first period ____8____.” After class, I stayed behind and talked to Mrs. Hutfilz, sharing my previous worry about coming into a new school and city. I was ____9____ to make a humorous and genuine connection with my first teacher, one that would continue for the rest of the year.
While my first period of high school may not have gone exactly the way I thought it would, it certainly made the day ____10____ in the best way, and taught me that Mrs. Hutfilz has an awesome sense of style!