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Jesse Rauscher, 5, gives a hug to East Great Plain firefighter Bill Guile after getting a ride to his first day of Kindergarten at Mahan School in Norwich, Conn., Tuesday, Sept. 6. Rauscher was one of seven kindergarteners in the district who won a ride to school on a fire truck.
If you were five years old, what would be cooler than riding a fire truck on your first day?
As we have blogged in the past, the first day of school is emotional for both kids and adults:
Mother and daughter say goodbye during the first day of kindergarten
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First grade students show their eagerness to answer a question in class during their first day in school in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok, September 1, 2011.
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A cadet class student yawns during an assembly on the first day of the school year in the southern Russian city of Gelendzhik on September 1, 2011.
How do you or your children feel about the first day of school?
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