This year, I spent a couple of hours chatting with teachers after the opening ceremony and then went home around noon. It’s a pretty chill day, very different from what I remember as my first days of school in America. Homeroom teachers check in with their classes, gather information about their own teaching schedules (which is released on the day of and is in flux for the first two weeks of school), and reconnect with colleagues in the Teacher’s Room over bowls of airag (fermented mare’s milk) and auruul (milk curd snacks). The first day of school in Mongolia is largely an organizational day.
At the very end, a few students from a low and high grade will make a lap around the stage ringing a ceremonial bell. The day begins with a ceremony in front of the school: speeches from directors, administrators and nervous volunteers like me, alongside song and dance performances by the students. September 1st is the universal first day of school in Mongolia whether you’re a kindergarten kid or a university student.
Study extra hard, okay?īoy: I love my grandma, my grandpa and my dad! Interviewer: Is it nice to be back in school?
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