But she also mourned the milestones that will never come, like Antonio's first day at school.

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Green got the idea for "New Boy" after reading a short story about a young African boy's first day at school in Ireland.

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First days are really, well, like a first day at school.

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The court heard that Farrow, 48, of no fixed address, was sent home from his first day at school for misbehaviour, and that his mother was unable to control him.

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The older ones had their first day at school on June 8th and 25 of the younger ones have just started at the primary school next door, where, despite language problems, teachers say they mingle well with local children.

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And the poor fella looks like he's been given detention for forgetting his homework diary on his first day at big school when Gambhir banjaxes him through the covers for yet another boundary to bring up his fifty.

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The first day, we saw two friends with whom I was in school at Ole Miss, who lost their homes, totally lost their homes on the beach front there in Gulfport.

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Brown and Mr. Smith both teach a classroom of third graders who score at the fiftieth percentile on math and reading tests on the first day of school, in September.

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Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day at school and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).

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On my first day of high school, going into math class, two of my classmates pointed and laughed at me.

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