Sound track for the first week

In which I share some students' suggestions

Last Friday, a teacher friend of mine asked her students to come up with a song that best described their first week of school this year. They could choose an existing song or create a title of the song that would characterize their experience if it existed.

Here’s their list:

• A New Start

• Hell is Real

• Chill out and Learn the Ropes

• In my Bones by David Kushner

• Almost Finished

• Toxic Garbage Island

• Fade into You by Mazzy Star

• Flight b741

• Back To School (Mini Maggit) by Deftones

• Good and Happy

• So High School

• Fifteen (Taylor's Version) by T.S!!

• I Want to Go Back to Sleep

• Friday Come Sooner

• Coming Home

• Happy

• Ivy by Frank Ocean

• Thinking about You by Frank Ocean

• Do I Wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys

• Hikouki gouko de Yumi arai (serene journey after death)(vapor trail disappearing into the blue sky)

• Only If

• Pretty isn’t Pretty by Olivia Rodrigo

• Why Is My Schedule Confusing

I have obviously included links to the songs that appeared (to me) to be real. Given that I’ve never heard of any of the songs I included links to, it wouldn’t be surprising if I skipped some real songs, thinking they were made-up. I prefer to think that Hell is Real, Chill Out and Learn the Ropes, and Why Is My Schedule Confusing are made-up titles, but I could be wrong about that. Correct me where I’m wrong!

And here’s a challenge for you: Pick a title, any title. And write a song to go with it. Even just a couple lines. Or just the refrain. Or just the instrumental intro. If you send me your song, I’ll include it in a post and credit you with a world premiere. Let’s start constructing a soundtrack for the first week of school!

Thank you, Julie from Vermont, for sharing these titles. They made me laugh, and they made me love your students from afar. I hope you and they have a fantastic year together!!