Where it all Starts

[Ida Clark]

Now, if she had felt nervous when she had arrived on campus, it was nothing compared to how she felt before her first class was due to start. Since her arrival, she had spent a small amount of time not only learning about the mares she would be working with, and the school's resident stallion, but she had also spent some time in the classroom, changing a few of the posters so they had clearer pictures of what they were - since posters tended to fade over time - and since it was a small group that she was working with, she had arranged the tables in a semi-circle, with a chair for her in the front centre, beside a whiteboard.

She'd also read the little information she had on each student, and done her best to match them with a mare she thought they would work well with, but that could all change after their lesson that day.

She greeted each person with a smile as they entered, and invited them to take a seat. When everyone had arrived, her smile deepened. "Good afternoon, and welcome to the class. I'm Miss Clark." She greeted warmly. "I'm new here, so the only thing I know about you all is what other instructors have told me, and the little that I have been given. So, just to make you all groan and hate me on our very first class, I'd like to go around the room and get you to introduce yourself, and let me know a little about your interests in horses, and anything else you think I might need to know. Once that's done, we'll get onto rules and other boring things." She wasn't sure how much of a lesson this would be, and probably more of a get to know her students. Either way, it was essential for her to know the kids she was working with, and pair them up with the properly skilled mare, so that no one was out of their depth and uncomfortable.

Bridgette Iris Beaumont
Karina Fuchs
Luke Brown
Maeve McKenna
Wesley Gould

[Maeve McKenna]

Maeve was a mixture of excitement and nerves as she headed into the Evening Primrose barn and toward the classroom. Unsure of the proper dress-code, she had pulled on a clean t-shirt after her riding lesson and was still wearing her blue jodhpurs and paddock boots.

She smiled to the woman in the classroom and quickly sat in the furthest seat from the door and she quickly pulled out the sparkly Hello Kitty notebook she had for the class and a complete range of pens. She glance around the room at all the posters and felt a little uncomfortable at some of them.

She sat up a little straighter as the woman got things started and she gave a disappointed sigh when they were asked to do introductions, but could also fully understand that the woman wanted to get to know them, this was pretty serious business. Which also left her feeling a little incompetent, as she had no horsey background. "Hi, I'm Maeve McKenna." She said with a bright smile. "I love horses... of course, because I guess I wouldn't be here if I didn't." She laughed nervously at herself. "Other than hanging out with a herd of Mustangs, and watching their foals, I really didn't have any hands on experience before arriving here. I love horses though, and I want to learn everything there is about them." She pressed her lips together and pushed on with a small shrug. "I want to learn everything, so that I can help the herd I grew up with if anything happens." She shrugged again as she lowered her head, waiting for the next person to speak up.