Dan
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And you will get shut down.
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And you will get shut down.
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Quicker than a full throttle rocket powered cheetah.
Quakebass
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My class one of the worst with that. And as for interacting with upperclassmen, I agree massively with the high-and-mighty and don't clog the hall bit, but I wouldn't say avoid upperclassmen entirely. Just know that you're new and there's people that have been working hard for quite a few years, so treat them with respect.
*Edit: ^ This really applies to everybody, it's just often notoriously bad with freshmen straight out of the middle school environment.
Definitely get involved with anything that interests you - clubs, sports, band, etc. - you'll find people with common interests, and it'll allow you to easily melt in with the rest of the school. Dedication will earn respect with the older peers, I know from experience.
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It's an age thing. I've always found Years 8 and 9 to be the most difficult. The other day I had Year 9 try and bargain with me to get part of their assessment task removed because they were too lazy to do it, but they knew that if others did it, then they would be at a disadvantage. So rather than do the work, they tried to stop everyone else from do it.
They didn't get their way.
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Well, got my backpack all set, ready to start my Senior year tomorrow
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Enjoy it while you can. It'll be a bittersweet at the end unless your school is terrible.
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My school is terrible
Dan
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Quakebass
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Aren't all schools like that?
I'd say it's more about personal circumstance; some people may get nothing but B.S. from either students or bad teachers and staff, and have a rather negative outlook on their school. Others may grow close bonds with teachers, coaches, counselors, etc., or get heavily involved with the school's culture, clubs, sports, performing arts, or some other portion of the school, and think very highly (or even just some parts of it) for those reasons.
Of course we all hate the getting up early and the shuffling through boring or tough classes and the late nights spent on homework and studying and the dealing with dumb people, but sometimes there can more than just that.
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I just had my first day of high school today. It was great. I didn't get lost because I just followed all my friends who apparently know their way around already.
Dan
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That's great! Is it better than middle school in your opinion?
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First day was actually decent. I have to admit it was fun messing with a new teacher, thought I was a freshmen lol. But, I think overall this will be an OK school year
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Well today was the freshmen orientation day, and I was a link crew leader... What we do around my area is have a junior and a senior lead a group of 6-10 freshmen and introduce them to the culture and show them around the building, all the while doing activities to get to know everybody better. As a running tradition we all made costumes for our links, and I stayed up literally all night...
...Making minecraft creepers:
I totally didn't even finish them the way I wanted them, and my links didn't want to wear them 'cause they were all lazy butts, but our group still got an honorable mention in the costume competition...
IT WAS FOR THE FRESHMEN
...Making minecraft creepers:
I totally didn't even finish them the way I wanted them, and my links didn't want to wear them 'cause they were all lazy butts, but our group still got an honorable mention in the costume competition...
IT WAS FOR THE FRESHMEN
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My last first day of high school, What a boring one it was. Let's recap:
- Law- Interesting group of classmates I have. The teacher is awesome, I had him last year as my Ap gov teacher.
- Gym- Couple of friends in gym, will be interesting but I am not wasting $25 on a uniform!
- Spanish 2- A lot of the kids in that class are geniuses, the exact opposite from Spanish 1.
- College Math- A couple friends in that class. The math doesn't seem like it'll be too difficult.
- Lunch- Favorite subject, nuff said
- Robotics- 1 friend in that, looks like it could be a great class based off of what they did last year.
- Creative writing- A couple friends, Will be fun
- College English- I'm genuinely terrified, Could be my most difficult high school class to date
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My English teacher is making us hand write our essays with a pen and you must write in cursive! And. I have to write a one page essay today with pen in cursive. ON THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL. WTF. We learned cursive in 2nd grade and I haven't used it in years. This is going to suck.
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I had a college instructor who said that she would only take assignments either in cursive or typed in APA format. I just typed all my assignments in that class.My English teacher is making us hand write our essays with a pen and you must write in cursive! And. I have to write a one page essay today with pen in cursive. ON THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL. WTF. We learned cursive in 2nd grade and I haven't used it in years. This is going to suck.
Dan
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My English teacher is making us hand write our essays with a pen and you must write in cursive! And. I have to write a one page essay today with pen in cursive. ON THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL. WTF. We learned cursive in 2nd grade and I haven't used it in years. This is going to suck.
Are you taking English Honors? I know Honors classes are tougher and have you do extra assignments than regular classes.
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Dan
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Yep. I've been writing it right now, but the internet's so distracting.
Ok.
Yeah... the internet is distracting, but it's so much more fun and interesting!
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Well, next week my 12th and last year at a German gymnasium will start. People still call me insane because I want to study math at university afterwards.
It brings a tear to my eye just thinking of my educational career. It took me many years to realize that lazy is not the way to go but rather an organized, clever lazy.
It brings a tear to my eye just thinking of my educational career. It took me many years to realize that lazy is not the way to go but rather an organized, clever lazy.
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