Just take your grades seriously. I failed classes both my freshman and sophomore year, because I simply didn't care. And of course I regretted it because I ended up having to take summer classes every summer to make up for it in order to graduate on time. My school only allows you to take 6 classes a semester so no leeway for failure. There's some schools in my area where you take 8 classes a semester I really wish I went to one of those lol. (Luckily I did end up graduating on time, I started to actually try my Junior and Senior year)
As for the friendship problem... As long as you have at least one friend who is willing to sit with you everyday during lunch, you'll be fine. I'm not sure if making friends is a problem for you, but it was and is still a problem for me. My sophomore year I was extremely unlucky and all of my friends had a different lunch than me. My junior year same thing happened but I made some bull**** excuse to get my schedule changed. If you have a different lunch from your friend and your school allows schedule changes, do not mention you want to switch your schedule to get a different lunch. I made that mistake my sophomore year. Find out which class determines your lunch schedule and have that class switched with a class that has your friends lunch. The classes at my school went by hallway numbers to determine your lunch. For example if your 4th period was in an odd number hallway you'd have first lunch and an even hallway you'd have second lunch.
Sorry I'm sort of rambling, but like I said try to have a friend during lunch. Try to make a friend in each class if you can, if you can't it's okay. The only classes I would suggest that really matter having a friend in is P.E. because you always team up and walk around in groups, etc. And also any class that partners up frequently. If you ever find yourself not having a friend in a class where you need to partner up try to look for someone who's alone as well.
People are actually nicer in high school. I remember our class having a conversation our Senior year... Saying middle school kids were a lot worse. In a big school no one is going to notice you/pick on you. No one gives a **** because they're too busy living their own lives. In middle school kids are more immature and are more harsh, you're more likely to be singled out and bullied. So in that respect I think high school was a lot better in terms of peers.
Most likely you probably won't have to interact with any upperclassman your freshman year, because you won't have any classes with them, but there are some exceptions. But anyways, from my experience usually upperclassman are really nice to freshman. I've seen a few seniors viewing them as their little apprentices. x) Honestly I think freshman are more cruel than seniors, because a lot of them aren't completely developed and are still very immature. I mean probably 80% of them are fine but some of them can be really disrespectful... My senior year I had to take an extra elective to fill up my schedule, so I took an entry level culinary arts class filled with 90% freshman... And they were the rudest most disrespectful, bunch of kids I've ever seen. They literally terrorized the poor teacher every single day. I couldn't believe their behavior... So be weary of your own kind if you can. xD
As for the friendship problem... As long as you have at least one friend who is willing to sit with you everyday during lunch, you'll be fine. I'm not sure if making friends is a problem for you, but it was and is still a problem for me. My sophomore year I was extremely unlucky and all of my friends had a different lunch than me. My junior year same thing happened but I made some bull**** excuse to get my schedule changed. If you have a different lunch from your friend and your school allows schedule changes, do not mention you want to switch your schedule to get a different lunch. I made that mistake my sophomore year. Find out which class determines your lunch schedule and have that class switched with a class that has your friends lunch. The classes at my school went by hallway numbers to determine your lunch. For example if your 4th period was in an odd number hallway you'd have first lunch and an even hallway you'd have second lunch.
Sorry I'm sort of rambling, but like I said try to have a friend during lunch. Try to make a friend in each class if you can, if you can't it's okay. The only classes I would suggest that really matter having a friend in is P.E. because you always team up and walk around in groups, etc. And also any class that partners up frequently. If you ever find yourself not having a friend in a class where you need to partner up try to look for someone who's alone as well.
People are actually nicer in high school. I remember our class having a conversation our Senior year... Saying middle school kids were a lot worse. In a big school no one is going to notice you/pick on you. No one gives a **** because they're too busy living their own lives. In middle school kids are more immature and are more harsh, you're more likely to be singled out and bullied. So in that respect I think high school was a lot better in terms of peers.
Most likely you probably won't have to interact with any upperclassman your freshman year, because you won't have any classes with them, but there are some exceptions. But anyways, from my experience usually upperclassman are really nice to freshman. I've seen a few seniors viewing them as their little apprentices. x) Honestly I think freshman are more cruel than seniors, because a lot of them aren't completely developed and are still very immature. I mean probably 80% of them are fine but some of them can be really disrespectful... My senior year I had to take an extra elective to fill up my schedule, so I took an entry level culinary arts class filled with 90% freshman... And they were the rudest most disrespectful, bunch of kids I've ever seen. They literally terrorized the poor teacher every single day. I couldn't believe their behavior... So be weary of your own kind if you can. xD
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