Some people are afraid of high school, other are excited, and the rest just don’t care.
Just let me say that high school is nothing like it is in the books and movies. There are no girls that wear pink every Wednesday, there’s no one that makes the people in the hallways part like the Red Sea when they walk through and they’re aren’t boys who wear their Letterman’s Jacket everyday and carry around basketballs all the time. Those are all just stereotypes.
I think that the scariest thing about high school is when you first walk into the school near the gym and café, and it looks like literally everyone and their brother is standing there in little circles. There are the boys freshman boys, the senior boys, and everything in-between. I actually think that on the first day of school, when I was walking towards the locker room (I’m a soccer player) and all of the boys where standing there in a huddle, I thought they were seniors and about 8 feet tall. It was 2 weeks later that I learned they we’re all my age. It’s that same way trying to get into the sports locker rooms.
It’s also pretty scary when you walk into your class for the first time, because you have no idea who anyone is and there is no way to tell if you’re in the right place- but then you feel better when the teacher calls your name during attendance.
Don’t second guess yourself when you get into your class for the first time, just go in and sit down. On my first day of school, I accidently took the wrong lunch, (which is a totally different story) and I got to my fourth period geometry class, looked in and everyone else was already in there sitting down. So I stood outside for a few minutes trying to figure out if I was lost. One of the boys in the class saw me outside and said to the teacher, “I think she’s lost.” Then Mrs. Smith called me in and asked me if I was Emily Wurdeman, I told her that I was and she told me that I had taken the wrong lunch, but it wasn’t a big deal because other people had done it too. Because of that, I had to go to lunch again (at the correct time). There was this other girl in my geometry class that also had taken the wrong lunch, so we decided to eat together, which we ended up doing almost every day, and now she’s a great friend! The point is- don’t second guess yourself. If the room you are in is the room that your schedule tells you to be in, then you’re in the right place.
But the thing is, it all gets better, you’ll make friends in all of your classes, and start to see familiar faces when you walk down the hall.
If you think about in, in 20 years, you’re not going to remember if you had any fun in your classes, your going to remember the fun you had any time but then. So slow down, don’t run from class to class just to be the first one there, take your time, and talk to your friends in the halls. I can promise you that you’re going to remember the time that you talked to your crush, or you watched someone get asked to homecoming, or you watched someone fall down the stairs – it’s the harsh reality. And sometimes even with all of the fun, high school can be scary.
High school is actually the place where for the first few weeks, you put your head down and hope that no one sees you. But sooner or later, you have to loosen up and make some memories!
Just let me say that high school is nothing like it is in the books and movies. There are no girls that wear pink every Wednesday, there’s no one that makes the people in the hallways part like the Red Sea when they walk through and they’re aren’t boys who wear their Letterman’s Jacket everyday and carry around basketballs all the time. Those are all just stereotypes.
I think that the scariest thing about high school is when you first walk into the school near the gym and café, and it looks like literally everyone and their brother is standing there in little circles. There are the boys freshman boys, the senior boys, and everything in-between. I actually think that on the first day of school, when I was walking towards the locker room (I’m a soccer player) and all of the boys where standing there in a huddle, I thought they were seniors and about 8 feet tall. It was 2 weeks later that I learned they we’re all my age. It’s that same way trying to get into the sports locker rooms.
It’s also pretty scary when you walk into your class for the first time, because you have no idea who anyone is and there is no way to tell if you’re in the right place- but then you feel better when the teacher calls your name during attendance.
Don’t second guess yourself when you get into your class for the first time, just go in and sit down. On my first day of school, I accidently took the wrong lunch, (which is a totally different story) and I got to my fourth period geometry class, looked in and everyone else was already in there sitting down. So I stood outside for a few minutes trying to figure out if I was lost. One of the boys in the class saw me outside and said to the teacher, “I think she’s lost.” Then Mrs. Smith called me in and asked me if I was Emily Wurdeman, I told her that I was and she told me that I had taken the wrong lunch, but it wasn’t a big deal because other people had done it too. Because of that, I had to go to lunch again (at the correct time). There was this other girl in my geometry class that also had taken the wrong lunch, so we decided to eat together, which we ended up doing almost every day, and now she’s a great friend! The point is- don’t second guess yourself. If the room you are in is the room that your schedule tells you to be in, then you’re in the right place.
But the thing is, it all gets better, you’ll make friends in all of your classes, and start to see familiar faces when you walk down the hall.
If you think about in, in 20 years, you’re not going to remember if you had any fun in your classes, your going to remember the fun you had any time but then. So slow down, don’t run from class to class just to be the first one there, take your time, and talk to your friends in the halls. I can promise you that you’re going to remember the time that you talked to your crush, or you watched someone get asked to homecoming, or you watched someone fall down the stairs – it’s the harsh reality. And sometimes even with all of the fun, high school can be scary.
High school is actually the place where for the first few weeks, you put your head down and hope that no one sees you. But sooner or later, you have to loosen up and make some memories!