me aswell, well i got b's and c's but still i hope i can actually sit down for a fucking hour a day and study in uni lol.DJDarque said:
Tomorrow I start high school.
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All this talk of 'middleschool' I'm guessing your AMerican so can't really give you a proper head's-up about it but ver here in the UK, my high school was a full out Survival of the Fittest which translates to "grab a bunch of people, make them your friends and always walk in group".
Grades wise, I know you fellas have GPAs where as over here we have a few major exams at end of term to determine what classes we get put into and all that jazz.
But overall from what I hear, most high schools you need to find your group (clicks or something there called over there) and stick with them. If you can become the alpha then your good as gold.
Grades wise, I know you fellas have GPAs where as over here we have a few major exams at end of term to determine what classes we get put into and all that jazz.
But overall from what I hear, most high schools you need to find your group (clicks or something there called over there) and stick with them. If you can become the alpha then your good as gold.
Ah right.lumenadducere said:
We just have Secondary school for ages 11-16, we then have 16-18 for Sixth Form/College and then University. It is strange how our University is called College for you though, haha.
I'm actually going to be helping with this year's freshman orientation. It's pretty easy to skate by as a freshman and not get noticed. If you're tall then you get a free pass. But if you're really short and nerdy it gets tougher all you have to do though is not tell jokes around older kids. Nothing irks me more than hearing a freshman say a middle school joke. I did it too when I was a freshman. They say something totally immature and it makes me just look at them and just say "Freshman" and sigh. It will take awhile for you to learn what is funny to people now and how to say it. For now, just observe. Unless it is with people you're friends with already don't worry about that.novixz said:
Next always be yourself. You know you hear it all them time but really it's all that you can do. If you aren't a jock don't try and hang with them. If you're a nerd find a group of nerds that don't scare people. I personally can be friends with just about anyone due to my ability to act differently according to who I'm with while still being me. It's just a matter of what you talk about.
Well thats really all I got. I know you're in school right now but this still works for every day. Sorry for the wall of texts but really man I hope it helps. Good luck!
I wasn't the most socially adept in my first few yeasr at high chool, but the advice I can give is this: Being confident amongst other people is all fine and dandy, but PLEASE don't become one of those cocky first years who struts around and yells at the higher years in a squeaky voice. It seems like a good idea to them at the time, but all the older years just cringe.
Oh, and don't listen to the people saying things like "do not be yourself" and all that, they are just shamelessly projecting.
Ooh, also. It's so, SO easy to think you'll be able to do your homework later. For the love of god try and get out of that mentality.
Good luck ^^
Oh, and don't listen to the people saying things like "do not be yourself" and all that, they are just shamelessly projecting.
Ooh, also. It's so, SO easy to think you'll be able to do your homework later. For the love of god try and get out of that mentality.
Good luck ^^
Well, we have a different system here in Sweden; we go nine years of gradeschool before you start Gymnasium, or High School.
I'm starting the last year of it now, turning 18 in october and shit. Frankly, all I have to say about my experiences is that they went by fast, there have been some shit times, some really, really good times and I've grown/changed quite a lot during that time.
Some tips maybe, would be to study properly, don't half-ass unless you don't care about your grades of course and try your best to not procrastinate. Iff you want to go to university, look up what grades and stuff you need to get in.
I currently have to go to summerschool because I need to pass Math B(algebra and such) to be able to apply to the university I want to go to.
Cheers.
I'm starting the last year of it now, turning 18 in october and shit. Frankly, all I have to say about my experiences is that they went by fast, there have been some shit times, some really, really good times and I've grown/changed quite a lot during that time.
Some tips maybe, would be to study properly, don't half-ass unless you don't care about your grades of course and try your best to not procrastinate. Iff you want to go to university, look up what grades and stuff you need to get in.
I currently have to go to summerschool because I need to pass Math B(algebra and such) to be able to apply to the university I want to go to.
Cheers.
My Freshman year of highschool was depressing. I made few friends, even though I could talk to anyone in the class with confidence. Grade-wise it was fine. Every class was boring except for social studies and english.
My Sophmore year(last year) was a bit better, made a few more friends, and met my first girlfriend. Did worse grade-wise. I joined the school band, so that made it slightly more bearable. Social studies and English, again, where the most entertaining.
As for my Junior year, I'll tell you in 9 months.
My Sophmore year(last year) was a bit better, made a few more friends, and met my first girlfriend. Did worse grade-wise. I joined the school band, so that made it slightly more bearable. Social studies and English, again, where the most entertaining.
As for my Junior year, I'll tell you in 9 months.
I just finished my Freshman year, this year. GPA was 4.5 
Well, all I can say is: socialize with your class as much as possible, it helps out a fuckload.
Well, all I can say is: socialize with your class as much as possible, it helps out a fuckload.
Junior high school was a nightmare. High school was cake. In retrospect, I probably could have had a lot more fun in high school if I had let myself. Most everything you learn in high school is a slightly more detailed retread of what you learned in junior high school.
Im going to start IB this year. Is it that hard?DarthFennec said:
Some people talk like its the hardest thing you can ever do, others say its not that hard.
So how hard is it? is it hard, or REALLY hard?
novixz said:
You're gonna cry sooooo much. but it'll be awesome in 6 years when you don't really remember how much you cried....
Heh. The first two years are challenging in a fun way, for the most part. Junior year will murder you. Senior's similar but easier, partly because they let off a little, and partly because you're used to it by then.Stoic raptor said:
I've been through two semesters of university, and I'm pretty much four-pointing it without even trying. In high school, I struggled to stay above a 2.0 gpa.
In Junior year, I got on average two hours of sleep per night because of homework. I failed Language B twice (because I'm horrible at Spanish) even though I worked my ass off in that class. There's no time for anything other than school, and mostly there's not even time for school. There's no time for friends except for your fellow IB students (who will all drop out sometime during Junior year, so by Senior year there will be about six of you left). You need to get to know them, because they will be in all of your classes with you and you can all do homework and stuff together. Most of the time teachers say that it's cheating to do homework together, but in IB there's just too much homework, and if you try to do it all yourself you just won't finish it all. Our motto, in our IB class, was `IB therefore I BS', because there is no way to get a decent grade without learning how to BS all your assignments. If you want any more information, just check UD [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IB], it's pretty accurate.
If you think it'll pay off, or if you're really competitive, or if you're masochistic, then have fun. In any case, good luck. I hope you do well. And try not to let it kill you.
Don't take anything seriously. Anything. At all. It will all dissolve by the time you hit college. Then you'll look back on high school and say, "None of that was important." Just do your work and don't stress.
Also, get yourself a girlfriend. She doesn't have to be attractive, but she has to be hypersexual. If you don't know how to have sex by the time you hit college, you will be way behind. I read in a book once that you have to "slam the punching bag a thousand times before you actually climb into the ring."
Also, get yourself a girlfriend. She doesn't have to be attractive, but she has to be hypersexual. If you don't know how to have sex by the time you hit college, you will be way behind. I read in a book once that you have to "slam the punching bag a thousand times before you actually climb into the ring."