Most parents say that they know what school is like today when really, they have no idea.....
Times have changed since the computer has been invented, and nowadays, life has gotten ten times easier because most of our classes depend on the use of laptops or computers. For instance, in English writing we ONLY use laptops. Don't get my wrong, I am defiantly not complaining because I find it way faster to type rather than hand write every single. I am only pointing out how times have changed. Supposedly, in a dozen or so years we are going to have jobs for problems that haven't been even thought of. Can you imagine how more sophisticated school is going to get?!
Technology isn't the only thing that differs school from now to the past. Parents tend to complain on how hard their job is and how much money they waste on gas and taxes, but school is harder than they imagine it to be. First of all, teachers give out an excruciating amount of homework and don't realize that we have other teachers who give out the loads of homework too. Then we come home to only sit down on the table to have to do a mountain of schoolwork. That leaves no time for our social life which brings me to my second topic.
I am not talking about myself but as you are walking down the halls, it is easy to tell the amount of bullying that takes place. Honestly I think bullying at gms is not so bad but even the slightest of discrimination means that someone will be sad.
I can't complain though at how many of the topics that we study seem aren't half bad. At times, class can be boring when the teacher is lecturing us on topics that seem to be completely irrelevant to our future years, but for the most part, the topics are quite interesting. Especially in Social Justice we get to learn about problems that are actually happening today!
The only the thing that pulls me to the decision of not liking school is the morning routine. I dislike having to wake up at 6:30/7:00 to have to go to school for eight hours. The only reason that I get up to go to go to school is to see my friends.
In simple terms, middle school has changed since prehistoric times and parents never know what to expect.
For those to attend middle school next year, I have come up with a short survival guide to keep you alive and well for the next three years....
Lesson #1
To keep yourself from falling asleep during class never get into a comfortable position to begin with. If you can't help but lay your head down, occasionally pinch yourself to assure that your eyes will not close. If your teacher is sooo boring that you have nothing else to do follow lesson 2
Lesson #2
When teachers are to boring to pay attention to and are making no sense what so ever, there are endless options of what to do to keep you occupied for the next hour and a half. One is to make up jokes. How else to you think famous comedians got their time to write their all of their hilarious jokes?! Another option is to play a game that I like to call...... Well I haven't thought of a name for it yet but the basic strategy is to:
-Place the lid of a pen face up on the ground
-Lean your forehead on the edge of the desk
-Then try to drop the pen into the lid
-Try to drop it from different heights and angles
If the class is boring but you know that what the teacher is explaining is going to be on a test, here are some key points of when to take notes......
Lesson #3
Believe it or not, there are some unproven ways to know when to take notes during an excruciating lecture. Always look for excited and enthusiastic facial expressions because they tend to want to make you remember the things that they found interesting. Also if for some reason they wave their arms and begin to make a lot of hand gestures, that is the key point in time to take notes. The last tip is to realize if he/she has repeated the same thing a few times that is a good time to write the thing down.
Lesson #4
Last but not least the last tip is how to avoid being bullied. A main way to avoid being bullied is to avoid grade nines and some grade eights. If you see them in the halls walk around the edges and never EVER bump into one of "them".
If you follow these four lessons, middle school will come as easy as pie. This letter has been concluded!
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