A big step by Shateria Robinson

Its always a bigger step in life to take, and when its time to take that big step it feels like the most nervous or exciting time of you life. Leaving elementary school and going to middle school is the first big step in school that you take. Most people are more excited about getting lockers in middle school than anything else, but after a while you kind of realize the locker thing isn’t that big of a deal. The next big step in the school category is going to High School that is the moment that everybody is always waiting for. I personally think that going to High School and being in High School is the most important thing because this is when you really realize what career you want to take charge in and what college you want to try to attend. I believe that all up coming freshman’s should be able to get advice from somebody before they go to high school because it is really needed.
My advice to any up coming freshman or any freshman is don’t take advantage of the high school time, meaning I know for a fact your freshman year is going to be the best year you ever had because you learn that the rules are so much more flexible than when your in middle school. For example you can’t chew gum in middle school during classes, you have to walk in a straight line where you and your class mates go, and don’t really get breaks during classes. In high school I have never heard of any teachers complaining about their students chewing gum in classes, but I honestly think by them taking that rule away you should at least respect it and throw your gum in the trash not stick it to the desk. They also give you a little break (a little time to talk to your friends and make it to class) so don’t take advantage of that and constantly be tardy because that doesn’t look good. Even if the absences and tardies don’t count against still try to make it to class and be on time, because no matter where you go people are going to look at that, especially if your trying to get a job in high school.
The main thing that I think all freshmen should be warned about is DOING YOUR WORK YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR! You can not play around your freshman year just because your so excited about the different changes and etc, because it will catch up to you. I mean they do have credit recovery that you can attend zero and fifth block, but I would recommend anybody fail a class and think its okay just because they can do that. That is not some where you want to spend your time for a hour. Credit recovery does help a lot of people but it gets very aggravating after a while because it takes a while to complete. I guarantee you will really wish you pass the first time while sitting in credit recovery. I mean you also have the choice of just retaking the class again, but would you honestly want to be taking lit comp nine while you’re a sophomore or a junior? I believe while retaking classes your taking place of another class that you most likely need and this stuff will catch up with you your senior year. Trying to rush your senior year and get yourself together so that you can graduate is not something you want to be doing, because it is very stressful. Sometimes trying to rush and then finding out that you still cant walk across the stage is the worse feeling ever.. I mean do you really want to be sitting in the audience while your friends are waking across the stage smiling? Another thing I think all freshmen should learn their freshman year is about their GPA. A lot of us didn’t even think anything about it until our junior and senior year when it was time to sign up for colleges and the colleges required that you needed a certain GPA.
The stuff that I am telling you is stuff that I think teachers should take the time to tell you. Although some of this stuff you should already know, like doing your work is something you should already know to do. There will be some teachers that will talk to you the first day and tell you how much they are willing to help you and there will be some teachers that won’t have that conversation with you. Just because those teachers don’t have that conversation with you doesn’t mean that they are not willing to go the extra mile for you, it just means that they are willing to help you but they can help anybody that’s doesn’t want to help their self. Their will also be teachers that you might think don’t like you because they are always complaining about the work you do, but those are just the hardcore teachers they are going to make sure you pass. I honestly cant think of one teacher at Cedar Shoals High School that is not a good teacher.
I don’t expect for to many up coming freshman’s to take this advice and run with it, because everybody has a mind of their own. Regardless of what you tell someone that is so excited they are still going to do what they want to do. Although I bet money that when push comes to shove they will wish they took the advice that was gave to them.