in Middle School, is terrifying. I came from Mexico a few months ago, my English teacher taught me grammar, sentence structuration, but she didn’t teach me how to use those elements properly. Regardless, I didn’t care what the people said, my goal was to continue with my education and try my best to excel. However, people can be cruel sometimes; In fact, no matter how known you are, how many friends you have, there will be always someone to disturb you. How did I change when I entered Middle School…
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week before it finally hit me . I was going to be in middle school. I had walk through to get my classes in 2 hours and I had never been to this school. I only knew a couple people. When the time came I was scared out of my pants. My mom yelled, ”Let's go Dylan, you don't want to be late.” I slowly walk down the stairs into the car. After I was done with walk through I thought it really wasn't that bad, but now I really have to go to school in TWO days. Its Saturday and my mom is about to take…
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to be apart of a new school. However, that wasn’t the case. The first time I walked into GW a small tear ran down my cheek as my smile faded as my awkward sixth grade self whimpered, “Fudge, the door just hit me!” to my friend next to me. Little did I know, she wasn’t really next to me anymore. I looked up to find a giraffe of an eighth grader looking down on me. He smelled of smelly socks and old gym clothes, and out of everyone, I just had to be the one stuck to him as middle schoolers pushed and…
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In middle school, many people would have described me as someone who worried about school more than I was supposed to; and they were right. Upon entering high school, I was as excited as a freshman girl could be. But all that excitement faded away as quickly as it had grown on me. Bullies were something I never thought I’d had to deal with; but high school proved me wrong. As I continued to grow insecure over my appearance, coming from a low income family, and even my Hispanic heritage I got swallowed…
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Two friends and I decided to get ready for our middle school dance. Me and one of my best friends at the time made plans. Hailey one of them came over and we got ready and took pictures before the dance because Jayden the other one couldn't find a ride over to my house. But, We met each other at the dance and she came home with us. When we got home we had a little fun my step dad and his friends were outside having fun so, we thought we needed to. Therefor we got glow sticks and cut them in half…
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Throughout middle school, people knew me as the shy girl, if they even noticed me at all. In my head, I always had witty responses to group discussions, but my self doubt kept me from speaking in fear that I might say something wrong. Over time, I grew tired of being invisible and became increasingly frustrated with myself for hiding in the background. One night during Winter Break, I came to the realization that self pity would only hurt my situation. In order to improve my confidence, I needed…
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Going to middle school changed how I viewed and felt about being more serious and working hard. After all my years in elementary school I am finally graduating from the 5th grade. I am a ‘big kid’ now I thought to myself. The summer went by fairly quickly you could say, and let me tell you I wasn’t near ready for school. My last day of summer I finally thought about everything; like the new school, the new teachers, and the work I’d have to be doing. I thought about how i would have to ‘get to know’…
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But that all changed when I entered middle school, I don’t know why but I wasn’t into showing my creative side like I was use to. Maybe it was trying to be popular among my new classmates or just trying to transition from elementary school to middle school. Either way, I didn’t draw that often or went to my ceramics lessons anymore. After that I felt a little lost and stayed like that for a while. I did signed up for Intro to general art taught by Mr. Farrant, but that was depressing. Considering…
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“Middle School” “Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday. Let it go.” My grandmother once said this to me when I was upset because of events that happened the day before. She taught me that not everything is as bad as they seem and you should never hold grudges. This really affected me during my middle school years. Sixth through eighth grade was probably the worst times of my life but I still have some awesome memories to hold on to forever. In middle school you are still trying…
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Driscoll shouted at his loud last hour eighth grade language arts class. All his students were happy as if was Christmas and they were opening presents. they were actually opening up a new chapter in life. It was the last day of school, their last day in middle school and as eighth graders. They finally quieted down. “Well kids, or should I say young adults?” Mr. Driscoll said, laughing. The class joined him in a choir of laughter. Except for Jonah. Mr. Driscoll had only seen him smile when he was…
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