Middle school can be tough, especially when you’re first starting, but it can also be an amazing experience both socially and academically. There are ways you can get through middle school without having trouble, or at least not as much trouble. You should make sure you’re studying hard; making friends; staying organized; and just being yourself. If you follow these simple rules, we hope you have a great middle school experience.
1. Study Hard
If you study, tests will be easy. If you study, your grades will be better. To study you can make flash cards, quiz yourself, and read books about the subject at hand. If you don’t study, you may get a lower grade and have lower confidence. Some subjects will be easy and some will be hard. You should figure out what comes easily and what is harder. Focus on the harder subjects, and study so you will get a better grade.
2. Be yourself — it’s OK to be embarrassed
We have all embarrassed ourselves. It happens to us all. We will not give specific information about the embarrassing times for personal reasons, and have too many. You can actually make your friends laugh. It’s important to be yourself!
3. Try to make friends — be awesome
Middle school is an extremely important time in your life. It gets you ready for high school, and basically the rest of your life, so it’s important you know how to make friends. It’s vital to know how to talk to various people. We have learned it’s better to make friends than enemies, and friends are extremely important to have in life. You don’t have to be the most popular person in school but put yourself out there. So even if it’s out of your comfort zone, go up and talk to someone today and who knows maybe you’ll make a new friend.
4. Be organized — and on time
Being organized is a great skill to learn. There’s different ways you can stay organized with things that work for you. For example, you can use color coding, or labeling, storage shelves/bins, anything that works for you. Also, be on time for class. If you start lacking in time management, and getting to class late, that can affect your overall grade and ability to learn. You will start missing important information and that can impact your grade.
5. Get enough sleep
You should always try to get in the bed by 8:30 p.m, but if you can’t, try to be in the bed at 9 o’clock. When we are in bed by 8:30, then we can wake up by 5:45 the next morning. When we stay up until 11 at night, we don’t want to get up and don’t pay attention in class. Middle school subjects are more challenging than lower school so make sure you aren’t making it harder on yourself by being sleep deprived.
In conclusion, we all know middle school is hard but these tips can help you. Sometimes you don’t have time to study; but you can take notes in class and ask for help. You might not be good at organization; but still clean your locker weekly and write things down in your planner. If you have trouble making friends, try not to be shy and talk to people. You can’t really control if you embarrass yourself or not but what you can control is how you react to being embarrassed. But overall, just try your best, be yourself, and know you can do it.
— By Stella Egan, Rebecca Evans, Jurzeigh Davis, Violet Lagouros, Kiran Robinson, Olivia Scott
