Stuff You Wish You'd Told Before Starting Secondary School

[confuzzled]

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Originally Posted by Lanny

Having a bag bigger than you in year 7 is NOT cool.

Ha that made me laugh ^^




Wear shorts/gym knickers under your skirt as lads will try and lift your skirt up >.<

Some teachers are arses, but there are some really nice ones =)

People don't flush your head down the toilet.

Be prepared for the only homework you get in the first week is to 'back your book'

Smokers corner is full of twats.

Don't 'try' to be the popular one - it'll just make you more of an enemy.

Being popular isn't the only way to enjoy school. It can have it's bad sides which makes school **** too.

[The Hierophant]

School isn't actually that bad.
&& It's only 5 years out of a possible 80+

[Tears and Rain]

* Stock up on chew bars and 10p sweets. In year 8/9 the school will decide it wants to be a "healthy-ethos" school and takes all the yummy fattening food out of the canteen.
* Huge rucksacks are never the way to go.
* You really do not need to waste the money on a purse belt :|
* Be prepared for change but don't wind yourself up over it.
* Make the most of being allowed to be late to lessons in the first couple of weeks.

Etcetc.

Generally secondary school was alrite? It's just the things I DID get told that I didn't listen to that would've helped?

* Listen to what people tell you about doing work on time & meeting deadlines. [But make the most of the fact that year 7&8 mean jackshit, however much the teachers tell you they're so damn important. Same with SATS. They mean **** all to you]

[[Purple_Rain]]

school gets better as the years progress. i.e 8 is better htan 7, 9 bette rhtan 8 ect.

[x-dying-inside-x]

dont go out drinking with your mates on the streets, stay in and do your homework, remember you have loads of time to go out drinking when school has finished.

[sparkle.]

[I never believed it whilst I was there]

but in my opinion it's true - school really is the best days of your life - enjoy it whilst you're there because things get harder.

At my high school, if you wore your bag on both shoulders you'd get ripped apart for it! I honestly don't know why- its better than walking lop-sided!

Don't let your mum decide your haircut.

The library is cool.

Female science teachers can't control the kids! Could have just been my school though.

You can't get a good grade in Music if you press the "demo" button. Even if it looks like you're playing it.

Getting the bus to and from school is a war zone, so walk!

[II_infinitum]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

Female science teachers can't control the kids! Could have just been my school though.

Yeah that was the case at my high school too.


Literature teachers know everything.

[moth]

no one cares if you do your homework before class

[foxfly]

It is not forever. You will get out. Things do get better. I promise.

[Lampost]

Don't listen to ANYTHING anyone says, it's different for everyone
except ... your groups of friends will change constantly until you hit year 10
... None is trustworthy, don't tell anyone any secrets until you've known them a few years
... You can't trust teachers, they won't risk their jobs for you so don't tell them things if you don;t want other people to find out
... make the most of it, it only happens once.

[Lampost]

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwanttobreakfree

[I never believed it whilst I was there]

but in my opinion it's true - school really is the best days of your life - enjoy it whilst you're there because things get harder.

Agreed!

Also another one ... Keep the friends worth having, don't try to impress anyone. your friends are your refuge, make sure you have good ones.

[Bitter_Angel]

-Enjoy it
-Morning group IS meant for doing that days homework
-PHSE lessons are purley there for extra homework time and to skit the teacher
-Agreed with the friends. Primary school friends will blank you and by year 11 you will hate your best mate from year 7.
-Dont sleep with anyone. Theres plenty of time in the future for that
-Dont stress too much, make sure you enjoy yourself to get the most out of your time.

[Accidentally Abstract]

These are personal ones..

- When your parents tell you that your friends are "no good", they have pretty good intuition, despite what you think.
- Do some out of school activities besides church - when you've done the Christian thing, hanging around with the Christians becomes quite tedious.

[sweet_pain]

You will eventually get a teacher who cannot speck the first language of both the country, and the course they are teaching.

[Accidentally Abstract]

- School kids can be pretty harsh at times, but don't let them get you down - they're not worth it & in a few years, you won't see them any more.

[x-dying-inside-x]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

Getting the bus to and from school is a war zone, so walk!

i agree but then i was one of the kids that made it a war zone

[Narcissism]

*Graffiting a table in one the schools most mocked teachers classrooms, will make you famous to the lower years.
*Friends will change. The ones you've known since year2 will drift but will always be there.
*Smoking will have you talking to people you've never spoken too.
*The year 11's do own the school. And While in year 11 you will enforce this.
*Rumours spread like wild fire.
*Year 7 & 8 (and possibly 9) are pointless years, and worth nothing academically.
*You will be bullied, if you're fat/ginger/black/chinese/indian/female/short/tall/really intellingent/really stupid/different. In year 11 this all changes and most bullies have grow up, or have been expelled by this point.
*You will cry when your favourite teacher leaves after year 10. (I never did that......)

Form time is purely there for the gossip & time to do the homework that's due in first lesson.

Caffine is a godsend.

Stock up on gum from the shop, as by the end of the Wednesday, there will be none left until the next delievery.

[Pixies Stole My Sanity]

Be cautious of friendships with girls. Once they reach secondary school, allot of them grow a nasty habbit of becoming completely fake, and talking behind people's backs.