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etting ready for middle school can be both exciting and terrifying: new surroundings, new teachers, new peers, and a lot of responsibility. Big changes come with each year of middle school; positives and negatives, or what is known as experience. These are very important years in an adolescent’s life, so these experiences, both positive and negative, can influence one’s future. These three years move very fast. Before you know it, you will be moving on to high school, so it is important to make these three
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years count. Another aspect middle school has to offer is opportunity; a chance to continue what you have already been a part of or step out of one’s comfort zone and try something new. On day one, the first thing you will want to get your hands on, if you have not already done so, is your class schedule. After you have looked over your list of classes and teachers, you may want to find out where each class is located. Since you have probably taken five to ten minutes looking at your schedule, and ten minutes
trying to locate and talk to friends you haven’t seen all summer, you then realize the first bell is about to ring. Do not worry, you will have at least four minutes between each passing period to locate your next class. If you get lost, just ask one of the friendly teachers that should be out in the halls directing students. Throughout the day, you will get to meet up with seven new teachers, who will each be teaching different subjects. This may be a bit overwhelming for an incoming sixth grader, but by the end of
