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ixth grade is finally over and you’re on your way to bigger and better things. Feeling a little anxiety? Probably, but don’t worry, it’s natural. The seventh grade admissions test has a history of striking fear into the hearts of young students, leaving them worrisome and nervous. What happens if you don’t get in? But after the exam is completed and you realize all the tension was for nothing, you can get settled into the idea that you’re now in junior high. You’re in the big leagues, and there’s no turning back.
There’s really only one problem that remains: the upperclassmen. You are trying as hard as you can to make it to your next class on time. You have all your books piled in your bag, as a safety precaution, of course, and all of a sudden some senior darts in front of you and cuts you off. The nerve! So what if you’re smaller than he? Does that give him the right to push you around? It depends on who you ask. No matter how you debate the situation, however, upperclassmen with impatient attitudes will always be a problem for junior high students. It’s inevitable.
The first few days at a new school always bring about the one, deep, dark question... “Where am I going to sit in the cafeteria?” Hopefully, as a seventh grader making the transition into CBA, you brought some friends along to help make things a little easier on you, but if not, don’t worry. There are always students around willing to help out someone in distress. Overall, the seventh graders this year will be glad to announce that their leap of maturity was welcomed and embraced, well, with a couple of senior exceptions of course.
J. Walpole
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