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Seventh grade is a big adjustment. The first months are very overwhelming. Learn­ ing your locker combination and remembering all your books for class is a pretty tough thing to do. The courses are very different from grammar school; they are definitely more challeng­ ing. Besides lockers and work, though, seventh grade is a time to make new friends and to get to know the people in your class. Not many students come to CBA from the same grammar school; everyone goes off In their own direction. It’s very hard to start over again, and to involve yourself with a whole new set of friends. What an awkward orientation day!
No one knows anyone, but they’re all together in a gym full of anxious faces. This is a tough obstacle to overcome, but there are five years ahead.
Seventh grade Includes many new responsibilities that most are not accustomed to. These include remembering your locker combination, learning your schedule, and trying to fit every book into your bookbags.
Homework is almost a novel idea to
some students. How much homework
did we really get in elementary
school? The bookbag problem - forget
It. The trick is not to carry all your
books In your book bag. Stop at your
locker, drop off some books, and ease
your back pain. It’s not worth the
back trouble down the road to carry all
your books with you now.
Seventh graders, don’t worry. You have five long, tedious years ahead of you to adjust, learn, and
grow.
Marlssa Mulder and Anna Weiss
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104* Junior High