My middle school always messed up schedules but at least they didn’t wait until the second day of school to give them to us! (We don’t go to classes on the first day, we just have an assembly and some other activities) As you can tell, I really want to see my schedule.
Another thing that annoys me is that, since we don’t go to classes on the first day, we aren’t supposed to bring anything. I just feel weird walking around school without my backpack. And I dislike carrying my phone in my pocket. Plus we are going to arrive at school an hour early and I don’t know when my mom will pick me up, so I won’t have anything to do while I’m waiting. If I had my backpack I could bring a book or something. I could just be a rebel and bring my backpack, we won’t get in trouble for it, but I’m afraid people will think I’m weird. I should stop caring what people think. But that’s very hard to do.
Does anyone have really bad counselors? When everybody had a messed up schedule or everyone wants input on what classes to choose they post a big sign in front of the counseling office saying"counselors will not be available for meeting regarding classes" or “fill out a form online to meet with counselor it change classes (which never happens because the office never has students in it and people always complain how they can’t meet with their counselor).” I thought that was their job!!! There’s 10 of them and all they do is support a club called sources of strength that promotes positivity! I tried to meet with my counselor once to try to find a good college match for me, and he wouldn’t meet with me. He sent me a link of a college finder and it was absolutely useless! (actually, maybe it was a good thing because the site was so bad that I looked for other websites and stumbled across college confidential).) they do nothing and they can’t help students with college search or with choosing classes! There’s my rant!
@dsi411 I’m in the same boat as you. I don’t like carrying my phone in my pocket either. You are lucky, classes for me start on the first day and in the classes we had summer homework in we have a test so"the teachers can make sure you did it and didn’t copy of someone else." I wish I had an assembly on the first day!
@athenanv13 my school has pretty horrible counsellors too. Freshmen and sophomore year I had a really nice counselor, who I liked a lot. My school decided to switch everyone’s guidance counselors at the end of this previous school year though. So now I have a new guidance counselor, that I’ve never met. I emailed her about adding a class to my schedule, to learn that she is on maternity leave until December. Also, all the guidance counselors are really unhelpful when it comes to changing your schedule. They tend to make so many mistakes in scheduling though! It’s so frustrating.
@dsi411 You should take a small bag with you! And keep a book in it. Technically that’s not weird. Maybe it’s not necessary to bring a full fledged backpack just for a book and your phone, but a bag would be fine… no one will think you’re weird I’m sure that on the first day of school people will be too busy to notice who brought what with them.
We only have four counselors (aka one per 500 people), but they’re pretty good (or at least, mine is; I’ve heard that there’s one bad counselor, though). My counselor helped me with a class change that will (hopefully) go through.
We have two counselors per grade level. My counselor is very good, I don’t know about everyone else’s but I’ve never heard anyone complain.
For those of you who have more experience riding bikes than I do: Do you think it’d be a good idea to ride a bike 5 miles to school everyday? I don’t have experience biking long distances so I don’t know how hard this would be. I would have to ride through a few busy intersections, is that dangerous for an inexperienced person like me? Since they don’t have school buses from where I live anymore, it’s going to be hard to find ways to get to school everyday. And since I don’t live in a big city, the public transportation system isn’t very good.
I don’t even have a bike but my parents may be able to buy one. My mom already said no when I proposed the bike idea but maybe I can persuade her. Maybe we’ll find someone to carpool with and this won’t even be an issue anymore. Hopefully.
@dsi411 A five mile bike ride is a fairly committed one; if you’re new to bike riding and not super athletic, you’ll probably find 8-10ish mph is a speed that you can ride at comfortably. Adding in stops and such, it would likely take you more than 45 minutes.
If you’re comfortable with this amount of time, you’d have to look into whether the ride was uphill or downhill and whether or not the intersections can be safely navigated. You would most likely be able to find a safe-ish route (Google maps can be surprisingly helpful for this; if you put the setting to “bike,” it shows safe bike routes and gives a time estimate) but it might be a little longer.
The moral of the story: it’s not unthinkable, but I’m not sure I would do it, especially since you don’t have much experience.
Edit: you’ll have a /heavy backpack/. It’s probably not a good idea. Find a carpool, if you can.
@dsi411. I love mountain biking and I do it for enjoyment but with a backpack uphill (I live in the foothills by the way) and it was painful. But if you live in an area with no hills, and it is flat, it might take a while to get used (if unathletic) to and you will get winded easily, but after 2 weeks, you will be fine. (When I first started biking to school I never biked in my life and was not athletic so I got winded easily but after 2 weeks I was used to it and that was in a mountainous terrain!) Remember, you have the advantage that cars have to yield to you, so use it! If you wait for cars to past, it will take much longer than predicted. I would give it a test run on a day you are not too busy and see if it is doable. Plus, you get exercise after a long day, you can concentrate better on your work after long day because dopamine is running, which makes you happier.
@dsi411 Be sure to also take into account the items you will be carrying with you. More weight will slow you down. Also, weather also plays a huge role. For example, I live in Chicago and we could never bike once October roles around. Also, if you are going to bike home as well, it may be even harder if you do it after sports. Your body will be very tired after sports and will take a big toll after biking 5 more miles
I know that I’m always worrying about summer programs and I don’t know which programs to apply to. I found a website that shows a lot of selective programs. The first part of the page shows programs at MIT (since it’s an MIT website) but if you scroll down you will find selective programs all over the nation for math and science! Hope this helps! http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer
I just took the official practice new PSAT, and dear God, that was horrible. I did really badly on all four sections. College Board is the bane of my existence.
O shoot
AP Calc ab
HBS (biomed program)
MI (biomed program)
World History
Spanish 4
I got
All three APs and world history BUT GOT AN ART CLASS. AN ART CLASS IN JUNIOR YEAR!!! Ughhh my school is so stupid
I just finished my first day of school and it was okay. A teacher told us our schedules may be online today so at least I won’t have to wait till tomorrow morning.
Any of you on here use BYU online to take accounting? I have the final exam tomorrow and need a 90% to get an A- in the class. I am horrible at accounting so I would appreciate any tips. Thanks
I’m sure that on the first day of school people will be too busy to notice who brought what with them.