<p>For heavens sake, have good clean fun!!!</p>
<p>don’t clog the halls with a big gaggle of freshman…the upperclassmen get cranky when that happens;)</p>
<p>if some teachers give you dirty looks, don’t take offense unless you actually did something to them. Two of my teachers apologized at the beginning of my sophomore and junior years for any dirty looks directed at us and explained that they just don’t like the freshman and sophomores in general. :D</p>
<p>Also, teachers stick together and they are worse than a clique of girls when it comes to gossiping about students…if you talk bad about one, the whole department will hate you…</p>
<p>On a more practical note, find out where things like the restrooms, library, computer labs, and copy machine are. Find out if the school food is edible or not. Find out which teachers test on their notes, which test on the textbook, and which test on both. Find the quickest way to get between classes, and the quickest way to go if it’s raining.
Find which set of kids are ‘fast’, and avoid them. Find the office, the clinic, the guidance office, and the dean’s office. Memorize your bus number, and the number on the bus itself; the latter is often easier to find. Find out which classrooms are cold, and if you can stash a jacket in your locker. Find out when you’ll get hungry, and what teacher will allow you to sneak a snack. Find out which teachers allow you to have bottles of water. Find out your teachers’ school email addresses.
Make friends with the librarian. Most of them are awesome.</p>
<p>Remember that your education isn’t over because you’re in High School. I know a lot of really smart kids whose performance bottomed out beginning with 9th.</p>