Starting HighSchool

[evman150]

High school's a joke.

I still miss it.



I still remember orientation day in grade 7 (HS starts in grade 8 here, but orientation day is in June of grade 7) like it was yesterday. Everybody seemed SO big and SO old. Five years later I was the oldest and telling the new kids in my home room on orientation day how fun and easy high school was and not to sweat it at all. I wish one of the older kids had told me that when it was my orientation day.

[napoleon]

What can/should I do this year to "prep" me for next year?

You might want to check the RADS web site...

Beginning with the start of high school, the RADS shows students how to obtain good grades, excel in extra-curricular activities, find a job and save sufficient funds to pay for their post-secondary education.

http://www.geocities.com/theRADSca/

[Headhunter]

When everyone says gr 11 and 12 only matter, beware. If you follow that advice and slack off, fool around or be a troublemaker in gr9/10. You'll probably continue that behaviour OR have a hard time keeping up with work, as you are used to slacking and not working.

It's not like the advice is to completely screw around in Grades 9/10, simply that they aren't nearly as important.

Though this was in the 5-year program, I passed some Grade 9/10 programs doing 4-5 hours of work. Not per day, per week or per month; TOTAL. No extra tutorials, hadn't taken it before or in summer school, no inherent advantage...just an hour or so on each major assignment, an hour or two for the exam, and done. Mark was usually a low B for those.

It's weird, I worked really hard for some classes I barely passed, and almost all of the A's I had in HS were from absolute coasting. I probably shouldn't be able to do a term paper in an hour and get the highest mark in the class...

[MizTEcK]

i wish i was back in highschool

[pandaharo]

Just remember to have lots of fun, high school is really easy, if you struggle with the work in highschool you are in serious trouble. 5-10 minute per week studying at home is all you need, except when there is projects. Just pay attention in class.

[Bordello]

Just remember to have lots of fun, high school is really easy, if you struggle with the work in highschool you are in serious trouble. 5-10 minute per week studying at home is all you need, except when there is projects. Just pay attention in class.

5-10 minutes a weak?! What slacker high school did you go to?