8th Grade Essay

I don’t know if it was just me or every middle school girl, but drama and mess stayed on my radar for the first couple of years. When I made it to high school, drama no longer excited me. I didn’t desire friends and I wasn’t an entertainer of typical girl drama. I longed for so much more! I wanted to be pretty in both my eyes and others. I wanted friends, though I wanted satisfaction in not needing them! I wanted a mother to give guidance beyond sworn words and corporal punishment. A mother who would love me beyond when it was convenient for her, and I longed for a father figure I knew I would never have. Around this time I went soul-searching, I went looking for answers.

It’s been a pleasure getting to know you over these first few days of school, and I figured that now would be an exceptional opportunity for you to get to know a little about me. To begin, while I am capable of learning in many types of teaching styles, I would learn the best in an environment where I am a visual learner, so typically I learn best through the frequent use of PowerPoints and other presentations

Eighth Graders are the leaders of the Middle School. This is the year the Class of 2022 makes their mark on the Middle School and moves up to the High School. It is an important year filled with tons of activities, such as the Shabbaton at Camp Lantern Creek, the annual spring trip to Washington, DC and the final “Promotion" into high school. Maya Cortez says, “We have become very close over the last three years, and have truly created a tight-knit community. With these new experiences, I enjoyed my last year of Middle School and look forward to the next four years of High School.”

8th grade is about change. This year has meant the world to me. I lost a friend, and gained so many more. My teachers were wonderful and kind, making the year that much better. 8th grade, to me, means something along the lines of a foreshadow. In four years, this cycle will repeat. Every year that I get older, these grades mean more than just grades. They become signs.

The best part of being an eighth grader is being the head of the school and having many privileges. This year had some good times like convincing kids that Kyle Shultz was santa and my all girls team in gym won the whole olympics at the last second. Our class used to be separated to where certain groups of people didn't talk to others but this year our class really bonded. One of my favorite things that our class did was when we were on a bus to give gifts to sibly kids, we all shouted out of the bus windows,”MERRY CHRISTMAS!” to everyone we past and we caroled at every house we stopped at. My favorite activity in eighth grade was the powder puff football game against the seventh grade girls. My dad was the coach and quarterback. He made amazing plays and he threw the ball from endzone to endzone. The game ended in a tie but at least I got an interception and touchdowns in the game.

t's very sad to this school year coming to a end... Yes, I would love to be in the high school with my high schooler friends but i'm going to miss walking in the small little hallway everyday i'm going to miss my teachers more than anything. My teachers are what taught me everything that leads up to high school. Sometimes they can be very strict but they just want us to get better and be a better person ! Some of the kids in teh 6-8 hallway can be a little bit annoying since they have not matured all the way yet. I'm not saying that 8th graders are all the way machured but they are pretty close.

8th grade is truly a year of learning and opportunity. I am ecstatic to dive into so many new privileges and freedoms. Wisely choosing my secondary education, responsibly exploring the streets of the East Coast, and maturing into a young adult will make this a year to remember. I will advance into my last year with an open mind, and I will always remember to seize the

I remember being an anxious eighth grader thinking about starting my freshman year of high school. We went from being at the top of the school to being at the bottom of a new one. All of our middle school teachers always told us about how our high school teachers wont “hold our hands” and how we will be on our own. Being in high school is completely different than being in elementary school and middle school. Its almost like each year we have more and more freedom but more responsibility.

This year is a lot different than last year honestly feels like there is more homework and less time to do things thankfully they changed the grading scale to 10 point scale this year which helped my grades look better this year in football are team had a melt down year we are 4-3-1 and we played talawanda on the 20th after a lightning delay and we were doing pretty bad the first day on the 20th before we got delayed we only had the ball for 2 plays and then we threw an interception to give them the ball on are 45 yard line and they drove it all the way just to throw an interception to us on are 2 yard line and Mitch ran a 98 yard touchdown run.

My 9th grade year was a memory to never forget. 9th grade, i was new to the school just like the rest of the freshmen's i came into the school with, we were not really focused on the education we were more so focused on having fun and seeing different and older people and just experiencing the life of a high schooler. As bad as that may sound it was the truth but that was the year i meant my home boys Block, Tick and Jalen, i knew block and tick for some years already but i meant jalen when i got to high school and instantly we became close like brothers.

My favorite 8th grade lesson was when we learned about the world wars. It is my favorite because I know a lot about them and that my sister is in the military so it is interesting to me to learn about things like the world wars. It was also my favorite lesson because there is a lot of debating in the world wars and I love to debate because I am good at it. I also liked learning about it because a lot of countries had problems either before the war or after and I like to learn about those problems because it is cool to see how they fix it or how they wanted to fix it. I also liked learning about it because countries can be your ally during the war but after the war they are your enemy. I think it is cool to see part of the world team up and

I think that this year is going very well so far. I haven’t changed too much socially; I still sit with the same people at lunch and walk with the same people to class. I don’t remember exactly what I originally had as my goals, but I have noticed that I am doing much better academically compared to last year. My report card states that I have all “A’s” and I am maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

It was the beginning of 6th grade, I’m pretty sure any kid would be excited for the start of the new school year; especially going into middle school. You feel a sense of maturity, even though you may not be. You seem to walk into a new world with kids who are a couple years older than you, and you try so hard to fit in. This was quite different for me, my years of middle school were probably the hardest years of my life.

First year as a middle schooler, I was always so excited of the thought of finally getting out of elementary. It was still kind of tough because my school which was a k-8 had closed down because of some law suits. I was suppose to stay with all of the friends I had all the way up to high school but we all went to different schools once ours closed down.

Everyone always says how everything changes in high school. You’re treated with more responsibility and more homework, just more of everything. There is a big transition from junior high to high school. The thought of entering high school for me was exciting and scary all at once. The fact that I’ll be with all of the big kids was pretty scary and being in high school and being a part of it was exciting.