Moving Away From School

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I really enjoy doing my homework and learning but, I hate going to school to learn and get my homework. I moved to Vermont after eighth grade because my father got to move higher up at work. I don't know a lot about his job but, I didn't have a say. Back at home in Mississippi I didn't have a lot of friends. I had one named Lucy but when I told her I was going to move she said we weren't friends anymore. I'm starting high school now and I'm so scared to start over again. I love my new room the view is very pretty but, tonight I hate it because tomorrow is my first day of school.

The hum of fans, the spinning of the disk in its tray. Sitting on my soccer ball beanbag chair that I got for my 11th birthday with a controller in my hands. As a kid, in Washington state, on school days we were not allowed to play video games during the week. Summer was the break from school and the time for lots and I mean lots of video games.  Before I could hit that power button, I had to do something I despised, hated, and avoided like it was the plague. I… had… to… read.

The year I switched schools will always be a year that I’ll remember. My parents had told me one day that they finally bought the house and that we will be moving in april. Of course, after I was told that, I knew if we moved I would have to go to a different school, and was already ready to go to reynolds. My parents had given me a choice to either move halfway through 7th grade, or in 8th grade. Of course, me being the cliche kid, I decided to move in the middle of 7th grade. However, I've learned that moving isn't as scary as it seems and it gives you insight on how teachers teach differently, and in their own way.

Transitioning has always been a difficult for me. My freshmen year of high school experiences varied from disappointment, to complete chaos. Freshmen year of high school is tough, you worked yourself to the top to be placed in the bottom again. Not to mention middle school and high school are two different types of environments. I was aware that they were two different types of environments, so when my middle school offered a summer course at Carl Hayden High School I took the opportunity to help me adjust. The course was a reading comprehension class, I did not need help with my reading comprehension but took it to get a feel of how high school would be. Judging high school by one course was ignorant of me to do. From that short experience

Lately, it seems, parents are getting more and more involved in their children's daily lives. A parents constant involvement in their child's lives can be a good thing, when their child is still a child and not so much after they have grown up. A new trend has sprung where parents feel it necessary to ,not only, take their child to college but to stay there with them.

Transitioning from elementary or middle school to high school can be a new experience with chaos. If one is entering a humongous school that has two separate buildings, as known as south and north. There are many problems and skills that will be helpful for one to survive successfully in high school. As I have been in high school for almost five years, I want my future juniors to not make mistakes that I made during transitioning to high school.

The school year of 2014-2015, I went to Clifton-Clyde Middle School. At the beginning I was very shy and confused because I didn't know where all of the classes were. The first time I met most of my friends was when we had volleyball practice a couple days before school had started. All I would wonder and worry about is if I would fit in. Now this is my second year at Clifton-Clyde. I feel happy and joyful with all of my friends! In the end, you shouldn't be afraid of what other people think and be yourself!

Should the school days start later yes or no? Well imagine that your kid will get more sleep than usually because they always don’t get enough sleep because of homework and afterschool activities so I think that we should push back school by a little bit or so. Some benefits are kids will stay awake in school instead of falling asleep in the middle of class and will be able to get more things done in school if they are more awake in class. Also if they are not so tired and will get all their work done in class they will probably have time to do some of their homework there so when they get home and have to go to a sport or somewhere they don’t have to worry so much because they already have most of it done.

While student teaching I learned the importance of energizing a class about school after the weekend, which allows me to gage the students mental status. In my cooperating teacher's classroom we did something called, the weekend wrap up. This was asking the students to raise their hands if they had an awesome weekend, a middle of the road weekend, or could not have been worse weekend. By having them raise their hands, I was able to visually see where my students mentally are standing. But the next part is equally as important; calling on some of the more shy students to tell us in 2 sentences about their weekends. This gives these students a chance to practice their communication skills as well as giving me the opportunity to hear where they are at mentally, which can come in very handy.

Every year at least one teenager has to go to a new strange school. This can be difficult when a teenager doesn't know anyone in the school. Even I had to move schools when I was in 11th grade which was very hard because I've been to my other school for two years and I pretty much knew everyone there. Moving to a new school was very scary for me and it didn't make me really happy cause I knew that I would have to make new friends other people already have friends over there and I was just scared that I wouldn't fit in. Was 15 when does happened and I was currently on my way to go to 11th grade I lived with my parents. When I was in 10th grade I was enjoying school I had a lot of friends in school and life was really good but then one day my mom and my dad thought that apartment we were living in was too small for us and the rent was too much so my mom with the siding that maybe we should move I was upset because we were going to change schools and I really didn't want that to happen but my mom said they would try their best to find the same school in house around that now I just have to wait and find out if we do find a house or if we don't find a house around my school.

Transitioning into college and facing the changes that come with it can be a challenging endeavor, especially due to the pressures of today's society. Highly influenced by social media, it has become remarkably difficult to evade the influences and evolving norms of society. I myself have already encountered situations where my values were tested and I was pressured to change. Rather than giving in, I use those situations to strengthen myself by reevaluating my morals and showing myself that I can endure anything as long as I stick to my values. I have always been taught the importance of education, faith, and honesty, so learning that Point Loma Nazarene University holds the essentially the same values and standards that I do, further proves

Moving schools, moving schools is the hardest thing you could possibly ever do because your leaving everything you’ve known and everything you're used to, but at the same time it could be exciting because you get to experience a new community and most importantly new things. You have a new chance at starting over and meeting new people. Most people would say moving is the worst thing you could do but it isn't the worst thing you could do. In my opinion, I would say trying something new is the better choice just because it was for me. Moving schools was an absolute greater decision because I met amazing people and many people supported me until I felt comfortable at my new school. I never wanted to leave my loved ones and my other school but my mind changed and it was greatly astonishing.

I was already having a hard time moving away from my friend, Emily, my neighbor. So joining a whole new school was going to be just wonderful. When I moved to Huntley I felt really alone depressed because I left all of my friends back at my old school. When it was the first day of my new school (Which I joined in the middle of the year so friend groups have been established). I got in into my moms car and she drove me to the Chesak front office and got me situated with my new 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Salerno (She was super mean). The first day went by pretty quickly, but the bus ride home on the other hand felt like an eon had passed by. I was sitting with these two girls and I was physically part of the window because I was so squished. I walked home alone because I had no friends. I was going to walk home with this girl who had short dark brown hair, but I decided against that choice. I went on the bus every morning and afternoon. About a week had passed and I was walking home alone again. I walked into my house and started to watch “Jessie” but I heard a “Ding!” and knew it was the doorbell. I ran to the door and it was the girl with short dark brown hair.

The idea of moving to a different state or country can be terrifying for most people. I know for me it was. I was born and raised in New Jersey and had a decent job. Life was going great for me; at least that is what I thought. I had a lot of friends and family that had been around me my whole life. Moving away from all of this was not an option for me, until I got married and had children. By the time my daughter hit five years old, I was rushed to make a decision that would change my life forever. I had to decide whether I wanted her to go to school in New Jersey or Key West. This meant leaving my friends and family behind, and somehow depriving my children from growing up around their family.