My Second Day Of Ninth Grade

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Most people remember one memory from middle school that stands out from the others. For me that would have to be my first day of middle school. I was excited because of a new school year and all the new people I was going to see. But at the same time I was also very sad because I had really enjoyed my summer and now it was over. Also, I was extremely nervous as I did not know where all the classes and more importantly how I would fit in. After all of these emotions, my first day of middle school was my favorite middle school memory.

My first day of my sophomore year of high school starts today. Riverview High School is a huge school and has tryouts for the Kiltie Band Highland Dancers today. If you make it, there is a rumor you are instantly popular. My name was posted on the short list in the hall next to my homeroom class and I am a Highland Dancer now. My best friend Theresa made it also, we have been placed in the same dance group. Even though we are only sophomores we are put into the Senior Dance Group A. This group just happens to be the best dance group at Riverview. We have been informed that we will be in the group that gets to perform at the Inaugural Parade if we make it through the cuts for the Parade.

The week leading up the first day of high school I was really excited. I could not wait to see all my old friends and the ones I had made in the previous school year. I could not wait to get back into a daily routine. On the night prior to the first day I got a great nights rest. I was walking in confident that it was going to be a great day and a great overall year. I got to meet all my teachers and they all seem amazing. I can already tell that it is going to be a great year. I can already tell high school is going surpass middle school and elementary school by far. The amount of class options seem unending I can not wait to try psychology next year. I wish there was more room in my schedule so I could take more classes, or having an optional zero or eighth period so I could take extra classes. I know that I am on the path for success and it is my peers, teachers, and the Owen J. Roberts school district curriculum that helped is helping me walk down that path.

My memories are blurry. They are fragments of disjointed moments, without a linear narrative. I remember reading. It was in Mrs. Davidson first grade class. My reading proficiency skills were very poor, the English language still thick and unnatural on my tongue. While some of the other students took a Gifted class, I had to take a remedial course—English Learners (EL)— just so that I could hold onto the edge. I remember reading. I had a hard copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in my little hands, reciting only the first page of the book from memory. The classroom was dark; the stream of sunlight filtering through the windows served as our only illumination. The rest of the words on the book looked like a mess of jumbled letters. I couldn’t make out anything other than the words “the” and “and.” I remember enthusiastically pointing out my “fluency” to my teacher, seemingly applauding my menial abilities: “The catpater at droo!” (The caterpillar ate through). In the first-grade, my free time was spread sporadically between watching The Little Mermaid, catching ugly black crickets and pretending that I was Sailor Moon, guardian of the galaxy. In the first grade, I was not at all concerned with words, literacy and books. In the first grade, I did not know the power that words hold. I did not know that books would change my life.

Anxiety is a disorder many people are quick to self-diagnose. While anxiety is a very serious disorder, I believe it is important to educate and seek professional advice before assuming you are someone who suffers from this disorder. I chose the article by Alexander M. Penney, Dwight Mazmanian, & Caitlin Rudanycz because I was that person I previously mentioned. I suffered for years from what I assumed was severe anxiety and it wasn’t until I sought professional help that I was finally able to understand and better control the situation at hand.

It was my first day of middle school. Everyone is scrambling to their classes wanting to make a good first impression on their new teachers. I get to my first hour 5 minutes before class starts hoping to get a good seat next to my friends. Then my worst fear becomes a reality, the teacher has already made a seating chart in alphabetical order. My problem is that my last name starts with the letter ‘“O” meaning my seat is always near the back of the classroom. I sit down and there is nobody from my elementary school in my class. I try to have a conversation with both of the people that sit next to me, which doesn’t work. So I pull out my planner and start writing down what the teacher has on the board.

A myriad of Americans experience some form of anxiety disorder. The number of affected people comes up to almost 20 million. What impedes the progress of recovery is that it is not easy to find the underlying cause of the problem. There are many reasons that contribute to anxiety disorders and these reasons vary from one person to another.

Ever since I was little, I never noticed how much I struggled at certain things like keeping calm before a big test or stopping myself from biting my nails while in a social setting. As I got older, the nervousness and worrying got so out of hand that my mother was becoming more concerned of my well-being, so she decided it would be best for me to visit the psychologist. As the doctor kept asking questions, most of which I hardly understood, my heart started to race and the palms of my hands began to sweat. After an hour of constant questioning and examination, I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, which is characterized by excessive or disproportionate anxiety about several aspects of life. The doctor also told me that

They took me out of my comfort zone and made me actually talk to people and get over my fears, and now I don’t get anxiety or panic attacks often at all, and normally the only things to trigger them have to be very huge important events and scary situations that I try to avoid as best that I can. I have many points to make about why anxiety is the thing I would like to write about, I can definitely relate to it, and who knows maybe I can help someone else in this class who suffers the way that I

It was August 9th, a Thursday; the first day of school. The beginning of what every set of parents said, ‘that the beginning of 8th grade would change our lives forever.’ One of the reasons is for the next four years I’ll be seeing my parents, my two best friends’ parents, and the parents of our crushes too! The second reason is because in our town 8th grade is when you meet your soulmate, your one true

In January of 2016, I received a formal diagnosis of General Anxiety Disorder from my physician. When I returned to school for my second semester, I worked with my university’s counseling center to learn methods of coping with my anxiety. This venture was successful as can be seen in the continuing upward trend in my grades.

Anxiety can affect anyone at any age, at any time, as a consequence “In the United States approximately, 1.5 million percent of the population suffers from anxiety attacks or anxiety symptoms” (McCorkindale). Anxiety is considered a mental illness, which consists of a feeling of worry that some cannot control therefore a type of treatment should be provided right away. It is difficult for patients suffering from anxiety to reduce it if they don’t look for a solution or help to their specific type of anxiety. There are a few effective ways to control anxiety or even cure it, such as medication. In the other hand any type of treatment can help, and for many anxiety problems “therapy is a good place to start” (Smith). Therapy has proven to be very effective overall treatments available and should be the first choice for all patients.

Researchers cannot put a set notation on what causes anxiety. On a day to day basis, anxiety is a normal part of an individual life. They’re many different types of anxiety, the following include: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder

But when I was looked at by the school and my regular doctor they were unable to diagnose me correctly because as it is point out in an article by Susan H. Spence “two of the most commonly used self-report measures of child anxiety are both junior versions of their adult counterparts” (Spence 1998). Which was true even when I was given the test in the early 2000’s. A lot of the questions that I remember were things I couldn’t really place in my life. So though I scored rather high I was still not told that I may actually have an anxiety disorder. Instead they contributed it to a possible case of ADHD. So most of my issues as a child were put to that and I started going through some