My Transition From High School

In life we will encounter difficult situations and we must learn to adapt to changes and embrace opportunities. My transition from middle to high school was a difficult and intense period of growth in my life.  As I reflect on the experience, I remember making several important decisions for embracing this transition. I assessed the situation to determine my expectations for my life, my best interest and my approach to this transition to meet my personal and academic goals. This transition was difficult primarily because I was in a new environment which posed personal and academic challenges. I embraced the opportunity and purposed to make the best of the academic experience and my development from middle to high school student preparing for

As a first generation college student, I found it quite difficult navigating through a four year institution during years I attended Northwestern State University. From the struggles of financial stability to the challenge of balancing school and personal life with little to no guidance, the journey through my collegiate career was quite troublesome to say the least. As an African American male with a father who was incarcerated, I already felt as if a stigma had been placed on me that I would succumb to the typical stereotype of multiple children out of wedlock and the distribution of narcotics as a primary source of income. With that in my mind and the hopes of my family on my shoulders, I set out and accomplished my goal of graduating from

Success comes in many shapes and sizes. My parents have helped me achieve this success with their motivation, nurture and emotional support. Secondly, their endless efforts. They have been extremely involved by visiting my campus, interacting with my instructors, and taking part of my personal interests which has helped me with my transition from high school to post-secondary.

Transitioning from the middle school to the high school is a big change for a student. When we moved to the high school, we thought freshman Friday's would be all year and that it would be very difficult to find our classes. However, freshman Friday's only last the first couple weeks, and there are lots of link leaders to help the freshies find their classes. School is a big deal here in the high school. 8th graders should follow our tips if they want to be successful in the high school.

Throughout middle school, I conformed to what was expected. I changed my clothing style, the manner in which I conversed, and the people whom I conversed with to fit in. My interests often changed to what was popular at the time, and I always tried to make as many friends as possible so that I can look good in front of other people. I didn’t even know myself. I was what society had made me out to be. My friends weren’t my real friends; I didn’t have a single interest with most of them. Over time, I started to become unsatisfied with myself. This was until my transition to high school, when I made one of the best decisions of my

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.

High school is a time for teenagers to come of age and transition into adulthood. All four years of highschool are extremely important, however, I feel that junior year is singularly the most important due to the events that are happening that year.

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” Said John Dewey, a very successful philosopher in the 1920’s. To get through life you need education; to get into college, to get a good job. The most important rules to a successful education are: focusing on what is important, not getting involved in drama, and knowing that you aren’t entitled to anything in life. If you stick to this, you’ll fly through high school, just as you did middle school.

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

Starting a completely new school and not knowing how to get around is honestly not as easy as it seems, especially if you have never even been to that school. Moving from middle school to High school is hard it’s a big change, the school might be much bigger and the classes are different also.

Secondary transition is the process that provide students with special education services for post-school living. The services are provided by the IEP team in partnership with the student and family during the ages of 16 through 21 and sometimes even younger. The areas of service that can be provide to the student include instruction (classes), community involvements opportunities, an employment and post-school adult living plan, and learning living skills and vocational skills when appropriate.

The transition to high school is a pivotal moment in many students’ lives. They become more challenged in their classes and learn new ways to deal with ideas. The exposure from these new experiences forever changes the way they look at future concepts. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.”

The stages of life that I have to go thru change me; specifically, the transition from high school to college. Many people have an understanding of these changes that occur without notice. When I remember my past as a high school student I see a person looking for a purpose, but as a college student I am a well-directed human being with upcoming projects to achieve. I consider myself a totally different woman in many aspects of my existence. A woman with initiative, perseverance and motivation that can accomplish every-day tasks. The change from high school to college makes me experience responsibility, time management and a shift in my way of thinking.

The future holds an uncertain thing in life and with it come many responsibilities. I realized how things change so often happens as quickly and as unexpectedly as it does. The transition through middle school and high school has changed me thoroughly. I’ve learned that high school has made me smarter for who to trust and judge people more than I usually do. High school gave me more options, viewpoints, and ideas. I mature in almost every way, and learn more about myself for what I’m good at. There will be hard times but eventually get through them.

College promised a new beginning away from the stifling confines of my hometown, and I cherished the opportunity to learn from classmates and professors from around the world. However, my dark skin and life experiences from Chicago’s impoverished South Side and Southern Illinois isolated me, reminding me I did not belong. Desperate for acceptance, I discarded my old friends and identity, thinking this might somehow help me blend in. When my childhood friend Connor reached out for help one day, I ignored his messages, for I did not want my past to hinder my assimilation. I did not realize my mistake until it was too late.