Your Guide

dealing with middle school

🎐 ⋆ reminder
everything is just starting to change in middle school almost no one is completely comfortable with themselves, but that's fine.

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👭 ⋆ find your group of friends
this will give you a few friends to start off with. you can ask your elementary friends what school they'll be going to at the end the school year!

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👋🏼 ⋆ be open to new friends
even if you have a whole bunch of your elementary friends coming with you to middle school, you should still try to make some new friends.

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🎭 ⋆ don't pay attention to drama/gossip
this is the best thing to do to avoid trouble in middle school. there will be lots of gossip and lots of people spreading really mean rumors. ignore those rumors, even when they're about you, and if anyone tells or asks you about a rumor, tell them to ignore it.

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💑 ⋆ don't worry about relationships
you might find yourself wanting a boyfriend/girlfriend. but relationships are hard, stressful, and usually cause more problems than they solve. you might enjoy having crushes and maybe flirt a little, but stay single and focus on having fun, making friends, and learning.

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🐢 ⋆ pay attention in class
If you want to do well in class, the best place to start is to pay attention! don't mess with your phone, try not to daydream, and don't pass notes with friends. There's always time for fun stuff later!

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✏️ ⋆ take notes
you don't have to write down everything that the teacher says. just write down the really important or hard to remember information. Write the sort of stuff you'd say if you were explaining the lesson to someone who wasn't there.

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📜 ⋆ do your homework
this is really important for getting decent grades. If you don't do your homework, you're almost guaranteed to get bad grades, even if you pass tests and quizzes. find some quiet time each evening and just work to get your homework done.

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for me, drama started in 6th grade. it was so stressing and horrible.