High School Orientation

Most 8th graders in my school are dreading going to high school in 2 weeks, but I can't wait. I know that I should be enjoying every last minute of summer but there's one little problem. My dad thinks I'm still a little girl who needs to have a parent with me everywhere I go. I can't go to the movies with my friends, and if I asked him if I could go on a date, he'd probably laugh in my face before explaining, for the millionth time, that "I'm too young to be with a boy without a parent or trusted adult around." I thought showing him I could be responsible would be easy once high school started, but that was before I went to the orientation and my mission got a little bit more complicated. Here's the story of what happened at my high school orientation.