It’s hard to believe that a little less than three years ago, I started here a Park Forest. The past three years have been some of the best and worst years of my life. Through finding my way through these halls, to going on different field trips, exploring new classes, and finally being the one of the older kids at school, my middle school days are almost over.
Three years ago, when I first entered Park Forest as a sixth grader, I thought middle school was the coolest thing ever. Little did I know how much work and stress school could be. But, middle school compared to little old Corl Street was a dream. Everything was so much better than elementary school. The food was a dream compared to Corl Street. There were so many classes compared to Corl Street. And I got to take languages. I was in love with middle school at the first couple of days.
Now I’m in eighth grade with almost a week left, and my mind is blown. Most of the realization hasn’t quite hit me yet that I, soon to be high schooler, will no longer be in middle school. No longer will I get up in the mornings and drag to brother to the bus stop. No longer will I ride bus six. I’ll be headed off to bigger and better things. My time here has just flown away before me and it’s really hard to believe my journey has come to an end.
Middle school has held many things for me; good and bad. On the good side, I’ve meet many new friends, that I hope to keep throughout high school. Or the worse end, there has been a few rumors spread about me before, that I haven’t liked. My advice for when that happens is to just play it low and if someone asks you about it, just tell them the truth. And remember it will eventually go away, because at some point a worse rumor will come about someone else and take place of yours. While I’m talking about advice, stick with your friends, even if they do something to anger you at some point. They will stick by you with everything and make surviving school a lot easier.
I’ll miss middle school (a little), but everything I’ve learned here will stick with me for a long time. And I hope it helps me with high school, and that I’ll survive. At this point I have few fears, besides getting lost. Most of my worries are just far into the future. Anyways, middle school has been great for me, and helped a lot to make me who I am right now.