Tips

If you are new to middle school, junior high, switching classes or lockers, some of things I read in The Smart Girl's Guide to Starting Middle School. I suggest that you read it. There's lots of helpful info in it that I know helps me and I hope it will help you too.

Lockers

The shcool will provide you with a locker, usually with a lock already attached, and you will have to memorize you combination. It will be a 3-number combination, and though that sounds easy, this is hard for most people at first. So here's how to do it:
Pretend your combo is 32-21-34 (by the way, that's not my combo. It's random.). You would turn the dial to the right, pass 32, go around, and then stop at 32. Then, you would turn the dial left, pass the 21, go around, and land on the 21. Next is the part that people always mess up. You turn the dial left but don't pass 34 this time. Stop at the 34 and open the locker. Yay!

Note: If you miss a number, either keep going or start over. Sometimes if you get close enough to the number, it will still open. But if you go the other way to reach the correct number, the lock definitely won't open.

Switching Classes

Maybe you've been switching classes for awhile, or maybe it's a totally new concept for you. But either way, these tips might help you. If you know that you will have to go to the bathroom at a certain time during the day, you should try to plan for that time of day so that you can get there without being late to class. You could try carrying books for 2 classes so that it will leave time for you go to the bathroom. Then hopefully you won't be late for class. If you know that you will take longer than you have, ask for a bathroom pass when you get to class, and then hurry up! Another solution is to go before and after lunch, and that should help.

Do you have other ideas to help new middle-school or -junior-high students? If you do, please post them in a comment!

Homework Help

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Homework Help

Locker Craft Idea

Soda Cap Friends

Materials
Metal soda cap(s)
Picture(s) of friend(s)
Stick-on magnets
Pipe Cleaners (optional)
Glitter Glue (optional)

Directions
1. Cut out the picture(s) so that it/they will fit into the cap(s).
2. Glue the picture(s) into the cap(s).
3. Stick magnet(s) onto the backs of the cap(s).
4. Decorate with Pipe Cleaners and Glitter Glue.
5. Stick them to your locker and enjoy them all year long!

Mean Teachers

Everyone will, at some time in their life, will experience a mean, strict, or otherwise not enjoyable teacher. So how do we deal with these evil freaks of nature? Well for the most peaceful turnout (with the least amount of visits to the principal, hard feelings, and frustration possible) you should be a good student.

How? Pretend you really like the teacher. If you get your homework in on time, and don't cause lots of trouble during class, you should be okay. But if, for whatever reason, you feel like the teacher is picking on you personally, you should probably talk to he/she or at least your parents before you start saying the he/she hates you, because that's usually not the case.

Is it because the teacher never calls on you? Start sitting in the front of the class and maybe you will be noticed more. Or does he/she give you more trouble when you do some thing than he does with others? Then try to take it as a compliment. Maybe more is expected from you than the class bully.

If you do all of the things listed here, your best bet is that your teacher's got problems--personal problems--and it's not about you. Also- talk to friends that have the same teacher. Are they feeling the same way? Chances are, some of them probably feel the way you do. And if they do, you'll all know you're not alone.

Just don't spread rumors about the teacher, unless you want to end up in the office.

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