When you first arrive to middle school you spend 10 minutes trying to find your locker and 30 minutes trying to get it open. Then you spend the rest of the school day trying to get to class, without being trampled on, and get to know your lovely teachers. If you think they suck then you're screwed because you have to spend the rest of the year with them. Enjoy.

As as seventh grader you will be put into cliques by your personality, first impression, and however people judge you over the next few weeks. The only people that will label you will be your 7th grade peers, 8th and 9th graders don't really care about you.

Make sure you KNOW your classes because not all kids that look like they know what they're doing actually know what they're doing. And not all kids that are older actually care about helping sevies.

An easy way to get to class in one piece is stay toward the wall on your right side and don't stop to talk to people. Don't push through either, people don't like that and it doesn't end up so well.

If you've made it to lunch, try not to sit on the floor, it just makes people feel bigger than you so they think it's OK to push you around.

If you stand up for a friend, do it with pride, not just to be a hero because you're not going to get attention for it for too long. And don't brag, it's annoying. If you do end up defending a friend 9 out of 10 times the person who you're up against will not hit you. Though if you do get a blow landed to your face, you can be proud of your efforts and make sure you know it will be passed around the school like the plague.

Don't act cool and don't act funny because you'll look stupid to other people besides your friends. Just be who you are.

Let me introduce you to a term called Drama. It happens all over middle school. Get used to it. Drama is stupid people saying, doing, and complaining about stupid things to stupid people and it gets passed around everywhere. Also, there is no such thing as secrets. If you tell someone something you might as well tell the whole school. Save yourself some time.

(Just a little thing I wrote because I was bored, it's about being a 7th grader. I might update it in the future so give feedback and thanks for reading!)

~BrandyBug Nikkie Kinsman