Day 7: 3-27-19

March 27, 2019

Day 7: 3-27-19

Hello to the everybodys and nobodys of the world. I just read the middle school memoir I wrote for my 8th grade English class. It slightly brought me to tears. Ahhhh, the good memories. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I could post it on here but that means I'd have to go and change all the names, but I think it'll be worth it.

Middle School … a memoir

My first day of middle school was two to three years ago. I clearly remember walking in terrified of getting lost. In my mind this school was huge and I thought I would need a map or at least the help of my older brother who was in 8th grade. Knowing how mean my brother was I mustered up all the courage I could and took out my schedule. I walked down that hallway with fear inside and some fake confidence on the outside.

When I got into my first class and saw my friends I calmed down. I walked right down to them and we started talking about summer and compared what classes we have. My first class was advanced math with Mrs.Chatter. We started with getting to know each other with the usual run through of what this class was about while I started to categorize everybody in class. All the loud people were the popular kids who I knew I would never associate with. All the kids who sat together talking about Star wars were probably the kids who read fantasy. I didn’t really mind them and would try to join the conversation if could. I was so dang shy that I would contemplate if they would even let me be apart of their conversation. Then I would chicken out letting my fears conquer me. Often I was so scared that I would just stay by myself or with people I knew very well.

I didn’t know that it wasn’t a big deal to make a mistake at that time, but by the end of the year I made 2 or 3 friends. I was still shy to the rim, but I loosened a tad bit as the months passed. At lunch it was just me and my best friend Crazy. We were both quiet but crazy and quirky. All I know was that she was a humble genius, and the bestest friend any girl could ask for. In science with Mr.Tie and history with Mrs.Magic I met Queen. Who till this day is one of my very best friends. After those classes I had advanced English with Mrs.JJ. I didn’t mind that class too much so it was not that memorable. The worst thing that happened that year was the locker wars with this girl who had the locker on top of mine. She was so mean that I just couldn’t stand her. I mean I still can’t, but we’re talking about my sixth grade year now. Anyways, sixth grade was terrible, horrible, and everything and anything worse.

Moving on to seventh grade where I started off in advanced English with Mrs.Friday. As I walked in I could tell that this class was going to be crazy and fun. What I didn’t know was that Mrs.Friday was a teacher with power, and nobody did anything she didn’t want them to. That was until we got to know her and the classroom. Then we were quiet when she wanted us to be but we were also loud at some times. I was still the same shy girl in the beginning of the the year as I was in sixth grade. Unfortunately I had history with Mrs.Knight's bad class. We always got in trouble and never got to play any of the fun games. Through all the wars we tried to learn I made a friend. Mia, was quiet like me, but we both had a huge disagreement with how the teacher handled our class. Often she gave out class punishments when only the large number of bad kids did something. The teacher did like Laura and me alot but it still didn’t resolve the issue of being punished for no reason. Since we both were so shy we couldn’t do anything but live through it all. After history I had Mrs.Charge's science class with the same bad kids from my last class, but no one tried their tricks on her after they learned she wasn’t like Mrs.Knight. That class was horrific in history, but tamed in science. It was very weird.

After all that I had advanced math with Mrs.Amy. She was a very good teacher, but gave us packets of work to ensure we passed her class. By the end of the year my goal was to get into Mr.Cole's advanced two math class. For that I needed to pass the TCAP with flying colors, good grades, and a teacher recommendation. I am very proud to say I made it into that class. That was the best thing I had ever done in my life and I’ll tell you why later. In seventh grade I didn’t sit at a lonely table. I sat with all my friends ( I still didn’t have many but had some). By the end of the year I had around 5 to 6 friends. It was better than sixth grade and I was ready to take it.

Finally I get to tell you about the best year of my life so far, eighth grade. I have advanced English with Mrs.Harry who is a very good teacher. Then advanced two math with Mr.Cole. My most favorite class, because that’s where I met the most special people ever who are now my close friends Miami, Queen, and Special. Mr.Cole made Queen, Special, and me sit together. At first I thought they were so annoying, but they grew on me as we made a friendship that we hope lasts forever. Miami became my friend because she would always come over and sit with us over our breaks and free times. Before we knew it was time for D.C. Obviously they were my roomates. A lot of things went down on that trip and we all know that we are going cherish those short five days together. Queen made me more Special made me change from all up tight to more carefree and I like it. Miami definitely rubbed off her quirk on me and I don’t regret it at all.

I’m happy to say I’ve made around twelve friends this year. I loved my science class who was taught by Mrs.Northwing. She always made class fun and exciting. Coach War was a great person but I can’t say I loved his class. Now I can give a speech in class with real confidence on the outside but that doesn’t mean I’ve lost all my fear. I’m still growing confidence and strength to prove that I signed up for JROTC. I don’t know if that was such a good idea, but I’m going to try it out.

I think I'm going to send them a copy of it. I didn't tell you guys about this, but I did go on the D.C. trip in 8th grade. It was worth begging my parents for two years to go. Some tea did happen which caused Miami to leave our gang. However, Queen and Special are still my besties. Unfortunately, I only have one class with Queen and none with Special, but through all odds we are still close friends. The funniest thing is that I didn't believe that we'd be friends till now because of staying in touch and whatever. I really do hope that we'll be friends when we are 80. If we are, we'd probably be arguing then laughing about it or just spilling tea. Maybe even putting bets on who'd leave this world 1st. I mean that's us..... for the most part. As you guys know Crazy is still my friend. You know what?

I should tell you guys the story of how became Crazy and Weirdo.

It all started in the middle ish of 2nd grade. My nasty neighbors moved out and in cam a huge, and i mean huge, family. A family of seven that consisted of a husband, a wife, four boys, and one girl (Crazy). It would take me forever to come up with names for all of them so I'm not going to. Let's just say that Crazy was the middle child. Anyways, one slightly chilly night both of the families were outside, all the boys instantly playing together including my older brother. on the other hand I was drinking warm chocolate milk while crazy was sitting in her front porch if I remember correctly. I would absolutely not start this conversation no matter how many times my mom told me to, so she came over here. We started talking which led to Crazy, her younger brothers, my brother, and me playing some kind of game everyday after school unless we had to be some where. Then came the spy club, building forts, and made up games like "Anaconda ". The good old days. I don't really remember when we stopped playing outside, but those are the memories that I'll always remember. How much trouble we would get in, all the things we broke, all the crying, the new addition to our gang, and all the time we'd spend trying to convince my parents to let us have a sleep over. I mean we still kind of do that. Well not for sleep overs but for movies, dances, and just hanging out.

That's all I have for today I guess, so I think I'll leave now. Not without the usual gifts though. I kind of liked the flashback session we had today, so comment if you want more.