For the most part I found my way around school,emphasis on most part. The hallways are so confusing and there is way to many exits and staircases. I walked up one staircase on the first day of school on the venture to find my assigned locker, and I turned into a hallway and walked downstairs and found myself in another dimension of the school... Eventually after many questions and awkward run-ins with seniors, I found my first class which I had yet to figure out was directly to my left as you enter the school. No need for the major detour.
Walking into my classroom I was scarcely 4 minutes late (thanks to the hallways of hell) and soon enough I was introduced to my teacher,Mr. M. Mr.M is actually pretty laid-back (for now) and helpful, despite the continuous rants on how he hates modern technology and Facebook even though is a technology teacher.
My next couple of teachers are pretty much the cliche, "you won't get away with being lazy"one,"as long as you do your homework we won't have any problems"one and "I love learning! let's learn about our wonderful,beautiful world,everything in life is bright" one. All of them I can tolerate for the next 4 months so I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
As for the students,well, they're a different story altogether. I wasn't aware that eating in a big group in the "hallways of hell" was acceptable. Teachers just walked past and I was actually amazed. The freedom given to you in high school is quite cool. The fact that I can just leave school property at lunch without a hassle from an outdoor supervisor or go to my locker in between classes is FREEDOM in my opinion. Thank you Stephen Leacock. Seniors usually mind their own business but there is a few that will "whisper" things like "OMG NINERs!" "eww niners"... at that point I laugh because it's funny that just a few years ago they were in our positions. But, the really nice ones will guide you to your classroom or in my case show you where the gym is (down a million "hallways of hell").
I made a couple friends and have a class with at least one or two of them in each period which is awesome and I'm excited to meet more people and hopefully make life-long friendships! As I continue on I hope I found my way around effortlessly (I found a shortcut to my locker and science class!) and wish everyone luck for next week regardless if your a new high school or not. :)
