*th grade guide

8th grade guide

Great , its finally my 8th grade year, i had heard stories about it on how students struggle with grades and bullies, but you don't really know the worst of it until you experience it, how the heck will I survive!

Finding your own way through life may sound terrifying, but really its not,I started my journey to find my independence when I was about in 8th grade (maybe a little of 7th). I know what your thinking "How am I supposed to be in dependant already when I'm only 13?" Its not like you have to move out of your house, kiss your mama goodbye and find a job! Really, I not lieing! If I think far into my future well yes I'm terrified of what might happen, but if i think only about what I will do today or tomorrow then life doesn't seem so tough. Here, let me take you ALL the way back to my 8th grade year (well, not that far, since I'm still in the 8th grade) and way, this is the year I got independent.

One of the things that seem to stand out this year was definitely learning Japanese with my tutor. No, no, I'm not saying that you have to go all out of it and learn a different language too, but this really helped me feel like I am more than just an average student. It made me feel like I could step out of my box and go the limit! This class is helping me be in dependant with myself since I'm doing something that I want to do! who knows maybe one day I ll be all on my own in Japan and I will need this to communicate with people. You dont have to do anything big either, even a drawing that your proud of can make your feel better about yourself. what is independence? Well in my opinion I think that independence is basically finding out your purpose in life. (I guess I could put it that way) You may think " I don't have a purpose, all I do is eat sleep and poop!" I know how you feel, I don't know my purpose yet either but what I do know is that one day I will find it, even if it's as simple as teaching children why not to do drugs, or maybe just getting married to someone.


I was told that when you learn to like yourself, other people start liking you too. That's a pretty good deal right?... well not always. The truth is a lot of people don't like themselves. They may hate themselves because they think they're fat, or ugly, too skinny or freakishly tall. When they try to like themselves they put on an act and try to trick their mind into feeling confident. I cant blame them though, people in the 8th grade can seem so cruel sometimes, they try to make you feel ashamed of yourself with their harsh words and loud opinions. Just Ignore them (I have for the past few years) they aren't really hurting you as much as themselves. Do you think the people worth your time would want to hang out with them? NO! You were most likely minding your own business looking innocent and kind when all of the sudden the big bad wolf comes around and blows your house down!(Who would want to hang with that person!) Is liking yourself selfish? Not in my opinion. If every one was self conscious then we wouldn't make any friends. We would be afraid of talking to people in fear that they wouldn't like us, and the other person would feel even worse because we didn't say much to them (there fore thinking that they didn't like them). In other words its OK to like yourself!

I hoped this has helped you to understand that growing up in 8th grade really isn't so bad. If your are kind and respectful all of your efforts will pay off in the end, but if your not... Well lets just see what happens. next time though you think about 8th grade (well any grade actually! Maybe even collage!) Just remember to stand tall and appreciate your self for who you are. You will feel much better!