In elementary school, I distinctly remember the feeling I had when I walked into the kindergarten classroom, feeling so proud of myself that I wasn't in preschool anymore. I thought I was soooo cool. I'm sure you know the feeling. Then, you go outside for your recess feeling pretty awesome, until you see all of grade 1's. WHOA! You think to yourself, those grade 1's are so cool! I wanna be like them when I'm big!!!
Then, you get to grade 1, and you realize it's not as cool as you thought it was. You decide to dream big this time, and instead of wanting to be in grade 2, you want to be in grade 5. Then, you wait and wait for years until finally, you're in grade 5! You think you're so cool. You look down on all of those little kids playing around in YOUR school and you can't wait to get into middle school. Finally, on the last day of grade 5, on the last minute, you count down, and finally, when the bell rings, you scream WE'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!
If you're in grade 6 you probably don't understand what I mean, but anyone over grade 6 will know. In grade 6, admit it, you thought you we're the coolest thing ever. You swear all the time, not even really understanding the full meaning of the word, you wear clothes that you thought would make you look cool, but now you regret the decision to wear that t-shirt with those shoes and you walked around with your head held a little bit higher then it should have been. When you get to grade 7, you see all of the grade 6's and see what they are like and think to yourself, "was I really like that?" and that's when it all becomes clear. Grade 6 was a low-point of your existence and you can't believe that you acted that way! Grade 6 isn't really talked about anymore because you know that it will embarrass you and everyone else in the room. You realize that you have to just act like everyday is separate from the last and not care/think about anything that happened the day before. To some extent, anyway. I'm pretty sure you know that I don't mean to act like you have amnesia, what I mean is, that if yesterday you made yourself look like a totally idiot and you said something pretty stupid, to not let it define you. DUH you'll remember it, and I'm sure everyone else will to, but let them laugh WITH you not AT you.
I, as a grade 7, hope that in grade 8 I won't look at the grade 7's and think, "was I really like that?" I hope that I made the right decisions this year and I learned my lesson that hard way in grade 6, and that the lesson was OVER in grade 6. I don't want to scare grade 6's into thinking that in grade 7's they're gonna hate themselves, I'm just sharing my personal experience. I'm pretty sure that my experience applies to most of the people in grade 7 right now:)
Anyway, earl grey tea in hand (I already drank all of my green tea) I leave you yearning for the next post. If there is one. lol.
my class, we sang at the top of our lungs WE'RE ALL BIG KIDS NOW!!! (diaper commercial) instead!! Cuz we're so cool!
ReplyDeletei am so cool that i still sing that at the top of my lungs. OK heres how my life went
ReplyDeletepreschool - hoping no one can tell that i just peed myself.
jr kindergarten - trying to stay away from that kid who spits in ppls ears.
kindergarten - missing ontario. first real boyfriend. new best friend.
grade 1 - making new friends, making new enemies.
grade 2 - I hate to admit it but in grade 2 I was THAT girl. Thats right, the girl who ou had to prove yourself to, that one who would make you go home crying feeling like shit because Catherine made fun of you're shoes. I was the girl who lied to get my way, who EVERYONE wanted to kill in my sleep and take my place as THAT girl the next day.
grade 3 - relizing what a bitch i was last year, i start turning into a dork.
grade 4 - doing the same work that i did in every other grade so far. afew computer things, getting in to abit of trouble.
grade 5 - getting into trouble ALOT. Killing computers.
grade 6 - same as every other grade 6 on the planet, just trying to get noticed.
grade 7 - being nothing short of epic.