Help! Please!?

Question

OK, I've been homeschooled all my life but I'm going to be in public school in August for 8th grade. Can anyone tell me what to expect? I'm really nervous and I need help!

Answer 1

JUST be who you are...Make friends with those friendly people.

Answer 2

Oh shoot I'm homeschooled.

sorry I can't help!

Answer 3

I have just answered a similar question from a mother who wants to get credentials to teach her kid at home. I said don't bother, bec. it's not worth the effort. In your case, I have a picture of a goldfish nurtured well in an aquarium. When you go to a public school, I guess you can imagine being transferred in an ocean. Different people, of diverse training and cultural backgounds, and personalities. Sure you'll have a lot of adjusting to do. You may find out that the subjects you've covered are irrelevant or not credited at all. It will put you at a disadvantage. But too late to fret now. Just go and hope for the best! Do your level best, too.

Answer 4

I went to public school from kindergarten to 10th grade.

Two months ago I was homeschooled though.

People are VERY different.

Kids are different, noisy. But don't feel scared. There are other kids there scared, and they don't bite.

If you show confidence, then it doesn't matter what you wear, what you look like or who you know. Make friends by being interested in what the people you want to be friends with are interested in. And you have to jump right in - you won't have time to decide who you like the best...it may be too late to make the right impression on the people you like.

Highschoolers are a shallow breed - and you can play that to your advantage or suffer the wrath. If you play your cards right, high school will be FUN. If you assume that you are not as worthy as other people, you're toast.

I loved high school. Join things. Smile. Don't let the idiots affect you.

Answer 5

Expect a lot of different behaviour.  Peoples values will be different.  At the 8th grade level, immaturity is high so that kids will be irresponsible and rude.  Violence and intimidation.  Cliques and peer pressure.  They are gbasically all nervous and need to "belong" and its very easy to get into a "us vs them" mentality.  Expect your own behaviour to change.  It will (probably) be a challenge for you to be the best you you can be.  Its hard not to want to "fit in".  There will be many kids who hate school or their teachers.  Most will be lazy.  There will be smart kids and dumb kids, kids who care and kids who are sociopaths, kid who pick on others and kids who defend others, all the flavors of the spectrum.  Those years are years of adjusting to the hormonal changes (emotional changes) assoicated with puberty and socialization.

Pick your friends wisely.  There's more to learn in school than is taught in class.  Be patient.  Have fun, but not at others expense.  Try new things (if your parents let you...)