I am scared for school, can anyone help?

Question

i am scared for school to start. i am going to be a Freshman at a Catholic school. i don't no where anything is what so ever. i am scared i am going to get lost. i have not been getting any sleep at all and i have been stressed out about this. does anyone have any suggestions to help me get through?

Answer 1

You're not going to be the only freshman a lot of people will be finding there way around school. Look up the school on the web and find its layout or go the the office before school starts and ask for a lay out of the school. The faculty realize this and will help you find your way around if you get lost.  

Answer 2

it's tough starting a new school but just don't worry (i know it's easier said than done) the likely hood is that you're not the only new person - there will be loads of people that can help you with if you get lost!

And just think it's only 6 hours then you can go home! (sorry if its not 6 hours but im in england and thats how long we have.)

school is best part of your life so enjoy it!

Answer 3

Can you visit the school, just to look around, before school actually starts?  Is there a counselor at the school you can talk to?

It's always frightening to start something new, but you should never let fear keep you from going ahead.  Head up, shoulders back, smile and look for new friends!

Good luck!

Answer 4

Go on their website and get a map of the school. If you've gotten your schedule, get a little familiar with it. Get familiar with the map too. Take a visit to the school. Visit the classrooms you have classes in. You can always talk to the counselor during the school, or even before school starts. Everyone else that is a freshman is going through the same thing! They don't know where anything is and they are nervous for school to start as well! You aren't alone. People are going through the same thing in different schools too. Carry your map around so you can figure out where to go after each class. Carry it around until you can remember where to go without it. All you have to remember is that everyone else starting as a freshman there is going through the same thing, everyone is afraid they will get lost and doesn't know where anything is. The older students would probably be happy to help you out, and if any freshman have an idea of what to do, they would be happy to help too. For the first week, the teachers probably won't mind if anyone is a few minutes late because no one knows where anyone is. Just relax. Be excited for this new experience, not scared! I hope things work out at school! Good Luck!

Answer 5

I went through the same thing when I was a freshman. I was going to attend an all boys catholic school. I was petrified of getting lost in this huge school. On top of that my school uses a complicated 7 day rotational cycle which only serves to further confused students every day you classes are a different order!!! And you have to remember the order of a day and now what number day it was. All in all I rembrr having nightmare of getting lost, going to a different class, and (it might sound silly) getting yealled at by priest. However, my school offered a orintation for freshman the day before school started. It allowed us to get used to the school and follow a normal school day with 10 minute periods. I everything went ok until one of my fears occured, I had gone to another classroom for theology. It took me have the class to realize that this guy wasn't a priest and that this was a history class. After class was over I went to see my real teacher who was a priest and he told me not to worry. He said that I wasn't the only one about 5 other kids did the same thing. He said that since we are freshman teacher do not care if we are late to class for the firs few days. My advice to you would be to plan your schedule and relax. If you for some reason are late or get lost just say that you are a freshman and most will understand. Besides teachers are there to help you not to punish and taunt you. So don't worry if you have a few worries for staring school it is perfecly normal. Now that I'm a junior I don't think about getting lost or being lost. However, I still had a dream about showing up late to class and when I woke up I laughed at myself. So don't worry everything is going to be fine you have nothing to worry about. If you are worried about strict catholic rules and punishment, don't. The worst hong that they can do is make you go to a 2 hour mass and besides evryone has to attend too.

Good luck and enjoy School!

Answer 6

Be nice to EVERYONE. Don't be mean to the "losers" or the "outcasts" just because everyone else is mean to them. You should try to be liked by as many people as possible, even if those people aren't "your type" or "your style"

-Don't seek revenge on "rival cliques" who are b*itchy or bully you. Otherwise, you'll create a back-and-forth war with them and it will make the school year miserable. (I learned this the hard way)

-Don't give into peer pressure like having s*x or smoking pot just because it seems like everyone around you is. I went through highschool and never had any interest in smoking pot although all my friends did, and thank god I didn't because when you get a job as an adult (I'm in college now) they usually drug-test you and you get denied if you don't pass. I also didn't lose my virginity until senior year with a guy who I dated for over a year, and I'm glad I never slept around with anyone else because the girls who did were ridiculed and called "whores."

-Join as many extra-cirriculars as possible, in order to make as many friends and be involved. You will be happy you did because by senior year when you apply for colleges you will be able to have lots of good stuff on your transcript.

-Try to keep your best friends close. You never know when you'll need them. Don't be so quick to drop people in your life because you will find yourself trying to find new friends every year and by senior year you won't even know who your best friends are anymore.

-Don't get too caught up in your image because that sh*t will consume you. You will become a shopaholic (MTV just had a show on this last night, called "True Life: I'm a Compulsive Shopper") And I used to be just as materialistic as those girls they showed. I grew out of that because I'm in college now and I've matured since then. Guys really don't care if you wear designer clothes because they're guys for god sake.....they can't tell the difference! Only a g*y guy can distinguish designers (and I'm sure you're not looking to impress g*y guys.)

-Remember that girls who are bitchy and mean are only doing you a favor by doing so-- because the meaner they are, the nicer and sweeter YOU look!!! Therefore, if you seem friendlier, you're more likely to be approached by new friends, boys, teachers, etc. Bitchy plastic girls do nothing but try to intimidate others be acting snotty and dressy trendy but in real life nobody really cares about them.

A good rule of thumb: the more "artificial" a girl looks (heavy make up, jewelry, clothings, hardcore tanning, nails, fancy handbags, etc.) the more she is trying to convince people she's something she's not. Therefore, the MORE she's trying to hide about her true identity.

A true beauty doesn't need all that "excess" junk.

GOODLUCK! :)

Answer 7

Don't stress it out I'm sure there may be teachers/ security guards in the hall to help you around the school. Plus your a freshmen in high school now, you've already experience first day of school stress enough for about 10 years ( including pre-school and kindergarten.)