Morales of everyday freshman

Surely most of us who survived freshman year realized that it may or may not have been as scary as we thought it to be. For most people, big change can make someone anxious or frustrated filling their subconscious with accumulative stress. Sometimes it is better to just accept the change that an individual might be experiencing by taking it one day at a time. Forget about future plans, lessons, assignments, or anything ahead that is bothering and focus on the now.

A recently interviewed freshman from Hamburg Area High School, Lucas Blatt, explained what the first three weeks of his ninth grade year were like for him both mentally and physically. He also discussed what he liked and disliked about the high school compared to his previous comfort zone in the middle school.

The classes Lucas is taking this year are mostly core classes that every freshman must take in order to graduate. Some of which he mentioned include, English 9, wellness 9, computer and career awareness, integrated science, civics, and algebra 2. Most students usually take algebra 1 freshman year, but there are a handful like Lucas who take it in eighth grade. The two electives he chose were Spanish 1 and computer science essentials. It also turns out that he is in band eighth period and will be playing three sports this year: Soccer in the fall, winter track, and spring track. When asked what he thought about the high school he said the building was not as big as he expected, but at the same time was not accustomed to the layout of the school and almost got lost a couple times on the first week. For most freshman, getting lost on the first week is to be expected. He also pointed out that the high school seems to have more freedom of choice since students can choose their own electives, and teachers do not constantly breathe down your neck.

Lucas also likes that the high school students get more food at lunch and they are allowed to talk and have their phones out during study hall. He says so far he has not made any new friends but still has the same friends from his freshman class to talk to. When also asked how he felt about the big change and what he wanted to do when he graduated, he said that he felt pretty comfortable with it and was not sure what he wanted to do after graduating. For most high school students it is normal to feel nervous and not know what path to take in the long run, but it does not take long to get acclimated to the swing of things if people take it one day at a time.