The scariest thing about High School is that you are NOT at the top of the ladder and YOU are NOT the cool ones or the important ones. YOU are now at the bottom of the wrung. YOU are newbies coming in wet behind the ears. You are the freshies and the lowest of the low and everyone will make sure you know it. That is the hardest thing about your first year in High School. The idea is to knock the “I’m great, I’m grand, I am a graduate” out of your head. As you enter High School you are a nobody just learning the ropes.
Where you might have had 5 or 6 classes a day in elementary school you will have 10 classes or periods in one day in High School. Yes you will have more classes and more teachers than you can count and remember. And yes, they each think they are the only ones. It is up to you to step up to the plate and do your best. You have to get into the swing of things quickly without whining and kvetching about it. Everyone pays their dues and goes through it. Just do your best to get into the swing of things and get your work done. If you don’t know what you are doing ask someone for help so you catch up quickly. Don’t fall behind at the beginning or you will be in big trouble quickly. Don’t show off, yet don’t be shy. Be confident but don’t be bratty and show off because they will zoom in on you and try to trip you up.
Also in many High Schools the Teacher doesn’t change rooms the students do. So have funny running up and down the stairs in less than 4 minutes between classes.