User blog:SmudgyHollz/School, School and more School...

'Yes; the sunshine, hot and laziness - not that I got any of that - is to be replaced with rain, snow'' and homework. For me anyway, summer has come to an end. Which means only one thing; less time on Warriors Fanfiction! So, I have gathered all of you folks here today to discuss a number of topics, all school related. While I get over this teacher-like sentence that I have just written, have a look at my internet timetable;

Monday: As this is the first day of the week, I'll allow myself a treat. Expect me on any time after 16:45pm.

Tuesday: On this day I will not be on. At least, you won't see me on anyway. I'll just check up on you guys after school just to make sure that nothing exciting is happening or that I don't have any messages. Definitely no IRC.

Wednesday: Yey! I've presumably made it halfway through the week! I'll be found online sometime after 16:45pm for half an hour. If nothing has happened, I may be on the IRC for a little while.

Thursday: Nope, you won't see me on a Thursday. I'll check to see if anything has happened and reply to any messages, but that's it. A strict timed five minutes after school.

Friday: Okay; so it's the end of the week! I'll be on any time after 16:45pm if I have nothing going on!

Saturday: I will be online any time between 08:00am and 11:00am and then on again any time between 18:00pm and 22:00pm. That is, if I have nothing going on.

Sunday: On Sundays I shall be present in the morning, as above, any time between 08:00am and 11:00am. At night I'll be around between 19:30pm and 21:00pm. These morning times will depend on what I've got on during the weekend, but I should be free during the later times.

'''I've just realized that these times are a load of useless rubbish to most of you people! I'm in the UTC/GMT time zone. Since I can't be bothered, if you want to know the exact times that I'm on, you'll have to work it out yourself.'''

Let's move on;

Hopefully Some Useful Advice

'''I've just found out that I'll be moving into 8th Grade - the last form in Middle School! It's High School for me next year! That is, if I lived elsewhere. As it is, I go with the Scottish school system and have already dealt with all of this high school business! Yes, all of this advice may be kind of dodgy to you foreign folks but I'll have a go anyway - bearing in mind that my school is tiny and completely different to the vast majority of you people's schools.'''

'''Done with the introduction. Now for the moving-up-a-school advice;'''


 * 1) Don't be scared! Okay, I know this may be hard to do, but if you at least try to look confident on the outside, you will really benefit from it. When I moved up to my secondary school, I so terrified I was close to tears. Because of this, for the quite a number of weeks, I made the total of two friends - neither of which being very good ones. So speak up and you'll do great!
 * 2) Beware the upper years! I don't know if this applies purely to the students that attend my school, but the upper years will hate you just because you're the youngest. If you get lost only ask the teachers, Prefects or Heads (do other schools even get prefects and head boys and girls?). If you ask just any older student, you'll never know where you end up. Also, if you stay in school for lunch, try to stick with a group of people your own age.
 * 3) You do realize that you are going to get lost at one point? Coming from a primary of 37 students and two classrooms, I definitely got lost. The worst that you can do is to walk into the wrong class. This is painfully embarrassing - trust the girl that has once walked into two wrong rooms in a row! - but (hopefully) the teachers will have at least some sympathy.
 * 4) You'll be deserted and hated a lot. On the rare occasion that when you move up, you have good friends (which I did not), you don't have to worry about this. Those of you that don't, never fear; all of this drama and tears just takes you one step closer to finding your true friends. Take it for me - I went from a loner to one of those that hangs out with the popular crowd. Now I'm part of a nerd herd that hangs out in the library! Even though I'm not well-liked amongst the worshipped-`cool`-people, I know that my current friends would never desert me!
 * 5) Remember! Take a camera to school and click, click, clickety, click! Even if you feel like a huge spoon while you're doing this, you'll be glad you did it later. These school years will be some of the best years in your life! As well as this, I strongly suggest starting a diary - check out mine! - because it is amazing to read back through it!

Hope this was of use to you!

The Online Diary Situation

I really like these memory-saving little buddies. I'm going to read mine through ten years into the future and laugh at myself! Why? That's just the kind of person I am!

I started my one to record an exciting holiday. Well, I forgot to record that holiday... So I wrote down my school day instead. I wrote down the next day too. And the next. After that, I was addicted! You see, I have a love and hate relationship with speech. I love to tell people about stuff but hate to speak - I'm a naturally shy and nervous person. That's why I like writing so much. And that's why I like diaries. I can just pour my thoughts onto its pages!

This year, I have made it my challenge to record each and every day of S2 into a paper diary - and of course my online one. If you want, come and check it out to see if I succeed! And make your own! We could do it together!

So that's about all that's on my mind today! Remember to comment, comment, comment. Oh, and Bloodstar, I'm currently re-writing of A New Start In Life!