First First Day vs Last First Day
What's the significant change that happens when you become a freshman or a senior?
It seems as though the change for freshman is all social, while for the seniors it’s all about workload and adulthood.
Many freshman are told how to handle teachers and other students on the first day of school. The seniors get told to expect lots of homework, and to stop acting like kids because they are about to be adults.
“I asked some upper-classmen what to expect and they said... don’t talk trash to any seniors,” said freshman Logan Yeck.
Going into the first day of school can be frightening for both groups of people because of all the terrible half-truths that gets drilled into them beforehand by adults.
Freshman are told all about senior bullies and are expecting to be late to every class and embarrass themselves, while seniors expect to get mountain loads of homework.
These expectations can shape the first day of school into something conformed to the undue stress that gets put in our minds as students.
However, some people enjoy challenge and thrive under the mirage of difficulty people make senior and freshman year out to be.
“I was super excited to see all of my classmates, even the ones I'm not the fondest of,” said senior Shelby Woods.
A lot of freshman don’t really care about seeing their peers or documenting their first day of school. Freshman year is notorious for being horrible, so why would anyone want to document or celebrate the first day of it?
“When I saw my classmates I wanted to see some, but could care less about others” said freshman Daniel Lackey.
For a lot of freshmen, they are expecting to be bullied and smooshed in the hallways.
They have new teachers, a new school, and a new place in the social food chain on their mind. They’re not as worried about making memories or adopting more work because they’ve been conditioned to focus on the social challenges of being a freshman.
“I heard everything from ‘It’ll be the easiest year of high school,’ to ‘Get ready to drown in homework,’” said senior Taylor Stephenson.
A lot of seniors this year have known each other since they were kids, and those kind of connections can change from being insignificant to being the source of happiness and nostalgia that comes on the first day of school for seniors.
On the first day of school, seniors have been prepared for and are expecting a huge shift in workload and responsibility because of their approaching adulthood.
Everything that’s in a senior’s mind is work, being an adult, and making last first day memories. They’re not as worried about teachers or how to get to class because they’ve been conditioned to worry more about being responsible.
On the first day of school a lot of seniors get emotional because it’s their “last first day” of high school. People make up with lifelong enemies, take big smiley pictures, and even cry. This is understandable because of the fact that they will never have a first day of school again.
Whether it’s your first first day, or your last first day, there are challenges and obstacles that you will have to overcome to be successful, but with some good advice and good friends, you are sure to meet every struggle with the strength to conquer it.
The freshman class is going to get to see each other on three more first days of school, so it doesn’t really matter if they don’t like each other or take pictures together. If people don’t see each other on the first day of school, many don’t see it as a big deal because they have four more years with each other.
