School (ed. 2)

To be more specific, I started school 18 days ago. Middle school. (I'm a seventh grader now.) 

I wake up at 6:00 every weekday morning, catch my bus at 7:00, wait three more stops, and then the bus driver arrives at school and everyone gets off. Then I go sit in the lecture hall with my friends (I don't know why we have to sit in the lecture hall). When the bell rings, we're allowed to go. I drop off my big backpack in my locker--since big backpacks aren't allowed in the hallways, I don't know why--and take out my binder (it's a three-inch binder. It's huge) and then, depending on the day (my school has a block schedule, so I have one class that's the same each day, then I alternate between my other classes) I either walk to French or PE. Then I have English (my every day class). Then I have either science or math. During math the lunch bell rings (the school has four different lunch periods, I'm in the second one), and in science I just drop off the stuff I don't need for lunch at my desk, then go to the cafeteria (I have lunch period #1 on science days). I like science lunch days better because I have more friends there. And we have assigned lunch tables--this class sits at these two tables, that class sits at those two tables, etc. I'm okay with that, though, because I don't have friends sitting at the other lunch tables. 
Anyway, after science or math, I walk to either history or chorus. 
Then the day is over! 

Things I like about school:
My classes are fun and my teachers are nice. (Not that my mom wasn't a good teacher, I'm just saying.)
If I finish early in class and there's still 20 minutes left before next period, my teachers will write me a library pass and I can go check out new books. :)
I have new friends! :D

Things that surprised me about school: 
There doesn't seem to be a hierarchy of popular kids (yet). 
Lockers aren't that hard to open, you just have to remember the combo. Except gym lockers are killer. What I mean is, they're so hard to open because you have to hold a lever-ish thing and pull up while also pushing up from below with a finger on your other hand, and they're stubborn and it's hard even if you put in the combination correctly.
In math class we don't actually turn in our homework, we just put it on our desks and the teacher checks off something on a clipboard.
I'm okay talking in class as long as it's a group report so I'm not alone up there and as long as I don't have to actually look at people. (good public speakers look at their audiences, blah, blah, blah, guess what, I'm not a good public speaker, I hate it, and you gotta deal with it!*)
I usually work better alone, but group projects aren't that bad.
Some people actually cannot identify every US state, even though the map shows the state boundaries.


Things that I was expecting about school that are true:
Middle-school boys are annoying, especially in gym class. 

Things that I was expecting about school that are false:
People would tease me about being homeschooled.
That it would be really rough.

Things I dislike about school:
The buses have ASSIGNED SEATS. I don't know why. I like my seatmate, but I like sitting alone too. I think it's based on which stop you are on the bus route. :|

Anyway, I like weekends 'cause I get to sleep in and relax, but I like school, too.




*yes that's a reference