For some reason I felt the days, weeks and months in eighth grade were flying so fast especially the first semester.
There were lots of events and activities going on in the eighth grade including of course the ongoing entertainments, gossips and drama in the corridors, cafeterias, sports games and performing arts activities and on the buses, it was non-stop entertainment, almost like I was in the Chicago middle school Broadway show!!
I was also part of the entertainment, gossips and drama which was never pleasant especially being a mixed colored race student, being the champion in archery and badminton, scoring the highest in math, sciences and the yearly assessments which was something very hard for people to swallow and accept in middle school.
It was never something that bothered me, and while I didn’t really have any friends in eighth grade, I knew in my heart I did nothing wrong and was very proud of my success and the best part was always knowing I had Jaime, Chris and my parents by my side.
Speaking of entertainment, you remember Cynthia and Carl right?
Well, they wanted to hang out with me after seeing how well I was doing since seventh grade including their friends.
They started talking to me asking if they could be friends, wanting to go everywhere I went and were always concerned with whom I was talking to at lunch and recess times.
I told Jaime and Chris about it not that they were very keen on wanting to be their friends.
However, it was already clear to me that Jaime and Chris were not interested in making friends with anyone else in middle school.
Furthermore, after what I went through in sixth and seventh grade and the fact that Cynthia and Carl were in the same class but didn’t bother to stand up or help their buddy Diana that friendship ended for them in fifth grade.
Jaime and Chris never spoke to them ever again since the beginning of middle school.
I always thought I was the cold hearted cruel unfriendly person but I realized Jaime and Chris were even worse than me as in once you crossed their lines, they were done, never looking back and blacklisted for life!!
They never believed in giving people second chances in life and it was for those reasons I never mentioned Cynthia and Carl’s names in front of them ever again.
From that day, I had to distance myself from them, not talk to them even though we were classmates because I knew it would cause problems in my relationships with Jaime and Chris.
Moreover, I was not about to lose my two best buddies and ruin our relationships just because they finally realized that it was OK to be friends with a mixed colored race classmate because she was all of a sudden too cool, smart, funny and liked by a lot of people. You are reading on novelping . com, the official source.
The second semester of eighth grade was finally here and the countdown continued to when June 2016 would mark the end of my three toughest years in middle school.
Preparations for high school were underway and we had to start thinking about the courses we were to take in ninth grade next school year.
The number of courses available for ninth grade was very extensive and vast with great course choices.
When we had an information meeting session on ninth grade presented by the counselors and the high school principal, Jaime, Chris and I sat together listening attentively to what was being said.
I started scribbling notes of the courses I wanted to take in ninth grade; chemistry, biology, advanced algebra, physical education and health, English 9, drama and dance, world history, French and Spanish.
I forwarded my list to Jaime and Chris, they glanced and smiled at me and right away I knew they were going to choose the same courses.
In addition to taking Spanish, was very happy that I could take a second language thus I chose French and was very excited about it.
After the meeting, we went straight to the middle office and got the course selection forms and started filling out the courses we wanted to take in ninth grade exactly as I had written in my notebook.
We had also spoken to our parents and they were all in agreement with the courses we selected for three reasons.
Firstly, they knew we loved the courses we had selected, secondly they also knew that the courses were not going to be difficult or challenging for any of us and finally they knew we wanted to be in the same classes while in high school.
We had contemplated on taking all three sciences physics, chemistry and biology but that was going to be too much and we would miss out on other great course opportunities, so took biology and chemistry and left physics for tenth grade.
Nevertheless, was very pleased that dance and drama classes were offered as a separate course.
I was very happy that I was finally able to take part in a dance class since I had always loved music which was the same for Jaime and Chris.
Once the forms were filled out and with the given green light from our parents, we were confident with the courses we chose and gave the forms to our middle school counselor.
From that moment on all I ever kept thinking about was high school, life in high school, the classes, activities, events, and the best part was being able to be in the same classes as Jaime and Chris once again!!
The final weeks towards the end of eighth grade were around the corner, there were lots of celebrations going on including birthdays, farewell parties for students who were leaving Chicago moving to another state or country.
In addition, had an assembly to not only bid farewell to students and teachers but to also congratulate students who performed very well during the school year. Read this novel at novelping(.)com for the best experience.
This was going to be my last assembly in middle school and one that would always be remembered in middle school history.
Parents were also invited which of course my parents, Jaime and Chris’s parents’ attended as well.
Many students received different awards including Jaime, Chris and I receiving awards for boys and girls athlete of the year, Eddie, Chris, Jaime and I received the awards for attaining the highest scores in the entire eighth grade, not only in the core subjects but also in the assessments.
Eddie, Jaime and I received awards for the mathematics championships in the entire Chicago while Jaime, Chris and Eddie received an award for the chess championships in the entire Chicago.
Other awards included best classroom performance, and best individual classroom performances for each eighth grade class.
Eddie and I received for our class which was given to us by Mr.
Sims.
I was very happy and honored and even gave him a hug and thanked him.
I know all eyes were on me while I was getting the awards, but I told myself “If I was not deserving of these awards, I would never have been acknowledged, recognized or awarded for anything, but with my hard work, perseverance, determination, support, love and encouragement from Mr.
Sims, my parents, Chris and Jaime it is what had gotten me to where I am today and for this I am and will forever be thankful and grateful to them.”
In the summer of June 2016, the school year ended for middle school students especially to all the eighth grade students.
Throughout my three year journey as a student in Chicago Middle School I had been through days, weeks, months, and semesters when I wasn’t sure if I would pull through or make it, hey there were times I just wasn’t feeling like going to school at all!!
Nevertheless I am not going to lie; I have to say was pretty happy to have made the choice of never doubting myself even when things got rough.
There comes a time, a season and a place when you tell yourself enough is enough and if anyone wants to put me down or destroy me they better make sure they aim well because the day I decide to put my foot down and seal all them gossipers, haters, and bullies and the negative vibes that come my way, nothing will ever get in my way.
I went through a lot in middle school but came out stronger, mature, better, wiser and even more confident not only in everything I did but most importantly as a mixed colored race person.