im about to start high school any advice?

[BLUEDASH2]

im about to start high school any advice? i dont want to make a bad impression on my first day

[Swordmaster Link]

Hide your lunch money.

As for impressions...eh, I doubt you'll be presented with any situations in which you'd make an impression per se. At the moment you're just another anonymous freshman in the tumultuous sea that is high school, so...go to class, get the rundown, and hide your lunch money.

[Ace Mercury]

Relax. High school will be over soon.

[BLUEDASH2]

k but what about rebellious pranks how can i pull them with out getting in trouble (and how can i write songs on history class without anyone noing espically them teacher when he strolls down the rows)

[Swordmaster Link]

Don't forget to enjoy it though. Freshman year is pretty uneventful (or at least in hindsight it was), but things pick up after that.

^ Uh...you need to stop watching TV.

[BLUEDASH2]

no seriously i want to pull at least 1 prank and not get in trouble (i took a tour of the campus and the teacher really does that)

[Swordmaster Link]

Why, may I ask, would you want to do that?

[BLUEDASH2]

its classified it falls under the haiting somphmore category >_> <_<

[Swordmaster Link]

Uh, ok...

[BLUEDASH2]

i wont tell you everything but one of the sophmores there is a person i hate he used to pull jokes on me all through out middle school

[CaptHayfever]

My advice: Don't talk the way you type.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Panfan]

Usually, you should save pranks for last week of senior year.

[Kil'jaeden]

I know a guy who did that. Really intelligent computer guy. He got into big trouble for forging the principal's name as part of his joke. We all attended his execution. It was a hand-picked squad of marksmen. The Commandant read his indictment, the order wass passed to a lieutenant in the courtyard, and they fired. They knee-capped him and slowly proceeded upward. That's typical high school fare for you.

[Demonicus Prime]

Some personalized advice, my friend.


Learn to run. Fast. You will, without a doubt, need it.

[Ace Mercury]

I never had to run fast, but I guess this guy might.

As for the prank thing: there are far more legal ways to have fun with friends. If you do want to do a prank, though, the opportunity will manifest itself throughout the course of your high school career. Just keep an eye out.

[Sim Kid]

1. The students.

Freshmen - New students, likely to be the shortest of the bunch. Don't be surprised to find the seniors stepping over them to get past their tight-knit crowds. Generally found clinging to the areas in front of your locker. Have absolutely NO idea where the bathrooms are.

Sophomores - Like Freshmen, only slightly taller. They're generally not as high-strung as freshmen are because they KNOW that High school's absolutely NOTHING like 90% of "Teen fiction", or "High School Fairy Tale"-crap like Bratz and Mean Girls. Only THINK They know where the Bathrooms are.

Juniors - Much older than the Sophomores, and are likely about a foot taller. You generally find them associating more and more with after-school groups and younger classes. Only actually KNOW where half the bathrooms are.

Seniors - Sometimes absolute pricks, sometimes you'll never actaully know them. Seniors are divided into two groups...People who pay attention and people who don't pay attention. The people who pay attention aren't lkely to speak because, chances are, they actually ARE aiming to get into good colleges, which is why they're taking AP classes. The people who DON'T pay attention are the ones who constantly have their cell phones in their hands. During class or free periods, they spend this time text messaging or listening to iPods, sometimes with one earbud in their ear and the other in their neighbour's ear. They actually KNOW where the bathrooms are.



2. The Cliques

If you think you know what High School is like from stuff like "Mean Girls", "Bratz", and those High-School-Fairy-Tales, you couldnt' be more wrong. Jocks are NOT dumber than their football, they are NOT all taking steroids or having sex in their cars. Not ALL preppies are like Paris Hilton, only the majority. Not ALL Cheerleaders are preppies and being friends with one does NOT bring you to the top of the social ladder. Being in band does NOT make you a nerd. Nerds are NOT given swirlies by stuck-up jocks, some rebels are NOT like Bender from The Breakfast Club. And there aren't just "Goths", there are "Goths" and "Emos". Goths are the actual goths, they listen to dark music, are higher than a bird in the sky, and don't cut themselves. Emos are the wannabe goths who listen to Marilyn Manson, read occult books, and are writing dark poetry. Generally, one way to tell an Emo from a Goth is whether or not they're high. Emos also tend to resemble Vampires, or Orochimaru from that show Naruto.


3. Interests
It's okay to like the Pokemon Games or Kingdom Hearts in High School. Just because it wasn't in Middle School doesn't mean some people have actually matured and would actually be accepting of it. Generally, only talk about it if they talk about it.


4. The Staff

For one, if you are being harassed or bullied in school, don't go to the staff. Unless you're threatening them with a lawsuit, they won't do a damn thing to help. If a fight actually breaks out, don't hit back. Defending yourself will get you in as much trouble as the person who instigated the fight. Heck, just letting him collapse your kidney or break your nose will get you in as much trouble as them.

The staff MAY tell you to just "ignore" a person who's harassing you, but that rarely ever works, if anything they'll start taunting you about being a cowards for not responding.


5. Placement

Don't sit in the back - That's where all the Unconscious and Text Messengers sit, and the teacher KNOWS that they're unconscilus or text messenging. If you want to actually get away with it without the teachers knowing, sit in the middle behind a big person.


6. Punishment.

For one, you will NEVER actually get in trouble for harassment. You're more likely to get in trouble for cutting class, plagirizing, or sitting on the tables.

If your school gives Suspension or Detention, don't act like it works at all...it's really just a vacation from school, you're really only in trouble from your parents.


7. Pranks.

Try to do something subtle...Sometimes, nerds will have the best pranks. Like if your school has Bibles in it, put them into the "Fiction" section, or hack the computers.

If you can hack the computers, here's a fun trick to do:

1. Set the mouse to "Left handed" and the cursor speed to "high".
2. Take a picture of the current desktop.
3. Move all the icons into an interior folder
4. Set the desktop as the picture with all the fake icons on it.


If they give out Ketchup packets, booby-trap the toilets with them, but only if your'e a girl. The reason why will be explained in the next section.


8. Toilets

If you are a boy and are on a bathroom break, try to find a little-known bathroom. Frequently-visited bathrooms tend to be Biohazards, as boys tend to go everywhere BUT in the toilets. I've even seen crap ALL. OVER. THE. FLOOR. In fact, the toilets are likely to be cleanest part of the bathroom, despite that boys like to piss all over the seat.

If possible, use a stall. It may be quicker to use a urinal, but some upperclassmen might decide it's fun to pee down your leg since you're a freshman. Some people may also decide to pee all around the Urinals or **** in them.


9. Food and Beverages

If there is a starbucks or coffee-stop nearby the school, take full advantage of it. Most High Schools nowadays require students to get up while it's still dark out, and with the amount of homework some classes, especially AP/IB classes give, you'll be up until Midnight trying to finish, unless you are lucky enough to get a block schedule. If you have a block schedule, then use the day when you DON'T have the classes to do the homework, unless it's some really really stupid project.


10. Remember...

Most of the stuff you have to do in High School doesn't mean a damn thing in real life. You'll only have to take that stuff seriously if you intend on doing it in college. You will NEVER have to write a book report about a piece of literature that's older than you are in real life. Very few people will actually be putting together a storyboard for a movie, and no one's going to care at all if you know very subtle details about the play "A Doll's House" outside of your English Classroom. You're likely never to experience Trigonomic Identities or make flutes if you're not planning to get into Physics.

10a. Class advice.

-Consumer Math may be the same kinds of math you see in Integrated or Algebra, but it is at least 85% word problems. You can pad it by saying that Consumer Math is to train you for real-life situations. (Eg, so you can identify an "X" to solve for".

-Colleges LOVE AP Classes. They're not really harder material (Except for math and Science), they're just a lot of extra work. But it'll pay off in College.

-I reccomend taking AP Statistics. It's considered the easiest AP class, and in fact, some who teach it don't actually consider it a math class, it's actually a little more of a Social Studies class. It's basically an AP Consumer Math and it's literally all applied to real-life situations.

-once you get past Biology and Anatomy, Science starts becoming at least 50-100% Math. (Physics contains so much math you should get Math Credit for it IMO) Chemistry is not just labs, it's got math in it as well.

-Physics is basically algebra, but what makes Physics hard is the labs and annoying projects. (Create a catapult, make a marble track out of cardboard, create a flute, etc) When you're taking the math tests, passing consumer math and being good at word problems will make it a breeze.

-If your school offers it, take ACE or PaCE. ACE is an internship that gives you work experience, and PaCE is basically an excuse to work during school hours and you get credit for it.



11. How NOT to be a Douchebag.

Don't make fun of people. Don't act like a Croyt you meet on Xbox Live. Don't yell Spoilers at people playing a game/reading a book/talking about a TV or Anime series.

Most importantly, try to be friends with your partners. Debate students are generally the best English or History project partners while really really smart people are generally the best Math / Science project/lab partners, but DON'T use them to get an "A" on that project/lab. DON'T make them do all the work, talk with them about the material, actually meet with them to finish the project or agree to take on as much work on the project/lab as they do. If you really need help, then ask them or a teacher.

[Valigarmander]

Don't trust anybody. If anyone approaches you, kick them in the groin and run.

[Auron]

How about this: Do all your work in school and get good grades. If you **** it up, colleges will notice and colleges will care.

[Prince Phaeral]

^Applause to you, my friend.

[BLUEDASH2]

the complete list is good but where not allowed to leave campus for any reason no starbucks near by closest one is proibily 25 miles away