Middle School Experience

I started my middle school at Foshay Learning Center but then I went to Richard Merkin Middle School. So there I started sixth grade but I was two weeks late. It was hard for me at first to get to my classes. When I got to the school for the first time I went into the High School building and so I was lost. But the good thing was that people from my Elementary School were there. Meeting friends at first wasn't hard as I has expected. I'd be around my Elementary friends. Including there was a girl who cried the first days. I started talking to her, and from there with knowing her I was able to meet the rest of my friends. Eventhough we had our discussions through out that year we still talk to each other. We are now in the 8th grade and have new friends but still talk to each other. My personality has grown a little more. I have been able to communicate easily with people. I have been able to listen more to others. Including to know whether who and who not to trust. Ever since I started middle school I have become more different in a way with my friends. When I can we would go out somewhere with them and not be scared. But I also have a feeling I have become a bit more responsible. Including been able to manage my time more. My grades have always been good. They never go down from a B. So it's always from an A to a B. and at the end of the year they are all A's. So I always do my best on reports and projects. Including my view in uniforms has changed. In Richard Merkin Middle School we wear uniforms. Now I don't think it is bad to have uniforms. You don't have to worry to wash clothes all the time, and you save money. Even though other people views are the same my views in things have changed. Well I haven't had gone out with any boys in the school. Yes I have liked people but not many. All I think about is what I'm responsible in at school and in my education. Through out the three years I have been in Richard Merkin Middle School my class mates change. Some of us grow more mature others not really. You are able to have relationship with you teachers. But also we or probably just me have been able to rely on my teachers. Like in schools there is always drama. But the drama is not that dramatic in other schools. There our teachers care for us. They want their students to acheive and have a future. Including they ways for students to receive the help they need. But one has to talk. Also in it, I have been able to speak out for myself. Not be ashamed to speak or comment. So being in middle school helps you develop yourself.
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CST Testing

CST is the short way to say California Standards Test. This test reflects on what your teachers have taught you and what you have learned through out the school year, and for that grade. It is usually took around the end of the year because by then you have learned everything you will need for the test. Most schools give the test around May so that the last months the students can go preparing for the next year.
Usually each year it has the basics you will need. The basics are english and math. but me as an Eighth grader and the other students took math, history, science and english. They were not that very hard. They just needed to be read carefully and think about it. Like some of the strategies to use are the answers they given in the answers. Pick the ones that are more reasonable. Including there are other questions that relate to that topic and give you most of the answer.
Those are the strategies I used for the testing in the CST. These strategies helped a lot. But they were not difficult. From a scale of 1-10. I would give them all about a 5. A 5 because in each one there were a few questions that were hard. So using the strategies helps you a lot. But one that was sort of uneasy was the history. The history because it has all three topics. Which were the ones we talked about during 6th, 7th and 8th grade. But since our teacher gave us a packet from all last two years then it refreshed our mind.
Your results come during the middle summer. They are not surprising because you already know that you will do great. As for me I know that at least I will get a basic. Rather receive a basic. But probably a proficient. I know I have done well, listened in class and reviewed my work.Receiving your scores helps you know that you have done well. So know I wait until the summer for my results.
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