本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛High school is just a school after middle school right? Wrong! In grade 8 high school is already in motion, full speed, like a locomotive, it will be heading towards you like a freight train, and there are only moments to decide. You have to pick really quickly, with a bunch of options thrust towards you; which school? Which classes? Transportation? Friends? Special programs? Bullies? Teachers? All of these options and questions are spilling out, but they will be answered one by one.
First of all, all these schools, most likely there are only 2 or 3 that are actually real options, the rest are just small incentives when there is a big picture that you must see. There is you obvious answer, your home school, which is just there if you do not want to apply for some special program one way or another, and of course your home high school can have a special program too, but if you do not make it you can still apply for the normal program, actually, most school guidance counsellors will automatically hold a spot for all students at their home schools. That narrows it down a bit. There are also French immersion/extended where these students have few schools, in fact for my region, there are only 1 French Immersion and 2 Extended French schools as far as memory goes, so if you want to continue in either, then you really do not have a choice other than to quit the program. Finally there are the special programs that get thrust in your faces, these are the schools that are mostly up and about trying to get people to sign up, as they are sometimes even prestigious, Gifted, Sci-Tech, Arts, IB, just to name some are the most common ones that appear, and are often only 1 or 2 are really a choice for you, but that adds a bit, then it's up to you and your parents to decide, but there is always a chance that you end up stuck in your home high school, but turn that frown upside down, it cannot be that bad right?
In grade 9 there are only 2 classes you can chose really, you have science, history, geography, mathematics, English, and gym mandatory, leaving you with a choice of visual arts, musical (both instrumental and vocal) arts, dramatic arts, business, and technology. For the most part, people will take the one art that they are good at and tech/business, for the most part, people take dramatic arts, because they think it is the easiest course, but it is actually not.
Mostly you will have to walk/bike/drive/get-driven to school, or of course if it is farther away (say you live in port credit and want to go to Clarkson you will take a bus or drive/get-driven) you can take a bus, if you go to your home high school, then you will be within walking distance, so most of the time, you will walk, but if you are in a special program away from your home high school, you are going to have to find alternate arrangements, and so thus is life.
For friends, bullies, and teachers, life is just like that, there are good, the bad, and the ugly (though not necessarily in that order) and you can always make new friends, not always are teachers dorks, and you can always avoid bullies if you try, and try to avoid getting in too much trouble to stay on the teachers good sides.
Special courses, while there are many to choose from such as the arts if you are good at music, dancing, acting, drawing, whatever, and those are most likely the schools for you. Also there is the Sci-Tech program, which is for the computer savvy, you will do a lot of computer and technology things such as programming, metal/electrical/technical/wood working projects and the such, it is said to be one of the most entertaining courses.
Intellectually Gifted is another one as well, there is a prerequisite, you need to be in the enhanced program before enrolling in this program, however, the enrolment is just handing in your gifted papers, this is a lot different from the middle school program as everybody in your class is gifted so there will be a lot of smart people in your class so you must keep up with your peers. Also there are the French Immersion/Extended programs which require you to have taken immersion/extended starting grade 1/4 respectively and they take multiple classes in French and are pretty difficult.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
First of all, all these schools, most likely there are only 2 or 3 that are actually real options, the rest are just small incentives when there is a big picture that you must see. There is you obvious answer, your home school, which is just there if you do not want to apply for some special program one way or another, and of course your home high school can have a special program too, but if you do not make it you can still apply for the normal program, actually, most school guidance counsellors will automatically hold a spot for all students at their home schools. That narrows it down a bit. There are also French immersion/extended where these students have few schools, in fact for my region, there are only 1 French Immersion and 2 Extended French schools as far as memory goes, so if you want to continue in either, then you really do not have a choice other than to quit the program. Finally there are the special programs that get thrust in your faces, these are the schools that are mostly up and about trying to get people to sign up, as they are sometimes even prestigious, Gifted, Sci-Tech, Arts, IB, just to name some are the most common ones that appear, and are often only 1 or 2 are really a choice for you, but that adds a bit, then it's up to you and your parents to decide, but there is always a chance that you end up stuck in your home high school, but turn that frown upside down, it cannot be that bad right?
In grade 9 there are only 2 classes you can chose really, you have science, history, geography, mathematics, English, and gym mandatory, leaving you with a choice of visual arts, musical (both instrumental and vocal) arts, dramatic arts, business, and technology. For the most part, people will take the one art that they are good at and tech/business, for the most part, people take dramatic arts, because they think it is the easiest course, but it is actually not.
Mostly you will have to walk/bike/drive/get-driven to school, or of course if it is farther away (say you live in port credit and want to go to Clarkson you will take a bus or drive/get-driven) you can take a bus, if you go to your home high school, then you will be within walking distance, so most of the time, you will walk, but if you are in a special program away from your home high school, you are going to have to find alternate arrangements, and so thus is life.
For friends, bullies, and teachers, life is just like that, there are good, the bad, and the ugly (though not necessarily in that order) and you can always make new friends, not always are teachers dorks, and you can always avoid bullies if you try, and try to avoid getting in too much trouble to stay on the teachers good sides.
Special courses, while there are many to choose from such as the arts if you are good at music, dancing, acting, drawing, whatever, and those are most likely the schools for you. Also there is the Sci-Tech program, which is for the computer savvy, you will do a lot of computer and technology things such as programming, metal/electrical/technical/wood working projects and the such, it is said to be one of the most entertaining courses.
Intellectually Gifted is another one as well, there is a prerequisite, you need to be in the enhanced program before enrolling in this program, however, the enrolment is just handing in your gifted papers, this is a lot different from the middle school program as everybody in your class is gifted so there will be a lot of smart people in your class so you must keep up with your peers. Also there are the French Immersion/Extended programs which require you to have taken immersion/extended starting grade 1/4 respectively and they take multiple classes in French and are pretty difficult.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net