Aunyaah Kennedy (seventh grade)
Q: Did your opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “In a way, yes, and in a way also, no. Uh, most of my teachers did stay the same but depending on my class’s actions, the teacher’s personalities changed.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “Getting to know everyone.”
Q: Do you think you changed a lot this year?
A: “In some ways I think I did, like, some of my actions did change–like, it was a big change coming into seventh grade from sixth grade so I had to change in those ways.”
Q: Do you think you learned a lot?
A: “Yes, I learned a bunch of information.”
Q: What was the best thing you’ve learned?
A: “Mostly everything in world geography–since it’s my favorite subject.”
Q: Looking back, what was your favorite school event?
A: “Uh, I actually just really enjoyed attending the track meets and competing in various different races.”
Q: What is the most important thing for sixth graders moving into seventh grade to know?
A: “Be organized, don’t talk back to the teachers–be respectful and just make sure you focus on getting good grades.”
Q: Are you upset that this year is ending?
A: “Yes, seventh grade is one of the best school years I’ve had so far and I’ll definitely miss it.”
Q: Are you excited for next year?
A: “Kind of, because part of me is really scared to go to eighth grade, but then another part of me just isn’t worried about it at all.”
Q: Did your opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “Not really because they’re still all really nice to us.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “Movie days were the best because we could just chill for a couple periods.”
Q: Do you think you changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Yes, not so much in my personality but in my physical features.”
Q: Do you feel as if you learned a lot?
A: “Yeah, I learned a lot in all of my classes, but I enjoyed learning in my science class the best.”
Q: What’s the most important thing for seventh graders coming into eighth grade to know?
A: “Just to try your best in all of your classes, and try not to talk over the teachers a lot.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “Yes because it’s going to be my last year and I’ve heard ninth is the funnest of all of the grades
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Q: Did your opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “Yes–their teaching has changed a lot since the beginning of year. It’s not as strict and demanding because it’s the end of the year and we don’t have as much to learn anymore.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “Probably all the different activities we did in the auditorium, things like movie day and the roar assemblies.”
Q: Do you think you’ve changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Yes, because my attitude towards school has just changed a lot. I went from not really caring about anything to understanding that getting my education is important.”
Q: What is the most important thing for sixth graders moving to seventh grade to know?
A: “Always know where your classes are and try not to get lost.”
Q: Are you upset this year is ending?
A: “Yeah, kind of, because all of my friends will all be in different classes next year and I’ll have to start over with all new people.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “I’m excited to be able to have a choice in more of which classes I take.”
Q: Did you opinions of your teachers change throughout the course of the year?
A: “Yes, because I really didn’t like school as much as I do now. It’s better because I really got to see the personalities of all the teachers and it made me feel better about them.”
Q: Do you think you’ve changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Yes. I’m not as quiet as a used to be and I’ve gotten more confident with people.”
Q: Do you feel like you learned a lot?
A: “Yes–I know more about the world and how it works.”
Q: What was the best thing you’ve learned?
A: “Probably just math class in general because we did equations and algebra.”
Q: What was your favorite school event?
A: “I really enjoyed attending all the school’s football games earlier in the fall.”
Q: What is the most important thing kids moving into seventh grade should know?
A: “Don’t freak out about anything, because school is really easy once you get the hang of it.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “I’m starting chorus next year, so I’m really pumped for that.”
Q: Did your opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “No, all of my opinions stayed the same.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “My favorite memory of this year was Harvest Day because we all got out of class.”
Q: Do you think you changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Not really, I’m pretty much the same person I was at the start of the year.”
Q: What’s the most important thing for kids moving into ninth grade to know?
A: “To not stress out about the little things.”
Q: Did you enjoy your last year at the junior high school?
A: “Yes, I’m going to miss it very much.”
Q: What was your favorite year of junior high?
A: “Eighth grade because it was the easiest.”
Q: Are you nervous for next year?
A: “No, I’m not, because it seems like it’s just going to be a bigger version of the junior high.”
Q: Did you opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “Not really, I’ve liked my teacher all year.”
Q: Do you think you’ve changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Yes, at the beginning of the year everything was strict and I had to be on my best behavior but now everything is more relaxed and I can lay back.”
Q: Do you feel like you learned a lot?
A: “Yes because there was a lot of stuff that I didn’t know that I learned this year.”
Q: What was the favorite thing that you learned?
A: “Probably learning about the Civil War was the best.”
Q: What was your favorite school event?
A: “Harvest Day because I got out of class and we didn’t have to do any work.”
Q: What is the most important thing for kids to know when moving into the eighth grade?
A: “I don’t think they really need to know anything–it’s just like seventh grade.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “Yes, because I’ll technically be in high school.”
Peirce Condo
Q: Did your opinions of your teachers change throughout the year?
A: “My opinions of my teachers have changed a little bit as most of the teachers have eased up on a lot of their lessons which makes class more fun.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “My favorite memory was going to a state competition in mathcounts.”
Q: Do you think you changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Uh, I don’t think I’ve changed that much but as I change I guess I don’t really notice it.”
Q: Do you feel like you’ve learned a lot this year?
A: “Yes, I feel that way because I’ve learned a lot in math and math is my favorite subject, and english isn’t my greatest but I’ve learned a lot in that class also.”
Q: What was your favorite school event?
A: “My favorites were the movie days and the harvest day because they were pretty fun.”
Q: What the most important thing for seventh graders next year to know?
A: “You need to stay organized and on top of your work if you want to succeed.”
Q: Are you upset that this year is ending?
A: “Uh, yes and no. I’m ready for the summer so it’s not that big of a deal but it was a fun year and I’m going to miss it.”
Q: Are you excited for next year?
A: “Yes, because I’m very excited to have some of the teachers I know I’ll probably get next year.”
Q: Have your opinions of your teachers changed throughout the year?
A: “Yes, they did because at the beginning of the year I thought they were more strict but now that I’ve gotten to know them, they seem nicer.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “I really enjoyed participating in speech league; it was a lot of fun.”
Q: Do you think you’ve changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Not really–well, at the beginning of the year I think I was more quiet and now towards the end of the year I’m much more open.”
Q: Do you feel like you’ve learned a lot?
A: “Yes, I’ve definitely learned a lot.”
Q: What was the most interesting thing you’ve learned?
A: “I enjoyed learning about space in science class.”
Q: What’s the most important thing for kids to know when moving into eighth grade?
A: “Just be yourself and don’t worry about what others think of you.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “I’m looking forward to having new classes and being with different people.”
Shane Mosher (eighth grade)
Q: Did the opinions of your teacher change throughout the course of year?
A: “No, they didn’t; all of my teachers are nice and they gave me no reason to change my positive opinion of them.”
Q: What was your favorite memory of this year?
A: “SSR with Mr. Mitchell because he played music for us.”
Q: Do you think you changed a lot throughout the year?
A: “Yes, I think I did change a lot. I got detention at the beginning of the year, and that was pretty new for me.”
Q: Do you feel you’ve learned a lot?
A: “No, because I’d forget everything after three days.”
Q: What was the best thing you’ve learned about?
A: “I really didn’t like anything we learned about.”
Q: Looking back, what was your favorite school event?
A: “Uh, probably Harvest Day because I got to spend the day hanging out with my friends.”
Q: What is the most important thing for kids moving into eighth grade to know?
A: “Don’t get yourself into trouble and listen to everyone.”
Q: Are you looking forward to next year?
A: “Not really, my brother told me about ninth grade and I don’t think I’m going to like it.”
CERA CAMPBELL • May 19, 2015 at 8:04 am
I love these questions. I also laughed at some of the answers. BTW ninth grade is the most fun you’ll ever have at this school. BTW a ninth grader is a freshman trapped in a junior high building.