High School: Advice For Incoming Freshmen

High school is a jungle. There are silent rules that can’t be broken and foreign territories with boundaries that can’t be crossed. Entering the high school battlefront is life changing for everyone, especially freshmen, and that is just the beginning of the next four years of their life.
No matter how many “Advice for Incoming Freshmen” YouTube videos they watch, or how many pep talks they get from upperclassmen, Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) is something one can’t prepare for.
“It was confusing on the first day of school,…” said Kimberly Palmers, a digital audio student in the Communication and Entertainment Academy.
Something most freshmen can relate to is that confusion felt throughout the first days. During that confusion is

when most freshmen students learn to master the valuable skill that is time management. The freshmen students are also still deciding whether they should just wait in the long cafeteria lunch line or quiet their starving belly with vending machine snacks.
Strong bonds between friends and new-found freedom is all created in MLEC. Adapting to your new surroundings is just the start.
“If you are overwhelmed, don’t be afraid to take a nap and prioritize.” said Michele Wu, Cambridge Engineering Senior.
Soon the nauseating feeling that appears every morning right before stepping on school grounds starts to fade. The key is to become accustomed to the chaos that is MLEC. Once accustomed to MLEC, school life is as Jessica Santos, a Health Academy student, said “[You] feel more at home here than at middle school.”
Academically, whether a student is in the Cambridge Academy or not, Miami Lakes Educational Center has tough classes. Kids looking for a bright future come here with high hopes and ready to work. Ali Hussain, an Information Technology student, already feels the pressure of his classes.
Teachers here at Miami Lakes Educational Center expect a lot from their students and want only the best from them.
“Let the choices you make today be the choices you can live with tomorrow,.” quoted Mr. Sanchez, a biology teacher.
Teachers They push their students to reach high goals and prepare them for future experiences. Luckily, the freshmen teachers are also nice and supportive with their students, said John Bernal, a Cooking Entrepreneur student.
At Miami Lakes Educational Center the freshmen students are in good hands. Freshmen students are surrounded by the great influences that are the staff and upperclassmen, no matter how intimidating they may seem.