I was really looking forward
to the eighth grade. The class would be shuffled again and I would have new
friends, new experiences and new things to learn. I was optimistic.
The first semester was not
very different from my experience in the seventh grade. More rote learning.
More Grades. Study, Do Not Understand. That is the objective. Stay Focused. If
you do not suffer now, then what will you do in the real world? (…In my
head…What in the world is the real world?...What world am I in now?.... Scratch
my head and nod back with a smile…I have no clue what is going on!)

