A Clarke Central High School sophomore sits with her head on her desk. News Staffer Adah Hamman, a sophomore, has experienced first-hand the challenges that come with sophomore year. “I mean, who doesn’t enjoy scurrying through the hallways in order to get to fourth period on time? Or staying up all night studying for the impending PSATs?” Hamman wrote. “Or being constantly reminded that you’re beginning your journey into adulthood and need to ‘start thinking about college?’” Illustration by Sam Harwell
Clarke Central High School sophomore and News Staffer Adah Hamman discusses the changes that come with entering the tenth grade.
I’m a sophomore this year, which means that a variety of things are different when it comes to my school life— all good things, of course. It’s not like I’m now considered one of the middle children of high schools everywhere.
That would be awful.
I mean, who doesn’t enjoy scurrying through the hallways in order to get to fourth period on time? Or staying up all night studying for the impending PSATs? Or being constantly reminded that you’re beginning your journey into adulthood and need to “start thinking about college?” Or—
I could go on all day. However, nobody seems to want to listen… weird.
All jokes aside, I love being a tenth-grader! Last year was just so awful. Who would miss having one hallway containing all of your subjects? I can’t say I do. Not everybody knows this, but wandering all throughout the school is an excellent way to get your cardio in!
All jokes aside, I love being a tenth-grader! Last year was just so awful. Who would miss having one hallway containing all of your subjects? I can’t say I do. Not everybody knows this, but wandering all throughout the school is an excellent way to get your cardio in!
Sophomores get a lot of privileges, too. Yeah, freshmen get a designated hallway, an almost non-existent workload, and a general grace period when it comes to teachers doling out punishments, and, yeah, seniors get the senior banquet, the senior picnic, and excuses to slack off at the end of the year, but we get… um. Hold on, give me a second.
Yeah, sophomores get little to no attention. And why should we? Everyone knows sophomore year is the easiest. It’s only the year that the novelty of high school begins to wear off, and estranged (yet oddly personal) second cousins start to ask about which colleges you’re considering applying to.
Whatever. That’s probably just me talking.
I mean, who’s ever heard of the “sophomore slump?”
