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ADAPTING TO A NEW SCHOOL

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 Before I begin this article, I’ll want you to know this: _________________________________________ Adaptation is of the living, and since you live, you should learn to adapt. It makes life a whole lot easier. Efzibarh. _________________________________________   Have you ever taken your bath with a cold water? How did you feel at first, when the water touches your skin? Of course, you’d feel so cold and wish to skip the day’s bath. But do you notice that after some time while finally bathing, you won’t feel as cold and scared as you were before? At that moment, your body has temporarily Adapted.  In like manner, while moving to a new school, you may feel rather like an alien amongst humans. Thoughts of "how will I ever adapt to this new school" may flood your mind. Well, know that it’s a normal way to feel while in the mist of new faces. And here in this article, I’ll be giving you clues to easily adapt and get used to the system in your new school. ...

CHOOSING YOUR FRIENDS

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Before I begin this article, I’ll want you to know this: _________________________________________ Be careful with your choice of friends, just like a pair of glasses, they have the power to sharpen or blur your mind. Efzibarh. _________________________________________   If there’s one thing that makes schooling interesting, then it’s the cool friends we have. Friends we hang out with, sturdy with, do silly things with, laugh with, share our feelings with and sometimes fight with. They make the most of our memories. I can’t even imagine school life without friends.   Since it's a basic fact that the friends we make directly or indirectly influence our actions, so care must be taken when choosing them.   In this article, I’ll be giving you tips on how to choose friends in school. “You’re on a three weeks suspension, that’s my decision and it’s final!”. These were the words of my School principal… Flash back…  Being a boarder in school, I...

DEALING WITH FEAR IN SCHOOL

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  Before I begin this article, I’ll want you to know this: _________________________________________ Fear has a large shadow but he himself is small.   Ruth Gendlen. _________________________________________    Fear, this four lettered words have killed the potentials of many students that allowed it. And just as Ruth Gendlen has said, though may look like a mountain but when you actually face it, you’d see that it’s only a piece of stone. A sad story from a teenage girl:   It was my second year in college when our rector wrote an equation on the board. “who is very sure of solving this?” he said with a stern voice. “oh, I’ve solved something like this before”. I was about raising my hand when a thought struck my mind; “what if I go out there and mess up…in front of the whole class! By this time, my heart was already racing. “how’d I walk back to my sit after failing? With this, I remained quiet. When he saw no one came o...