“My 9th grade experience has had its ups and downs… Starting off with a new school, people have friends from middle school and others like me have not so many. But once I figured out the environment it definitely went up… For some people they never find anyone they click with and just hope to be done with high school as soon as possible. For me, I happily found a few people that I like a lot. And I am glad to say I took away [gained] short and long friendships, embarrassing and memorable moments, lessons learned, [a] little education remembered, and some regrets.”