CorpusRecord 16844

Words of Wisdom for incoming Freshmen

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Source
YouTube / CMCTS Hawks
Date
2022-07-20
Location
Cape May County, NJ
Material
Transcript
Extent
433 words · about 3 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

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001[Music] thank you um so my advice to the incoming freshmen is to Branch out get involved join as many clubs as possible so you can make friends and that's really what's going to make your freshman year and all four years in high school great um I guess the best thing you could do is try to have a busy schedule like load yourself up with as many clubs and sports that you can do and it'll probably be the most fulfilling uh High School experience you can have my advice for the incoming freshmen is try to Branch out really just if you're interested in sports play sport it's really easy to make friends everybody's very welcoming teachers are always here to help you no matter what whether you're struggling for anything like just Branch Out friends are

002easy to make here everybody's extremely extremely nice my advice to the freshmen is to keep your work like keep doing your work keep your grades up because I did not do that my freshman and sophomore year and now I have sixty thousand dollars in college yet per year so make sure you do your work my piece of advice for the incoming freshman is to not skip your classes because it's not worth it in the end and you have to make up a bunch of time and it's pretty easy to just go my words of wisdom to incoming freshmen is participate in school activities and do a school sport because you're going to enjoy a lot and it gives you something to do and to make sure that you're surrounding yourself with good friends and you

003just keep your head high and get your work done yeah I second that as long as you do your work you can keep your head on straight you'll be absolutely fine just remember it doesn't matter what CTE class you pick that does that is not determine your future it's all in your hands just pick something that you're gonna have fun you're going to enjoy doing I would say to pick good friends that are good influences or else you're gonna be bad kids make sure to pick good classes well so it's not middle school anymore just be yourself you're you're becoming an adult you're going to high school be yourself the social classes drop in high school in high school as soon as you get to it you'll find your own friends you'll make it through

004you'll be in the four years will go out fast I say stick to yourself and make friends with as many teachers as you can because you never know when you'll need them in the future or when they need you and my advice for the Freshman is to just be nice to people and um just have fun it's all about having fun and keeping your grades on check so yeah my words of wisdom for the upcoming freshmen is to make a lot of friends do all your work stay in school don't skip a whole bunch of days like I did because in the long run it sucks and you gotta do a whole bunch of credit completion but just have fun with your four years of high school and just do that I don't know what

005to say after that [Music]

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