Tedhaun Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 8th grade already 48066? I never really seen that coming. I started 8th grade when I was 13 like most others. :P Quote
The Meepit Commando Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 I was twelve when I started grade 8 as well, but I didn't skip a grade, I just happened to be born just a few days before the cutoff date :) I actually like being among one of the youngest people in the grade, believe it or not. Really? so I am not the only 12 year old 8th grader here. :laughingsmiley: 8th grade already 48066? I never really seen that coming. I started 8th grade when I was 13 like most others. :P Yep, all of my friends are 13 and 14, AND I am the youngest 8th grader, don't know if that is good or bad TBH.. Quote
Spritzie Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 I was always the oldest in my grade. (Not counting a boy in middle school that had to re-take 8th.) My birthday is in the summer, so I turned 14 before my 8th grade year even started. My sister's birthday was less than a week from the cut-off and they had a trip planned when she was supposed to go to kindergarten at 5, so they waited a year. Since my sister and I are almost exactly 3 years apart, they waited for me as well, so we'd always be separate. (My grade school had 3 playgrounds, one for kindergarten, one for 1-2, one for 3-5. So each time I moved to a new playground, my sister moved to the next one. When I was in 3rd, she moved to middle school. When I went to middle school, she went to HS. So we were together for one year in HS.) Quote
rachiee Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 I have a friend who's among the oldest in the grade- she might be the oldest, but I don't really know. She wasn't held back, instead she transferred from another district. My brother is also among the oldest in his grade. He's a little less than two years older than me, but he missed the cutoff date and is going to be a sophomore rather than a junior. As far as I know of, there's one person who got held back in my grade, yet no one who skipped a grade. o_O Quote
The Meepit Commando Posted August 29, 2011 Posted August 29, 2011 I wouldn't like being the oldest like in Spritzie's and Pyrope's case... Quote
Spritzie Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 It didn't bother me. No one ever really made a big deal out of it. Plus, in HS, I could drive before anyone else could. I had my driver's permit before I even went to HS. Quote
rachiee Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 One thing I don't like about being one of the youngest in the grade is being among the last to get their learners' permit and driver's license. (I'll have to wait until I'm a junior until I can get my permit, and a senior when I can get my license.) Of course, I don't think everyone in the grade is going to try and get their permit the minute they turn sixteen, but whatever. (to be honest, I probably have enough money to buy a car...but the best I could get would be some piece of crap early '90s Dodge or something <_< do not want) Quote
Spritzie Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 :laughingsmiley: My first car was a 87 Toyota. My parents had bought it for my sister, and repaired it for me. (The engine blew up.) My second car was a 94 Civic when the Toyota died. I didn't buy my own car until I was 22. (I bought a 2000 Toyota SUV) What are NY's driving laws? I got my permit a month after I turned 15, because I took driver's ed. I got my license the day I turned 16. Quote
rachiee Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 You have to be 16 to get a learner's permit, and 17 to get a full license. If you have a learner's permit (no matter how old you are), you can't go through tunnels and over bridges in the city and on parkways. (Personally, if I was making the rules, I wouldn't let any driver under 18 to go through tunnels, on parkways and over bridges, but that's just me) I hear the the city is a lot more strict with their teenage driving laws...I don't blame them, and it makes me somewhat glad I live in the suburbs. :laughingsmiley: That's pretty much all I know. The state DMV website is not very helpful when it comes to that kind of stuff :P Quote
Spritzie Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 If I remember right, even though you got your full license at 16, there were restrictions, not as to where you could drive, but how many passengers under 18, and you weren't allowed to drive between midnight and 5/6 am unless it was for work. Now, things are different. They have phone restrictions, like no phone calls under 18, unless it's to 911 or something like that. I don't know. I'm 26 now, so it's been awhile. Quote
rachiee Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I know that the city has a rule where, if you have your permit, you can't drive between 9pm-5am, period. I think it's pretty much the same on Long Island, but I'm not so sure about that. Everywhere else in New York, if you have a permit, you can drive between the hours of 9pm and 5am, but you have to have a licensed driver over 21 with you. Quote
Spritzie Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Here, I don't think the permit has the time restrictions, since you had to be with an adult. I know I drove home after midnight one night when I was 16. (I think the restrictions went until 17.) But I was heading home from baby-sitting. Quote
The Meepit Commando Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 here in Michigan you can drive with an adult when you turn 16 and alone when you turn 18, Im 99% sure, and Im too lazy to check XD Quote
Spritzie Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 They actually made it younger here, at least between my sister and I driving. When she was of driving age, you could get your permit at 15 and 3 months, if you took driver's ed. If you didn't, you had to be 15.5. And license at 16. By the time I was of driving age (nearly 3 years later) it was 15 even, with driver's ed, and 15.5 without. Quote
Naamah D. Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah,today was my first day and I got in trouble over my shirt. First it show "too much of my shoulders" and then I got asked if the Japanese lettering on it was a gang symbol! My mom wouldn't of let me out of the house if it did and was either one of those or both. Oh and I'm wearing my Ramones shirt tommorow and I might as well getting in trouble for that because it's "Punk Rock" :grrr: Quote
Tedhaun Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I never really wear screened tees myself, I always wear regular T-shirts (for anything), and plain polos when I have to go to work and such. I'm no guy for fashion myself, no offense. Quote
rachiee Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 I finally decided what I'm going to wear on the first day. I'm also going to orientation on Thursday (mainly just because my friend is going) and I don't know what to wear to that. I was considering wearing my new jeans and snazzy black boots to orientation, but I realized I wanted to save those for the first day :P Also, I got my schedule changed so I have lunch with my friends, and I also found out that I have math class with one of my friends!! :woot: Best. day. ever. Quote
Naamah D. Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 My best friend and I just lurked in a corner and watched like 3 kids make total tools outta themselves the first day. Nothing productive happened today, so other than my friend and I talking about things it was rather boring. And holy heck! I made a custom character on Soul Calibur IV, she is awesome! Her weapon/fighting style is Zasamels, she looks like the Grim Reapers little sister! I have 3 other custom characters, Nahemah and two others that have inapropriate names. Oh yes and my "Lady Zasamels"s name is Doom. Quote
Tedhaun Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I thought that I was going to job training next Wednesday, but I actually go the Monday after Labour Day. I just hoping that they give me some good jobs that I might like rather than ones I don't. Quote
rachiee Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Okay, so I had orientation today. It was quite boring aside from the fact that five of my friends were there. Also, a new kid in grade 10 came and the popular girls were all like, fawning over him. That was pretty...er...amusing. :P One of the girls was describing some of the other students to the new kid, and I heard that she called me mean en español. :| I was like what the heck I'm actually a sweetie if anyone's the mean one it's you oh yeah I actually take French but I know enough Spanish to know that you said I was mean. I didn't get to say that to her face though... Also, my feet are killing me. I made the mistake of wearing brand new heeled shoes there and the walk home was just brutal. I think I'm feeling a blister start to form on one of my toes. :( Quote
Wembly Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 Heeled shoes are one of the craziest inventions ever. Silly fashion causing pain. I don't think I've ever worn heels before, I'm not very girly/coordinated :rolleyes_anim: Quote
Tedhaun Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I never wear heeled shoes myself since I'm a guy. Only shoes I like wearing all the time are sneakers, in and out of the house for that matter. Quote
Spritzie Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 I love wearing heels, but I rarely wear them, since I rarely dress up for anything. But I don't go for the crazy high heels. Now, I'm pretty much all flip-flops, if it's warm enough. (And sometimes even if it isn't.) Quote
rachiee Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 I like wearing heeled shoes, it's just that they can be really painful at times. :S Earlier today, after I got home, I could barely walk, even without shoes on. A few hours have passed and my feet aren't bothering me as much. Thank goodness I have two pairs of heeled boots that are more comfortable than actual heels. I also have my countless pairs of flip-flops and sneakers, and my one pair of grey Uggs. :D Quote
Spritzie Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 I'd never wear heels to school, though I have worn them to work. (Though it was usually high heeled boots that I wore with my dress pants/jeans) Quote
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