Being a freshman in high school can be scary.  You're changing schools and some of your friends may go to other schools.  You may be a 'small fish in a big pond' and will have to get used to the possibility that you may not be that popular as you were in middle school.  You'll need skills to help get you through the high schools years.  These skills can help you while you're a teen but they can also help you when you're an adult.

Before you head off to the 9th grade, you could master the following skills:

1.  Learn how to apply makeup the right way.
2.  Learn how to respect yourself.
3.  Learn to agree to disagree.
4.  Learn how to set boundaries with people.
5.  Learn all you can about finance and money.
6.  Choose your fashion style with care.  Revealing too much isn't the best or only option.  Select clothes that fit your body type.
7.  Learn how to groom yourself from head to toe.  Rolling out of bed and going to school doesn't show that you respect yourself.
8.  Learn how to read a map.
9.  Learn how to use public transportation.
10.  Learn every alternate route to get home.
11.  Learn how to process your emotions so they don't run your life.
12.  Learn how to say "please, thank you, yes, and no."
13.  Learn to listen to your intuition.
14.  Learn how to prepare your own breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
15.  Learn how to balance a checkbook.
16.  Learn how to set goals but know how to create a plan to meet them.
17.  Learn how to create a budget.
18.  Learn how to meditate.
19.  Choose a religion or means of practicing spirituality that works for you.
20.  Know how to read and write.
21.  Know how to ask for help.
22.  Know how to do your own laundry.
23.  Learn how to choose your friends wisely.
24.  Speak proper English.
25.  Know how to hail cab in the U.S. and other countries.
26.  Learn sign language.
27.  Learn how to read body language.
28.  Know how to perform CPR and the Heimlich maneuver.
29.  Know how to prepare a sling.
30.  Respect others
31.  Learn how to properly deal with conflict
32.  Learn how to express your needs
33.  Say "No" to gossip and rumors
34.  Know how to grocery shop
35.  Learn self defense moves

These are only a few of the skills you could master before you get to high school. They could save your life, enhance your life, and contribute to your life to in a positive life.  Think of some things that you could master before you get to high school and share with your friends! 



 


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