Dear Freshman,
Welcome to H-F. I hope your year has been going well. If not here some free advice to help you get through your next 4 years of high school.
Things to avoid:
- Falling in the biopond
- We have a path for a reason
- Getting stung by bees
- H-F’s bees are friendly as long as you are.
- Mixing up upper and lower G
- Here’s a tip: upper G is on top
If your ever late to class here are some excuses to avoid:
- I fell in the biopond
- I got stung by a bee
- I mixed up upper and lower G.
Do you love school?
- Get a few tardies and you’ll get to be there for 5 hours every Saturday.
Transitioning extracurricular activities. It is preferable that you participate in as many of these as humanly possible (homework is overrated).
- Love arguing, about everything, while talking as fast as humanly possibly can
- Join debate
- Love bragging about your mile time.
- Join cross country
- Wish you could do theater ran year round
- Join speech
- Love dressing up and shouting “objection!”
- Join Mock Trial
- Watched too much Pirates of the Caribbean and want a pet Parrot
- Join zoobots
- Played with toy swords as a kid
- Join fencing
- Nerd with a photographic memory?
- Join scholastic bowl.
Or start your own club (including but limited to)
- Beekeeping club
- Synchronized swimming in the biopond
- Geography club
- Pro tip: Viking Country is not actually a country
- Also: Upper G is on top
Moving onto the topic of honors societies
- It’s preferable that you join enough of these that you have more required hours than are in the calendar year. As a result you may have to get creative with your volunteering.
- Hold the door open for your mother. Volunteering
- Help your friend that fell into the biopond. Volunteering.
- 5 hour detention on a Saturday. Volunteering.
- Drive your friend to the emergency room because they got stung by a bee and are allergic. Volunteering
- The bees are friendly. I promise.
On the topic of class rigor
- Your counselor will tell you that you need this
- Don’t listen to them.
But, if you really want to know what the class levels mean I’ll tell you
CP: What happens when you drink from the water fountain too many times in one day.
H: When you don’t want to make a decision between IB and AP
AP: How am I passing this class
IB: IB be BS-ing
That’s my essential advice for surviving your 4 years at HF. Let me make myself perfectly clear. Viking Country is not actually a country.
Sincerely, Ari
