I know high school is scary and even the smallest towns get threats and such. The school I went to was in a village, barely holding a grand total of approximately 2,000 students for all three schools. We have had bomb threats, shooting listings, men walking around with guns, and even had smaller type explosives go off. The only thing we did was go over procedures, keep your eyes open, try not to worry, and know what to do. I know bigger schools must have even more to worry about than I did, but we had them none-the-less. Some may not be as serious, but you will have hard times throughout. If you are truly that scared or worried about it, see about Private schools or Home-schooling. More expensive, but if your family can afford it, you will benefit from it more than you can imagine. You don’t have to suffer through the drama, the worries, or the pressure you will through public high schools. If that is not an option, review the procedures, ask your teachers about what if it were to happen, and personally, if you can, sit towards the back of the room and away from windows or doors. If that event does occur (whatever religion you believe, if any, forbid it) and you do not know the procedure, the best thing I could say would be keep your eyes open and if something like that does happen, get out of the way, for shootings, grab a desk, flip it over and hide behind it…if possible, construct a fort around you with desks, books, bags, whatever you can find, to block the attackers way.

Hopefully this helps and I hope it may bring you some sort of sense of calm. And always remember that: “None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.”

~Ferdinand Foch (1851 – 1929)

Listen, you have to remain calm.When a fight or something goes down.Don’t make a big deal out of it.Don’t crowd the hallways!!!Most fights happen in the halls or in the cafe.Also try not to make many eneimes.DUH!But still be yourself.Most classes are good if you can find a way not to get bored.It is also better when you have a really chill teacher.As for what you can do to pass,well that’s ovbious, pay attention, take good notes,find tricks that you remember things better,be good to your teacher and your teacher will be good to you. Trust me it pays to know that a teacher’s got your back.PLUS,you’ll need a college recommendation(hint,hint!!).But for real you just have to take a deep breath and relax. High school isn’t as stressful as you may think.OH!! REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN!!!

Aww, don’t be afraid of high school! It’s truly not as bad as we upperclassmen make it out to be. I don’t know about your high school, but to avoid being a victim try staying away from people who have to potential to hurt or kill. You’re going to have to be very alert and watch your classmates at your school. If you see something or hear something bad being planned, throw an anonymous tip to your principals immiediately.

If you do your homework, get tutorials if needed, and create a safe group of friends, then you will be successful and pass high school. I suggest taking the most challenging classes in your school’s curriculum to look good in the eyes of your future college prospectics.

Good luck little fishy!

OMG i no! im about to enter HS too! I’m scared because a lot of rumors are going on that there are drugs and stuff and it’s perfectly normal to be scared… just hang with the right ppl make the right decisions and be safe

High School isn’t anything to be scared about. Calm down, and buckle down. Rumors, Fight ect. happend in Middle School. High School is no different, xcept not as many fight, and more options in activitys.

aww dont worry about it. just dont get involved with drugs and gangs, cuz if u do, its probably more likely to get involved in fights and such.

just take as many ap classes as much as possible. make sure u try to take a math class up to caculus cuz it looks really good for universities. just work yer butt off cuz high school can determine yer future!!! good luck

listen to the other students, whenever a riot was comming there was advanced warning and kids would tell me dont come to school this day.

as for shootings stay in class and dont do drugs and u should be safe from shootings.

Get switched into a less dangerous school, if possible. You are supposed to feel safe and be safe at school? How many shootings have occured at your school?

well for you to be safe you need to make sure you don’t get yourself mixed up in any troubling situation. well you need to find something to get close to like sports, and some friends you know you can trust.

check out some links about how to survive high school.

hope this helps.

http://community.sparknotes.com/index.php/2005/07/29/surviving-high-school/

http://www.acalanes.k12.ca.us/adulted/html/survivingthetweens.htm