First Day of High School

I arrived in the car at the side gate of this huge building. Everything looked so new and expensive compared to my primary school. I was lucky enough to have a few people from my primary school in my year. My friend picked me up from my house before, so we could arrived there together.

Their dad had a look at the board to see who was in who's faction. I was confident going there with a few friends but I got told I was in the faction by myself. All my other friends had at least one friend in there with them and this made me uncomfortable.

We all got called into this huge dark room with hundreds of seats where we were told to sit down. From here the teachers introduced themselves and our factions were called out again. I was a little bit scared but I knew there would be people worse off.

After leaving this dark room we had to make our way to our houses. This is when I truly felt alone and intimidated by other people. We all gathered around and walked off, I stood towards the back of the group just to be safe.

We all got to the oval where I had a good look at everyone. I remember instantly thinking that everyone looks like weirdos. The peer support leaders who where just older students helping us, introduced themselves.

Our group had to go on a tour around the school where a few people talked to each other but most people kept to themselves. It seemed that I wasn't the only one alone in this group. Even though I had this tour I was still clueless on how to get around this school.

Recess came and we had to go to canteen area where we got given the stingiest food I have ever seen. I went with my friends who had met people in their houses who seemed like alright guys. When they asked me how my house was going I said everyone seems gay but I guess I don't really know them.

For the rest of the day we where doing group activities to try get us to talk each other and become friends. We were all so bored, then lunch came and once again we got stingy food but this time it came with a juice box.

After lunch the leaders where excited but we had no idea why. We walked to the front and there were tug of war ropes everywhere. Everyone got excited even the teachers and all the other houses came down. It was house vs house and when it was our turn we kept on getting flogged. Regardless of us getting flogged everyone was excited and having fun. I enjoyed this ending to the first day of high school and was looking forward to coming back