I immigrated to America in the second year of junior high school. How can we adapt to life in America?

I was only 12 years old when I went to America, and I went right after I finished the first grade. I went to Los Angeles, and I still remember the first time I came to school. My nervous hands are shaking.

Anyway, it was difficult at first, but don't be shy. Be sure to make friends with everyone. You know, in America, there is no concept of classmates like us. Almost all of us don't associate with our classmates until we graduate. In America, we go to different classrooms every class. Therefore, you should make new friends in every class.

Come on!

By the way, I'll tell you how classes are taught in middle schools in America. You should be in the eighth grade now. When I was in Los Angeles, I had classes at 7: 45 in the morning and finished at 2: 30 in the afternoon. After the third class, I added a meal. Have lunch after class in the fifth period, usually 30 minutes, and add meals 15 minutes. The rest of the recess is less than 5 minutes, just enough for you to walk from one classroom to another. Every student has a locker at school, and the password will be told to you when you enter the school. American textbooks are so thick that your books can't be packed with five books (one of the six classes every day is physical education class), and you have to go to the locker to get a book between classes. Also, the United States doesn't just look at the test scores, they look at the average score of the usual scores plus the test scores. For example, if you don't do your homework today, you won't get points today, so your grades will be low over time, which will affect your final grades. Transcripts will be issued twice each semester, with a maximum score of 4 points. These four points mean that you got an A in each of the six classes (A is 4 points), and the total score of the six classes is 24, so the average score is 4 points, which means the GPA is 4. If you can reach 4 points, you are a genius. Less than 3.3 is not good, less than 3 is not good, so don't mix after 2 o'clock, it's too bad. I won an honorary role as a student (similar to a three-good student) in the first semester when I went there.

Also, you don't need to prepare exercise books when you arrive, but you must go to the supermarket to buy pencils (American schools don't use ballpoint pens), erasers, folders (folders) and running paper (exercise paper).

Finally, American books are free, which are lent to you by the school, so please check them after you receive them. If they are broken, you should stay with them.

In fact, there are many more, but I don't want to say too much. More should be to experience it yourself.