The great transition of Year 9

(written from the start of year 9)

The great transition of Year 9

The transformation of a year has been seen with radical changes. A Year 8 class and a Year 9 class contains a great amount of difference. The change is not only observed in specific personels, but as in a whole form, or even widespread among the whole Year.

Firstly, I think, is that Year 9s get easily distracted than in a previous year. In fact, much more easily. No matter how the seating arangement may be, chatter would still occur. This may be caused by increased communication with classmates and better relationships, practically, everyone (e.g. the rule "Everyone's a friend")

The change in relationship, or friendship, us as the following. In Year 8, students tend to gather in small (3-5) single gender friendship groups. In contrast, Year 9s tend to be in larger groups (>8), and are usually mixed gender. It is, as well, that cross-gender relationships start appearing, seriously for the first time.

As well as that, there is a change in the attitude to lessons. It no longer becomes a place of learning, but to socialise, to talk, to gossip around. Rather, the function of lessons is lost to Year 9, especially when one is to choose GCSE subjects, and sciving is a more feasable alturnative.

And, of course, the simple fact that you're in Year 9, Middle Section, a veteran of the school system. The position that Year 9s are in is of the great amount of freedom and choice they are immediately exposed to. They find this world of freedom comfortable at the start, and after a while, could not understand why there are still restrictions when they could be free to choose on other areas. Once you give someone freedom, they won't let go to it, and would demand for more.

There could not be much of conclusion here. I have only observed a single leaf of Year 9, and it would be inappropriate to sum up so soon, with so few observations. But, the undeniable fact: Year 9 is a great year of change.