It’s only my first year of high school, and I’m already confused! 

The most confusing thing of all has to be homeroom. I’ve had homeroom every school day for the past four years, but in high school that just goes out the window. We don’t have it every day, only three times a year! What?

Picture this: It’s the first day of high school. This is only your second year in the district and you’ve been in the high school less than five times – half of those times were just in the auditorium. You have a map, but you’re positive you’re still going to get completely lost. 

You see that the homeroom section on your schedule is blank. So what do you do? Just go to first period? 

Then a teacher walks up and says to check the homeroom list by the counseling center. That’s easy enough, right? You can see the counseling center from where you are, so you can’t possibly get lost. 

You walk into the room, wait in line by the desk, and get told that the list is on the window! So you walk outside, check the list, find your last name, and see that your homeroom is in the K-wing. 

Alright, you figured out what the room number is, now all you have to do is find it on your map so you know where you’re going. But even though you look at your map for five whole minutes, you still can’t seem to find the K-wing on it. 

Somehow you get the idea to recheck the list so you can make sure you’re looking for the right room. You walk back up to the list and see the heading that you somehow missed before: Junior Homerooms. You were looking at the wrong list the entire time!

Embarrassed, you find your homeroom on the correct list this time, then return to looking at your map to see where you’re going. 

After finally locating it on your map, you write the room number on your schedule and, as predicted, still get lost! 

Many minutes after the bell for homeroom rings, you finally find yourself in front of your homeroom. You walk in, embarrassed to be so late, then find your new ID on the table and take an empty seat. You watch the video about how to set a new password and meanwhile (thank goodness!), someone else is later than you were! You finish setting your password as the bell rings and head to your first period class. 

Later that day, you find out that homeroom only happens about three times a year instead of every day. How confusing!