Video: Worst things about starting secondary school

[Text on screen]: 	
From Primary to Secondary
Knox City Council Youth Services asked secondary school students for their thoughts on:
1.	Major Differences 
2.	Orientation day
3.	Travelling to new school
4.	Worse things
5.	Best things
6.	Tips for parents and guardians
7.	What i wish i knew going into secondary school

[Hand written text on screen:] 
So what are the worst things about starting secondary school?

Young Person 1: The worst things for me probably would have been having to work the little combination lock, [pause] homework definitely, and just being able to find your way around school for the first few days. 

Young Person 2: There’s more pressure from teachers about handing in homework or getting just our class work done.  Moving classes – Primary school we’d stay in the one classroom and we would have all our classes there but in High school we have to keep changing rooms. You get used to it [laughs].

Young Person 3: I think like the homework and cause like there is so much, like you’re not really prepared for it, but it’s not that bad but when you’ve got so much from like all different teachers, like you’ve got 8 teachers giving you separate different homeworks and you’re like ‘Wooah’[laughs].  And also like you don’t know anyone and you might have loads of friends but they’re all in different classes and in your class like you might have 1 friend in this class. Not cool! [laughs].

Young Person 4: Well for some people it is the responsibility because they like having things to fall back on.  For me actually I think it was getting up so early, I really don’t like, I am not a morning person.

Young Person 5: I think the lack, when you’re in Primary school your nurtured a lot more and when you start Secondary school I think for the first couple of months you’re just finding yourself socially which is one of the most important things.  

Young Person 6: Well the worst things in Secondary school, obviously is a lot of work load and that um, you get heaps of homework and you have to spend a lot of time and effort for the work which means less time for leisure activities.

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