Transition From Middle School

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The time I transitioned from middle school to high school it all started in 8th grade when I was only 14 years old. Culture shock is making a transition from familiar to an unfamiliar setting. First the most difference was the difficulty of the work. But I was excited to start high school. There were times that I missed my friends. But I later made new friends along the way. There were different subjects that were new to me like history class. But over time I enjoyed the other subjects including history class. The teachers taught differently than middle school. During this transition I experienced 4 out 4 culture shock stages when going to high school. Culture shock for me in this setting was knowing middle school and living it but the unfamiliar

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