BY BRADY HOLLIDAY

It is common to form biased preconceptions about an impending freshman class’s unparalleled awkwardness… but you’ll never actually know until you sit down and have a face-to-face conversation with them. JP Normile and Evan Sizer give us the scoop on what it’s like being a freshman at MHS.

According to JP Normile, current JV football player,  “As a freshman, the expectations are low, and it is easy to impress people with your talents.” Normile also says, “The classes are a lot more complex. There is a lot more homework, and there is a lot expected of you.”

Although the upperclassmen are “intimidating and very big,” Evan Sizer claims to “enjoy high school” because “there is a lot more interaction and you see a lot of older people in some of your classes, which is cool.”

Normile and Sizer both participate in extracurricular activities currently. Normile says, “It is difficult to manage school work with having sports 5-6 days a week, 2-3 hours a day.”

Sizer says, “It isn’t too hard to manage school between sports, you just have to be wise with how you manage your time.”

Normile went to Mercy Montessori Junior High and Sizer attended Mariemont Junior High for the last two years. Normile says, “Mercy wasn’t anywhere as hard as Mariemont is and the transition from Mercy to Mariemont was semi-difficult.”

On the other hand, Sizer believes that “Mariemont junior high prepares you well for high school and all the hard work you are given.”

To all the impending freshman, Sizer says, “Being a freshman isn’t the best thing ever, but it definitely has its perks.”