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Lucy and CeCee's How to Survive (and Thrive) in Middle School
Your locker is a pretty big deal in middle school. In addition to it being your home away from home, it’s where a lot of action takes place. At the lockers is where you’ll dodge hall huggers, hear gossip, and have your own locker chitchats.
For the incoming sixth grader, the locker can be a source of stress. Thoughts like, “Oh no! I forgot my combo,” “What if I can’t open my locker?” and, “What if someone stuffs me in my locker and no one finds me until June,” may consume you at first, but after about a month it’s just a normal part of your day, like brushing your teeth.
So, first things first – how to open your locker. Locker padlocks take a little practice but can easily be conquered. Here’s the deal in being a locker pro the first day of school (so you don’t look like a scrub):
1. Spin the dial to the right a few times to clear it.
2. Turn right to the first number.
3. Turn left PAST zero, and the stop on the second number.
4. Turn right to last number and Voila!
REMEMBER:
NEVER, EVER, EVER GIVE YOUR LOCKER COMBINATION TO ANYONE!!! THIS ONLY LEADS TO MAJOR PROBLEMS!!!
(Because CeCee’s locker is freakishly neat, and mine looks like a federal disaster area, she’ll be the one to tell you how to stay organized.)
Thanks, Luce!
Okay, so organization is extremely key to succeeding in middle school. The first thing I like to do is affix my class schedule on the locker door and arrange my books and folders in order from first period to last. I prefer a vertical stack because this gives me way more scope and latitude. By always keeping my materials in order, I don’t have to fritter away precious seconds thinking about what I need. It’s all right there in front of me.
I also utilize those locker hook thingies for my gym bag, purse, and jacket (if I brought one). Additional plastic hooks can be procured at any drug or supply store. Remember, whatever you do, don’t be a crammer (someone who just randomly crams things into their locker and shuts the door hoping the locker fairy will somehow organize their shambolic chaos before their next class). Crammers never stay organized and seldom earn righteous grades. Also, try to clean out your locker once a week, just to make sure it stays tidy and organized.
Garnishing your locker with decorations and personal heraldry is a lot of fun. Some girls choose to have a motif, like flowers or rainbows, whereas most guys go for the hero-worshiping array of sports dudes and rappers. When it comes to interior decorating, I’m more of a feng shui-ist, but a couple of items are absolutely locker-essential: a mirror for facial and food-between-teeth checkups and photos of your most principled friends and/or fave celebrities. Along with lifting your spirits, photos can be a definite conversation piece.
HELPFUL HINTS FROM LUCY: Have a secret emergency compartment with a few unmentionables. You never know when you’re little friend might show up. (Just sayin’!) Also, never leave food in your locker for long periods of time. Once I left a carton of milk and some Cheetoes over holiday break. It was an ant fest when I got back and major nast!!! Oh yeah, I try to hang up lots of pictures of random cool looking people so as to appear popular. Resulting outcome: pending.
STUFF YOU’LL NEED:
♥ A locker/lock
♥ A mirror
♥ Magnets
♥ Cute boy pics
♥ Celebrity and band pics
♥ Tons of B.F.F. photo ops. (Take a day and pose with your B.F.F. Then choose which pics you should display.)
♥ Magnets/Tape
Unicorns and Rainbows,
Lucy
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