When I was in 7th grade, all the 8th graders were talking about how 8th was so hard and it got me really scared.   They would also say that you would not have time to do sports because it was soo much home work.  I was really scared to enter 8th grade :/ But now that I am in my 2nd week of 8th grade, I noticed that none of this was true.  I am getting homework, but I get it done easily and I have time to go to practice everyday for 2 hours.  I am also realizing that going in to 7th grade was a lot harder than going into 8th.  When I started 7th grade I was having 4 hours of homework a night!!! I want to encourage the future 7th graders to not be scared but to believe that you can do it!! :D