With the new semester started, it is time for freshmen to start their high school lives. No more getting lost or mixing up what day it is. Now, hopefully, they have set their homework ethics for their high school career.

“Most (freshmen) didn’t like to do their work. They usually have F’s within the first week,” freshman Dhasia Brown said.

Brown even said that she herself slacked off first semester. Knowing that the workload will continue to get harder, freshmen start realizing what they have to do, especially the students that participate in sports.

In sports or clubs, semester grades determine eligibility to participate the next semester. Brown had to sit out of this year’s marching season due to bad grades.

“I’ll definitely change (my grades) so I can march next year,” Brown said.

According to Brown, freshmen and juniors have different homework habits. But whether it is a senior or a freshman, bad grades hurt.

“Juniors actually do their work so they can graduate. Freshmen don’t care,” Brown said.

Teachers and students agree that having good homework discipline and ethics can be beneficial to the students and lasts throughout an educational career.