By Lauren Cevallos
Round Table reporter

As the new semester arrived, both students and teachers got energized for new classes and new people. For some students, the end of this past semester meant excitement for the easier classes to begin. Others, however, dread the more difficult courses to come. But they all have one thing in common, and that is ending friendships and beginning new ones.

The end means a few things to the entire school body: finals, parties, and goodbyes to class friends. The problem with changing classes is that people who connected in their class or classes together can easily lose touch just because of new schedules.

A students’ social life in classes plays such a huge role nowadays. Sure, there are bonds outside of the Middletown High School building, but new friendships can easily stem from classes and make relationships stronger.

If in the first semester, for example, someone becomes close with their lab partner, but not close enough to keep in touch outside of school. That friend can easily become someone you only say hi to in the hallways and then that’s the end, whereas a few weeks ago, you talked everyday.

Proximity in the classroom means a lot too, especially when the seating chart is stationary during the whole semester. Although teachers constantly reprimand the noise level of the class, talking to whoever is around is how most students make it through the day.

If there is no one around who we are comfortable with, it becomes harder to make connections, work in groups, and have self-confidence knowing none of our friends are around. However, being near friends makes that class more enjoyable, while still learning.

So much depends on classes and where one sits in his or her classes. Friendship is one of the most important aspects of any high school and it can be influenced so much by who you meet in your classes.