First week of school

Time passes very fast. It was as if the beginning of the December holidays was yesterday and now it is over. A fresh new year has begun and I am overwhelmed with joy as I will get to meet my friends as well as enjoying the school's facilities again. However, on the other hand, I am also quite depressed as the holidays are already over and I have to gear up and pull up my socks for the examinations that would soon be around the corner. I am feeling rather perturbed about my studies as I am not sure if I can excel in the examinations this year.
Anyway, I had to return to school right after the pleasurable new year celebration. I was not used to waking up so early in the morning hence I was in a lethargic and listless mood. Moreover, I was down with an extremely sore throat, a bad cough and a flu. My illnesses, especially my sore throat, was infuriating. Everytime I wanted to yawn or swallow my saliva, it hurts a lot, like a sharp pointed knife piercing through my throat. Ouch! It was only the start of a year and yet I am already so ill.
On the first day of school, I noticed that there were a lot of secondary one students that are new to this school entering the school. Although most of them are as tall as me or even taller than me, I still have the feeling deep down in my heart that they are somehow smaller than me. Finally, I am not the youngest in this school anymore. It was kind of an achievement to me. Astonishingly, only a few of my subject teachers were changed. Other than that, it was actually just like last year, which is regarded as good news to me. I am quite unhappy about the change of my Chinese teacher as the new teacher speaks a little too soft and cannot really hear properly. What she taught was also very dry and dull. I am not the only one who feels this way. In fact, the entire class feels the same way. I guess we are just not used to listening to her lecture. As for the new history teacher, I did not really like his teaching style as after he teaches us in class he wants us to check through the notes in the school website for revisions. I would prefer him to provide us notes instead. Again, maybe I am just not used to this method.
A week has passed, and the assignments given to us are already starting to pile up, especially big projects that involve researches like the one under the subject 'Design and Technology'. I hope that in the future that I would be able to cope with both the schoolwork and the activities going on in both outside and inside school. I also wish that I would be able to score well for the upcoming examinations as well as the later ones.