well evenutally you're going to have to get used to it cuz if you wannt get into a good school you have to be able to manage your time well and be like prepared for anything in university soo yea i guess it's just practice for the future
why?
will you be attending a higschool with a lot of your grade 8 friends? cuz if you are
you'll be fine
cuz i went ot a higschool where i knew like more than half the school already before i even went lolz