Your teachers do have lives. You WILL do stupid things as a freshman. But you'll make stupid little lists to humor people with later on in life. You'll always think the school year is really hard until you get to the next one. Then you'll wonder why you whined so much.
Teachers have control of the great powerful grade book.
Always respect the great powerful grade book. No one cares what kind of designer jeans you have on. If they do, they desperately need lives. Being popular is synonymous with being well known throughout the school. What really matters is what you're well known FOR, so be careful.