Grade 6 was one of the best school years of my life. I was friends with everyone in my class and my classmates voted me to be the valedictorian for our class

We also had a medieval-themed assembly/party where each Grade 6 class voted a King and Queen to represent them and they voted me the King of our class, than at the assembly all of the Grade 6 classes collectively voted me the King of Grade 6

I got to wear a crown and a cape and sit in a throne and everything
But then in Grade 7 I moved to a new school zone and I didn't know anyone and Grade 7 was easily the worst year of my entire life. I spent the entire year being awkward and unsociable and people used to make fun of me for it

I think I might have been depressed and everytime somebody even tried to talk to me I'd think they were making fun of me
But in Grade 8 I made about 3-4 close friends and Grade 8 was so much fun, it was one of the best school years I've ever had and things have been pretty good since then

(although this year was pretty bad but not anywhere near as bad as Grade 7).
I think Grade 7 literally did change me for the worse though. To this day I have never been as happy as I was in Grade 6. Grade 7 RUINED me.