Graduating elementary school is an exciting mile stone‚ but then comes middle school. Middle school is a very tough place for most people. Hormones start to kick in and work load gets amplified. Drama takes over the school and learning how to balance it all is a skill. With these new emotions its difficult to balance both friends‚ relationships‚ and school work. There are a lot of new challenges a student has to take on‚ but with a few key tips‚ middle school may be a bit easier to get through.
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to a study conducted by EducationNext‚ “moving to middle school leads to a substantial drop in student test scores in the first year of the transition‚ and the relative achievement of middle-school students continues to decline in the subsequent years they spend in such schools.” One aspect of the educational system that I think can be vastly improved is middle school. Although middle schoolers are faced with numerous challenges‚ the middle school curriculum does not allow students to explore their
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Many schools curriculums required students to take a language. The requirement is so popular that not only does it exist in the college level‚ but also in the middle school and even elementary school level. It is assumed that it would be useful to learn any other language‚ if a student begins to learn Spanish in an a elementary school him or her may have fun learning Spanish with the teacher playing games and cool worksheets but the will only get basic understanding of the language. Student who
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to bible class when I was in preschool and elementary school but during the beginning of middle school‚ I had a change of heart. I didn’t have the same fire burning in me that I once did. I didn’t truly know what it meant to be a christian and everyone noticed my sudden change. During middle school I struggled a lot with making friends and fitting in. Because of my faith‚ I had gotten bullied and called the “stupid christian freek”. I was at a new school with new people and I just wanted to fit in
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who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a collage education he may steal the whole rail road.” Even though we have a while to get a collage education‚ we’ve made it here‚ to the end of 8th grade. Just like a rail road the train has to be set on a good track‚ just like our education. So far for this 8th grade class our tracks have been fantastic ever since we first started our journey. Our first stop was at kindergarten‚ where we thought school was just a place your
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Although middle school is a time for expanding your learning and intellectual growth. It is also a time for social changes as well as emotional and physical changes. With the joining of other schools‚ it paves the way for new friendships and experiences. Coming into middle school kids are introduced to many thing like sex‚ drugs‚ alcohol‚ and bullying as well as people from different walks of life. As students make relationships and find their friend group they are making identity for himself while
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have to come to school. Most students wake up around 6 a.m to come to school on time‚ and we leave at 3:20. Getting up so early makes it hard on the students‚ and it causes many issues that can be fixed if we just change the times school starts and ends. Sleep deprivation in school age children has many negative side effects‚ which include being over emotional or cranky‚ having difficulty focusing‚ and becoming more injury prone. Roughly 25 to 30 percent of children in the middle school ages aren’t
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inclusive of diversity and white privilege‚ middle schools can further the understanding of each concept to the students. Kendall (2002) defines and details white privilege and how to overcome its institutional prowess over the United States by examining the epistemology of his life. However‚ implementing white privilege is difficult for anyone‚ especially early adolescents (Cushman & Rogers‚ 2007). Cushman and Rogers (2007) developed an outline on how to teach middle schoolers‚ inclusive of how to handle
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day of kindergarten started walking through the rocky terrain up to Jacobson Elementary School on a hot‚ summer morning. Prepared with my lunch box full of goodies and plaid backpack weighing me down‚ I walked through the gates to the kindergarten playground. My mom helped me find the girl I met on “Meet the Teacher Night” and stayed close by as we played in the ant-infested‚ wood chip playground. Then suddenly‚ in the middle of making a wood chip pancake‚ the bell rang as if it was taunting me‚ I knew
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Are you going into middle school? Are you intimidated by the older kids and larger homework loads? Well don’t worry because I’ve already been through it and as long as you follow the tips in this guide you’ll be just fine. Middle school is difficult but it’s also exciting. When you’re in middle school your worldviews change‚ everything you thought you knew about school is questioned. Everything and everyone seems different no matter how familiar they are. All these drastic changes can be overwhelming
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