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IkeRepublican

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25. Know what you mean

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:43 AM

Jul 2014

So that's what that smell is. A close friend and I stopped into our old middle school where we attended roughly 25 years ago and before going in, we were stoked about the nostalgia of seeing our old class rooms and so on. After going in and breathing that shit, it didn't take long for us to remember how terrible the place was and sticking around to check things out was seemingly forgotten. Can't think of anything else that would be such a strong trigger to make us go from wanting to hang around for a while to wanting to get out of the place ASAFP.

The same close friend's daughter attends the same school and she hates it. Asked her one time what she thought of it and she goes, "I can't stand it. The assholes run the place. If you're a troublemaking whiner, they'll defend you. But, if you be quiet and do your work, it's like you're not there."

Her father then says, "They're just preparing you for the work place."

Not the kind of response I'd give a 12 year old female, particularly if she were my daughter...but, you have to admit, he is right.

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Retired Teacher: Abolish Middle School [View all] RandySF Jul 2014 OP

yeah, yeah, yeah. fuck that. i loved junior high. n/t orleans Jul 2014 #1

Good for you, I dreaded every day for three years straight. Scootaloo Jul 2014 #9

I only had it for 2 years. minivan2 Jul 2014 #26

I went to school in NYC(Catholic) started in '45 that went from 1st to 8th grade. CK_John Jul 2014 #2

Same for me in California bhikkhu Jul 2014 #12

Same for me. cali Jul 2014 #27

I never knew about "middle school" when I was in school. Why the distinction? PSPS Jul 2014 #3

the district I grew up in had elementary, middle school, junior high, and high school fishwax Jul 2014 #7

Maturational. Igel Jul 2014 #34

I kind of agree (though don't know what the answer is exactly) frazzled Jul 2014 #4

My middle school was a total clusterfuck RandySF Jul 2014 #17

middle school doesn't have to be bad dsc Jul 2014 #5

kids grow up fast enough. less pressure socially in k to eight, then high school. roguevalley Jul 2014 #14

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #6

That's no solution. Hormones will rage in those kids no matter where they go to school. pnwmom Jul 2014 #8

It worked well for my generation, but that was a long time ago. It was enough of a shock for many freshwest Jul 2014 #18

Wow. 10,000 kids in a high school? pnwmom Jul 2014 #19

Aw crap, I was fact checking and wrote the wrong number. It was only about 8,000 students. freshwest Jul 2014 #23

8,000. Still. That's the size of a typical university, not a high school. pnwmom Jul 2014 #24

it works in lots of places and has worked in lots of places cali Jul 2014 #28

The reason school districts switched to middle schools in the first place is because K-8 pnwmom Jul 2014 #29

We didn't have middle school when i was young... junior high rpannier Jul 2014 #10

I don't mind the K-8 model. MissB Jul 2014 #11

It's not just how the grades are arranged -- it's also the subjects starroute Jul 2014 #13

Middle school was hell for me. snot Jul 2014 #15

Montessori said kids that age (11-14 or so) shouldn't be in school. Let them play outside all day. Recursion Jul 2014 #16

I taught middle school for 10 years Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2014 #20

It has to be the hardest grade level to teach IMO.. personal experience speaking. YOHABLO Jul 2014 #21

K-8 isn't always a great idea because now 7th graders can be huge BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #22

Know what you mean IkeRepublican Jul 2014 #25

Pretty funny BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #35

You can literally smell hormonal activity? Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #40

Yes, as the other poster attested BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #41

Wow. Interesting Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #42

Ha! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #43

Most of the issues he describes whistler162 Jul 2014 #30

Things are so far from cookie cutter... Blue_Adept Jul 2014 #31

I agree. K-8 and then high school. The presence of the little kids can sometimes Squinch Jul 2014 #32

The education I got in middle school was just fine. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #33

I don't think so. Xyzse Jul 2014 #36

Additionally Blue_Adept Jul 2014 #37

Well I am sure that the company whistler162 Jul 2014 #39

I've been teaching in K-8 schools LWolf Jul 2014 #38