Middle school

high grades without trying. Shrouded with compliments, praise, and at times my peers surrounded me with their jealousy. As I continued to age, I slowly realized that this "skill" was a disguised curse. I say this because upon entering middle-school and high school, I had no clue how to study. I just expected the high grades to come just as they did before, but that wasn't the case. Even though my parents knew of my past scholastic standing, they understood that my uneasy grades were a result of…

During my first year at Fulton Middle School, I was in sixth grade. I did not know anyone at the school, except a few people that enrolled in the same tutoring classes with me in the past. On the first day of school, I was extremely nervous. Butterflies flew and writhed around in my stomach for the whole entire day. There was a girl that I befriended immediately as soon as we introduced eachother, and I found out her name was Judy Liu. She was a very kind, caring, and loving girl who would…

Middle school years were rough on me. I only had one normal school year and that was my eighth grade year. The first day of sixth grade was scary, I was terrified. I knew who was in my classes and the girl who I thought was my best friend turned out to be a back stabber so then it was just me trying to make new friends. The first day of school I made a new friend, it was Lauren Millette we became close friends but then later on in the year our friendship sort of died down and we weren’t as close…

I’ve seen a movie with bullying and it is called “Middle School the Worst Years of My Life”. There is a kid actually being bullied by the principal. We could reduce or almost eliminate bullying by; telling adults about the bully, try to walk away from the bully, and get someone to help you stand up for yourself. I’ve never seen bullying going on during school or outside of school, but I have seen bullying going on during movies...and a lot of it. If an adult doesn’t fix the problem with the…

an attribute I had never seen in my public middle school. There are different circumstances that influence us to be successful or do well in school, and I believe one of the factors is what kind of school we are attending. Throughout my three years in middle school I lacked the spiritual and the community togetherness, but once I start attending DLS it was something different. I started to see the connections of the community. Attending a Christian school not only gave me knowledge of the Bible…

When doing my fieldwork, I observed a kindergarten and 2nd grade class at the Chapel school. I also observed a 7th grade math class at Western Middle school which was my old middle school in Greenwich Ct. It was nice to observe a classroom and get the feel of what it is like. My experience with my fieldwork was really good. The teachers that I had were great. The kids listened to their teachers and were respectful. I experienced the 2nd grade classroom practicing for chapel the next day because…

When I was started my 6th grade year, I was so happy to be on the third floor of my school. That meant that I was a middle schooler and for that I was excited and thought it would be a lots of fun. Once I got into my classes they all felt really boring. I asked a few of my teachers if they could do a poll and ask students what we would want to learn so that it would make our classes more fun. My suggestion was for the teachers to let each student make a list of five things that they want to…

When I was in middle school I never really took any photos on a digital camera so I don’t have a lot of photos where I can look at and just talk about them but in my head I can go back to when I was thirteen years old starting middle school. In my head I can go back and see everything and go back to that journey. Why thirteen? Well I picked the time around middle school because around that time is when i was thirteen, I experienced a lot within myself and I as trying to find who I was. In the…

The Connected Adolescent: transitioning to middle school state, “ that adolescents who feel connected to school perceive the adults there to be caring are more likely to be academically and socially engaged.” Adolescents, who feel connected to school, are more likely to be more academically successful (Baker & Narula, 2012). Baker and Narula (2012), Identified three focus area critical to fostering student connectedness to school: transitions to middle school, student support systems, and…

Middle school is a jungle. The lions and tigers are the hierarchy. Monkeys and other small animals fight for survival everyday. Adults think this vast jungle is just child’s play; it’s been so long since they have experienced it. It’s been awhile for me too, but their words are still fresh in my ears. Their laughs are still heard in the far reaches of my mind. It’s a part of my life that i would like to forget, but never will. I was always the person to keep my head down and not draw…