Friday, April 09, 2010

A Smart Guide to Middle School

So what's eating you these days? Besides too much homework, mean teachers, rigorous practice and friendship troubles? Is middle school awesome and you can't believe there's only 2-3 years of it? Or do you want to change your style, your name, or your friends so you can fit in? Are you making new friends, branching out, or just happy to keep the old? Are you getting zits? Chatting like mad?

What's going on in that junk-food crazed, angst-filled (insert grade here) grader? I hate that I don't get to see you everyday anymore. I hate that you never pop into my classroom to bug me during the limited few minutes to break from your exhausting energy. I miss screaming at you for not doing work.

Fill me in, dude(tte)s. What's up with my class?

I'll be waiting...

Smart Guide to Middle School

1) Do your work. (Sorry, no way to avoid it. Just get it done. Get adult people off your back.)
2) Talk back with your abilities. (art, writing, music, athletic abilities)
3) Write notes to your friends (and to your teachers, and parents - include them with updates to avoid future questioning to get them off your back)
4) Nod. Lots of nodding.
5) Read. Read lots. On anything.

8 comments:

pichufreak said...

School is.. I think its the same for me.
Of course, i'm getting more friends, but i'm sticking to my old ones.
What's eating me these days? You listed all of them :P

I dont think ANY middle-schooler isn't chatting like crazy.
No zits yet ^o^ (yay me)
I hate having projects and homework during Spring Break D:
so i'm really mad at my science teacher x.x

Miss Lou said...

Oh, it's Spring Break now? What will be your science project? Don't be made at her/him?

It's just their way of keeping you busy, so you all don't completely wild and crazy during the 5 days of blissful freedom.

No vacations?

Thanks for writing!!!!!!!!

pichufreak said...

Nah i didn't go anywhere for vacation. I have to make this.. taxonomic key.. whatever that is.. :o

That's a bad way of keeping students busy. x.x I mean, a small homework would've been okay.
That's the only homework I got, the project D:

dm128 said...

i went to arizona, utah, colorado, nevada, etc. We went to the Navajo Indian reservation and stuff. I also have a ton of projects. For school, it feels like the same routine everyday, even though we learn something different each day...basically sort of what pichufreak said... im making new friends...blah blah blah...an im getting more and more obsessed with music, but im thinking about quitting piano...im way too busy these days...

BTW pichufreak: we alredy passed that taxonomy thing (it's like the scientific names of organisms or sumthing...i hate studying it) We had to do a plant classification book a week before spring break...(gospel song sings) the burden has been lifted from me!!!!!! It was so hard trying to find the info for the stuff

Miss Lou said...

Tax-what-amy?

Geez, I'm so happy I graduated from middle school already. You kids have it HARD! But I'm proud of you for doing all the work, or at least pretending to do the work.

DM128 - You went on an adventure! Did you drive, bus tour or bike?

Unknown said...

...tour bus...TAX-O-NO-MY (I hope i split the syllables right)-n. the study of the classification of organisms( in other words the study of scientific names)
Example: Homo sapien...

Jcw said...

xD

its been so long since i've been here....

Miss Lou said...

Welcome back!!! We missed you.