Middle school

terrified of starting middle school. I had attended the same elementary school for seven years, change scared me. I’ve now realized how important change is, and to not fear it. When I was just starting middle school I remember my best friend and I seeing a boy we knew walking. When we saw him she told me “ tomorrow I'm going to say goodbye to him because once we are in middle school I will have better people to talk to, and never have to talk to him again.” During middle school I remember not speaking

Worst of Middle School Reading The world is overflowing with all types of literature and readings. Everyone reads myriad of stories and novels in their lifetime. Some stories are promptly considered favorites, while others are immediately forgotten. All opinions towards certain reads are valid, as everyone’s feelings are different. That’s the beauty of literature. To Kill A Mockingbird, one of my favorite novels, breaks the boundary between “favorite personal reads” and “favorite school reads

The National Middle School Association (NMSA) is now known as the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE). It has been a “voice for those committed to the educational and developmental needs of young adolescents” since 1973. This organization is the only national education association specifically committed to those in the middle level grades. There are over 30,000 members including principals, teachers, central office personnel, professors, college students, parents, community leaders, and

Do Middle Schools Need Recess? Having recess in the school system would benefit students, despite popular belief that it would hurt students. According to Robert Murray, “Having a break can help facilitate learning. With no break between classes students brains can get overwhelmed which can hurt learning.” I believe that recess is needed to help students learn. Students in Japan have multiple recesses and have much higher test scores than countries that have no recess such as the United States

was the day I said to myself as I got out of the bed to turn my alarm off. It was time for me to start getting ready for my very first day of middle school at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School. I quickly ran to the bathroom to take a shower and to brush my teeth. After I got out of the bathroom, I went to my closet and put on my school uniform. The school uniform was a dark blue- collard shirt and some khaki shorts. After putting on my uniform, I ran downstairs to the delicious smell of pancakes

My middle school experience was nothing short of the typical cringe-worthy school pictures, embarrassing fashion ensembles, feisty friendship fallouts, and awkward bodily changes. I nonetheless made the most of my three years in the “big kid wing” of Owensville Community School. The first day of middle school was terrifying to a small 11-year-old like myself. With a new hallway came a new, bigger lockers with new combinations, older, taller seventh and eighth graders, as well as new teachers

study and do homework rather than go out with my friends. All of my friends told me that I took school too seriously and middle school didn’t matter but it did to me. Like a machine, once I started there was no stopping me. My work ethic is strong because I had dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects people with reading, writing and, spelling. My mom has always pushed me to be my best in school. She always told me that my grades do not matter as long as I am giving one hundred percent

because I was either ahead or behind in what the new school was teaching. It has failed me, but has also told me I must push myself to do better so I can one day go back and help those who failed with me. One memory in particular sticks with me the most about being a child left behind was in my middle school years in the sixth and seventh grade year, English class. English was my worst subject I could never grasp the concepts and new in middle school I would have to figure out a way to pass and still

By middle school students lives become busy and cluttered with what they feel is important like friends, sports, video games, computers, and television. These students feel like they don’t have time to do anything else, let alone notice their world and the natural beauty around them. Living in rural Iowa, students have many opportunities to see the beauty of nature, however because it is easy to access they spend very little to no time experiencing it. Gradle (2008) states, “The more a person stands

Is study hall important to you? Do you think that it would help you if you had study hall? Would you use your time wisely? Well, I believe that middle schools should have study hall. High schools have study hall and just because we are younger than them that doesn’t mean that we can’t have study hall. Study hall is proven to be more helpful for students. The first reason that study hall is needed is, that it's good for making up missed work. If people get their missed work done in study hall