Tag: teenagers
-
Jr. High Shenanigans
As always I am torn between laughing and letting kids be themselves and needing to maintain order. Today I had a group of junior high boys in a mixed up seating chart. I knew something was off, but the seat numbers and names were all jumbled so it took me a while to decipher the…
-
An example of hypocrisy
As I’ve written several times, I go to therapy. Twice a month, I talk to my shrink, and we dive into things that happened in my childhood, things people have told me growing up that make me or made me have a really negative view of myself. Sometimes those things are said by my loved…
-
Substitute Stories: 8th Grade Girls
There is a huge difference between girls and boys in junior high. Something I’ve noticed, especially this last year, is that girls are dressing like they’re much older than they are. Most boys in the 6-8 grade are still goofy and mostly innocent and look their age. As far as energy levels and orneriness boys…
Redheaded Jill 