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I read an article tonight about the challenges of teaching at the middle-school level from the New York Times. It makes me feel a little less like a poser-hack and more like what I am: a first year teacher trying to prepare 8th grade Apaches for AIMS.
Some key points:
Turn over rate for middle school teachers is higher than at any other level due to...
Kids that will drop out in high school and tend to have behaviour issues still come to school in middle school.
There's no tracking, so the variety of skills and abilities in one classroom is dizzying.
Not to mention the mysterious emotional/psychological being of 13 yr. olds and the thick-skin required to stand in front of them every single day.
Read the article to catch up, in part, to my daily existence of dealing with middle school students. To love them or not to love them, but more importantly (can the two be separate?), how to help them: these are the questions.
I read an article tonight about the challenges of teaching at the middle-school level from the New York Times. It makes me feel a little less like a poser-hack and more like what I am: a first year teacher trying to prepare 8th grade Apaches for AIMS.
Some key points:
Turn over rate for middle school teachers is higher than at any other level due to...
Kids that will drop out in high school and tend to have behaviour issues still come to school in middle school.
There's no tracking, so the variety of skills and abilities in one classroom is dizzying.
Not to mention the mysterious emotional/psychological being of 13 yr. olds and the thick-skin required to stand in front of them every single day.
Read the article to catch up, in part, to my daily existence of dealing with middle school students. To love them or not to love them, but more importantly (can the two be separate?), how to help them: these are the questions.
posted by Jessica at 8:39 PM
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