Photo via yelp.com By Lucy Kay
Staff Writer It's better to try to increase responsibility and freedom in middle schoolers than to decrease the same for high schoolers. Junior high students are captured in this halfway point to prepare them for the springboard of life, known as high school. These four years are when adolescent’s see their adulthood closer and more immediate, while middle schoolers feel their youth is right at their side. The leap of realizing that finding a life on your own is nearer than one thinks is one of the main differences of middle and high school. But are these pre-teens ready to make that commitment? For three years, pre-teens have roamed the same halls, lived by the same rules, with the same kids, the same teachers and have walked through the same doors every day. They were the ‘big kids’ and didn’t seem to be afraid of anything. But then comes the first day of high school, where all the sophomore pray they were not that annoying. With their terrified faces and new backpacks, it's as if the new high schoolers are right back on their first day of middle school. The attendance numbers and grades, decrease on the first month of high school for all freshman. Actions to prevent this matter are not being put into motion. The big question is, are 8th graders ready for high school? 14 and 15 year olds are put in the same building and being educated with 18-year old ‘adults’. These pree-teens, not even able to drive, are expected to prepare the knowledge they will use to propel their whole life. Does that make sense? All in all, 8th graders are still kids, and matters need to be taken to prevent certain decreases in their school performance. These young adults have so much on their minds, it’s hard to focus on what's right. With guidance from upper-classmen and being able to make purposeful decisions, high school can be the place where one makes loads of memories. Comments are closed.
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