{"id":1993,"date":"2017-10-25T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T21:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2017-10-27T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:47:04","slug":"moving-forward-into-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2017\/10\/25\/moving-forward-into-middle-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Forward Into Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It\u2019s pretty scary, moving to a new school and all, but what\u2019s even scarier is middle school, right? \u00a0Let me break it down for you, Elementary kids are being prepared for what is coming ahead of them. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0But as they are coming together to learn their expectations, and procedures, that their teachers ahead are expecting of them, things start to change as do their feeling and emotions. Students start to feel a lot more pressured and scared. Here are a few students point of view on middle school, and how their expectations weren’t as real as they had thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0I took a few sixth grader\u2019s point of view, as well as an eighth grader\u2019s point of view, to see how evolving from one grade to the other would help change their view on middle school. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0Reem Ahmed a local sixth grader, stated that when she first came here she felt \u201cnervous, and excited\u201d, she also said that she felt \u201cvery small compared to others and was just wandering around looking for people she knew\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0After about a month into school Reem said she has felt \u201ca lot more comfortable now that she knows her classes, and knows how to access her locker\u201d. I then asked how she thought middle school was different than elementary, and which she had felt she liked more. She stated that \u201cthere was just one class, one teacher not much to it\u201d, as for which she had liked better, she said that she liked elementary a lot more because she \u201cknew everyone and had lots of friends\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0I then interviewed Hafez Alachkar, and asked the same questions. When Hafez first came to middle school his view of it was that he was \u201cgoing to a new school\u201d, that he \u201cknew nothing about\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A couple weeks after settling in Hafez said that, \u201cit was really fun now that I know where all my friends are, and that I\u2019ve met all of my teachers\u201d. He then stated that elementary was a lot different than middle school because, he \u201cwas learning at a way faster pace, and had to adapt to all the new information he was gaining in such little time\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0Hafez said that he really did like middle school more than elementary because he felt \u201che had a lot more responsibilities and privacy\u201d which he deeply enjoyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I couldn’t fully write this article without providing an eighth grader\u2019s point of view. I asked Yasmeen Alhubaishi how she had felt her first year in middle school, and how that has changed over the course of two years. Yasmeen\u2019s first view on middle school was, \u201cI was going to a whole new grade where things are a bit different\u201d. She felt a little more comfortable that she had known the school prior to other students \u201cI had been in this school for the past 5 years, and it’s nice to know, my way around\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0Yasmeen said, that after a couple years she \u201cknew how the system worked\u201d and \u201cthings became a lot easier\u201d. \u201cMiddle school is definitely different than elementary because you gain more responsibilities as you grow and move from grade, to grade\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0She felt that \u201cas for workload you are expected to finish all homework, and assignments given and there are consequences for those who don\u2019t finish\u201d. Yasmeens last question was whether or not she had liked elementary, more than middle school. Yasmeen said that \u201cI actually really like middle school more, because I feel like it isn\u2019t as strict, and I get to see my friends a lot more\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Norma Makki<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s pretty scary, moving to a new school and all, but what\u2019s even scarier is middle school, right? \u00a0Let me break it down for you, Elementary kids are being prepared for what is coming ahead of them.   \u00a0\u00a0But as they are coming together to learn their expectations, and procedures, that their teachers ahead are …<\/p>\n

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