...Making the transition from elementary school to middle school was very difficult for me. I struggled to find my identity in a sea of older kids and felt anxious from the time I got into the car until I was in class. It became so difficult that I couldn't walk into the school without getting emotional. I didn't know why and I couldn't explain to my parents what was going on with me. They thought I was being bullied or mistreated but I wasn't. It was traumatic for me - to the point that I missed 34 days of 6th grade. My parents took me to a psychologist and he helped me realize that it didn't matter what was triggering the anxiety, I just needed to have coping skills to get me through the anxious times each and every morning. I learned...
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...was a small child. My education, started when I was in elementary school and recently started school in pre-k. From the beginning, it all started with elementary topics that ranged from numbers to letters. The easiest part of the learning process, were the numbers. After that came the alphabet, one of my favorite parts of school. It was entertaining because to learn the material you had to learn it by singing along a song and it would automatically be stored in your brain. After elementary, came middle school. Middle school was when my education approached a greater gap! It was a different transition from elementary school and expanded my knowledge towards greater horizons. The second biggest leap was the transition from middle school to high school. It was more complicated and often had more work to do than middle school. It also came with a greater responsibility and the effort I showed mattered towards helping me in real life, or the time that came earlier, college. The biggest transition so far in my educational...
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...An event that marked my transformation from childhood to adulthood was my recognition as Valedictorian of the class of 2012 my eighth grade year. By receiving this recognition, I came to an epiphany that my years throughout high school, would consist of dedication to my coursework and striving towards my higher education goals. In essence, my transition from middle school to high school was the turning point that would set me on my paths towards my higher education goals. As a result of this transition I have focused harder on studying, completing assignments, and incorporating community based work. I realized that colleges and universities not only analyze the ability of a student to complete their assignments but, also whether or not the...
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...Abstract In recent years, people have seen the different transitions that students take as they are growing up and going to school. Young adolescents’ are introduced to many different things in life as they are moving along to obtain a better future and become successful. The young adolescents’ are challenged by the moods of others and their own mood. Emotions are a trial all on their own especially for the young adolescents’ in the middle grade years. A Longitudinal investigation was given to 78 fifth grade students using the Piers Harris Self-Concept Scale. Data was collected from the investigation and it was found that young adolescents’ experience more positive changes than negative changes in what we know as domain-specific aspects. A Review of the Literature A longitudinal Investigation of young adolescents’ self-concepts in the middle grades was given to fifth grade students until they reached their middle school grade years. The article stated that middle grade years are a time where the young adolescents’ particularly have a challenging time transitioning. “Fresh from the nurturing environment, young adolescents often find themselves navigating new relationships and making sense of the changing school norms associated with middle grade schools. In addition to environmental changes, young adolescents are also in the midst of dramatic physical and psychological growth. (Rice & Dolgin, 2005) “ Self-concept is understood as being a way for someone to identify...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The middle school years are a critical turning point in young peoples’ lives. At ages 11-14 years, children go through the early adolescence stage. Adolescence is an important period when a child adjusts physically, learns new cognitive abilities, forms positive social relationships, develops a positive sense of self, and forges a personal code of ethics and morality (Eccles, Midgley,1989;Jackson & Davis,2000). Schools, along with peers and families, play an important role in fostering young peoples’ healthy development through the adolescent years (Meece, 2003). Thus, ignoring the developmental needs of students in school might result in the students developing a wrong notion of school until adulthood. Students’ eagerness and motivation to go to high school may decline as they go through their first year in high school if they may still lack the interaction they need to become familiar with and to be exposed to the high school’s norms and environment (Eccles & Midgley, 1989) (Barone, Aguirre-Deandreis, & Trickett, 1991). First year students tend to become lost in the “new world” they are in (Mizelle, 1995; Phelan, Yu, & Davidson, 1994) as they are expected to be more independent in high school, with less spoon-feeding of information and more application of good study habits. The new first year students are expected to be more mature as they deal with new classroom subjects, adopt a better value system, and be...
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...Implementation Stage one - Before Successful implementation of departmentalization in elementary schools is a consequence of the amount of preparation involved in the planning stage. A committee will plan, through research how the departmentalization will be organized: partial or full departmentalization. In partial departmentalization students have two teachers divided into math/science and language arts/social studies. In contrast, full departmentalization students have a different teacher in a different class that teaches each subject. The committee will also decide which teachers will be on teams together. The committee consists of an administrator, teacher, content specialist, counselor, and curriculum coordinator. Parent input should be considered when determining some aspects of organization strategies. School administrators and teachers inform students and parents about departmentalization. An informational letter is composed telling why departmentalization has been adopted, when it will begin, and how it will be organized. The parents are informed well in advance of the actual implementation. A web page can be designed where parents can go to stay informed and to post questions and concerns. Communication with parents happens in a consistent and timely manner. Questions and comments from parents are discussed and responses given quickly. Administrators and teachers should be prepared to answer questions and calm concerns of parents. Professional...
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...From middle school to high school a lot of people experience immense changes in themselves. For me transitioning into high school was one of the biggest changes I have ever experienced. At first, this change was scary but once I realized the positive impact it would have on me personally, I was more open to the ideas. This change gave me many new skills and experiences that I could never have experienced in middle school. My move from middle school to high school has changed my personality, interests, and standards for academics. P1: Being placed in a new unfamiliar environment has made me more social and has improved my attitude towards life. My middle school years were the worst years of my life. This had to do with the fact that I switched...
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...The transition from elementary school into middle school is a difficult switch for preadolescent individuals. Preadolescent individuals are experiencing many difficult changes in their lives at this point in time, such as physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. Transitioning from elementary school into middle school can also be quite scary for young children. It is vital for preadolescents to have the necessary resources to aid in their transition. Unfortunately, many low-income families do not have those vital resources, such as time, support, and money, to name a few. ‘“Follow the Lead”’ is an intervention based afterschool mentoring program targeting low-income preadolescents in order to provide a safe and encouraging environment for...
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...Should 6th grade in Middle school or Elementary school? A question that has been on many people's mind is, Should sixth grade be in middle school? It has been a debate whether or not to make sixth grade should be in middle school. The question still stands, are sixth graders ready? Sixth graders should not be in middle school. When sixth grade is in middle school students would have to grow up faster, when they are in elementary they get to still enjoy the elements of being a child. Although students might want to grow up faster, they would get lots more responsibility and miss the elements of being a child. As a younger student older students are the role models the people they want to be like. If a sixth...
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...Elementary school, my skills as a writer have been average or slightly above average at best. My writing style is basic and I usually follow somewhat of a similar formula for most of my papers. My weak points as a writer would be my creativity and vocabulary. I also wish to improve my ability to draw the reader in during my introduction paragraphs. I always seem to take ages to write my introduction paragraph for my papers, and this causes me to spend a lot of time on my essays. My strong points as a writer would be my structure and my ability to get my message across to the reader. I am confident in my writing in the sense that I can get the job done, but know that my writing could be heavily improved. There are three instances in my life that made me realize my skills as a writer. The first would be my English tutor, who guided me at the beginning of middle school. She laid down the formula and gave me the skills in order to ace all of my basic middle school papers. The second would be the realization that my writing was not good as I thought it was after my first couple of papers in High School, and finally the last instance, which was my college essay. My mother arranged an English tutor to meet with me weekly during the beginning of middle school. She would help my reading comprehension and also helped me write effectively for my middle school papers. This is where I learned the basic formula needed to get a good grade on my papers. I needed a solid thesis, transition sentences...
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...Middle School Teachers Fatina Bunch EDU 623 Introduction to Teaching And Learning Instructor: Julie-Ann Adkins September 3, 2012 Middle School Teachers As a teacher, I feel that the middle school is my place. I must say that middle school is a different atmosphere for learning. The teachers who are fortunate enough to enter a student’s life during these critical years will do a lot more than provide an academic education they will also provide lifelong lessons to produce productive citizens. It takes a special talent and personality to connect with students in the middle school. The middle school concept has many different grade combinations ranging from grade five to grade nine, but to be classified as a middle school the combination must contain grade seven. Middle schools deal with students while they are living through their developmental years of their lives. During these years they do not really belong to a designated group, they are in the middle. They are not babies, toddlers, or adolescents they are sometimes referred to as “tweeners”. “Tweeners” is a term to identify the middle school student.(Manning 2000) Yes the title is unique just like the middle school student. During middle school the students are trying to understand who they are and where they should fit into their environment. So as a middle school teacher one would have to be patient, caring, and loving. The teacher has to be able to communicate with their students effectively...
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...Chapter 1: Introduction Background Information: Bullying has been an ongoing problem for many years, it can occur in the workplace, school, or online. Although this can happen anywhere, I will discuss bullying in the school and the measures being taking to prevent it. In Dake, Price, and Telljohann, they state that in the past three decades, school bullying gained increased attention in the United States due to media attention on homicide and suicide cases where bullying was a precipitating factor (Dake, Price, and Telljohann, 2003). The US Secret Service investigated characteristics of students involved in school shootings in the United States. During the Secret Service’s research, they found 37 different school shootings, two-thirds involved attackers who "felt persecuted, bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others prior to the incident". While two-thirds of the cases did not directly involve school bullying, "a number of the attackers had experienced bullying and harassment that was longstanding and severe. In those cases, the experience of bullying appeared to play a major role in motivating the attack at the school (US Secret Service, 2000)”. Ethics is another factor to consider when thinking about bullying and its effects on the victims. Burke and Richer break down behavior into two groups. Clearly wrong and conditionally wrong, of the two clearly wrong would be the proper fit for the topic that I am discussing. Clearly wrong includes behaviors which are so...
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...in the park where im from. From hearing gun shots in the middle of the night to losing my oldest brother to the streets and leaving me with no one to look up to because at eight years old my father passed and that left my mother with the task of being a single parent. Growing up in a single parent household has its Pros and Cons, but my mother found a way to do it. a couple months after my father passed my mother introduced me to sports when she decided to put me in little league baseball for my first sport. Although, growing up I didn't have my father around to teach me how to play sports I learned how on my own with the help of coaches. My mother was always the hardest on me because she didn't want me to end up like my oldest brother and now I had to set an example for my youngest brother. So her putting me in sports really played a big part in my life along with her taugh love. When I turned 12 my mother enrolled me in Blow Pierce junior high school. When I got to junior high I started to be a lot more social with other poeple in school and I started to make friends and that junior high more interesting. I started to get more active by joining the school baseball team. I attended Blow Pierce junior high for the 7th and 8th grade. After graduating from junior high we moved across town where I attended Anacostia Senior High School. Going into my freshman year I was scared of the transition from junior high to High school, but when I got there and few weeks went by I started to...
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...gap between the quality of schooling that most middle- class kids get in America and quality of schooling available for most poor and minority children. The second gap being the global achievement gap, the gap between our teaching and public schools in the United States versus all students from countries all over the world as a part of our global knowledge economy. McKinsey (2009) gives more details and statistics based on the number of differences in the achievement of white black and Latino students. McKinsey discusses the four different distinct achievement gaps between the United States and other nations; between black and Latino; students and white students; between students of different income levels; and between similar students schooled in different systems or regions (McKinsey 2009). McKinsey (2009) also discusses the gap between black, Latino and white students also known as the racial achievement gap. On average, black and Latino students are roughly two to three years of learning behind white students of the same age. A study showed alarming results that when comparing reading and math scores at the 8th grade level, 48 percent blacks, 43 percent Latino and 17 percent white were “below basic”(McKinsey 2009. Similarly, Wagner (n.d.) and McKinsey both emphasize the global achievement gap and the income achievement gap. Horrifying statistics show that impoverished students are two years behind the average middle class student at the same grade level, which seen...
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...In these pages I am going to talk about luck and first days of high school as a freshman. Luck is an interesting ideal because some people consider themselves lucky and others consider themselves an unlucky but not many has considered if it’s true. The first years of high school teaches how I matured and learned about Christ. Finally I would like to make sure this is not totally opinionated. Like everyone else, I had to go through the application and acceptance or denial process to get into a high school. In the eighth grade, I have realized that I didn’t really care to refer to good occurrences as good luck or bad occurrences as bad luck. In the midst of the ending of eighth grade year, I received a letter of unacceptance by five high schools...
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