Middle School Culture Shock

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember the exact same behavior in the 80s when I was in middle school and I attended a private school.

Rich kids behaving poorly.

Not like the public school kids. Not even close. They may be rich but private schools have discipline and standards.

+2 this kind of behavior is truly not an issue at our private middle school. My child actually went to public for elementary so I am not against public education!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember the exact same behavior in the 80s when I was in middle school and I attended a private school.

There were no phones so no distributing porn was happening. Weed maybe but that’s happening too.

I agree about phones and porn. However, I was referring to OP’s original post and plenty of kids cursed, were disrespectful to teachers behind their backs and tried to wear inappropriate clothing. And I remember my mom telling me that when she was young kids were different.

[Anonymous]

I mean, this kind of stuff is developmentally normal and appropriate. Kids pushing boundaries. Take as old as time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, this kind of stuff is developmentally normal and appropriate. Kids pushing boundaries. Take as old as time.

Kinda sad that parents refuse to parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bus language was very bad. 6th graders on the bus with 8th graders who had been raised by youtube influencers. I talked with the school administration and they said the bus drivers were supposed to police this. Ha!

This enrages me. Just like MCPS to pass the buck.
OP, we had a similar experience and moved to a private school. Middle school was incredible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, this kind of stuff is developmentally normal and appropriate. Kids pushing boundaries. Take as old as time.

Kinda sad that parents refuse to parent.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attended an MCPS elementary school and just started middle school. Since starting she has complained about the amount of swearing done by the students and the "skimpy" clothes the girls wear that show more than some bathing suits. She said there is very little respect for teachers, with kids flipping them off in class when they turn their backs. Is this typical of MCPS middle school?

Here's an 🍎 for your daughter.

With such judgmental reports of her peers, middle school is going to be a real breeze for her, lol.

[Anonymous]

Strangely, so far so good. I have a 6th grader but in another district. They have tracks for math. My theory is that if you are on a higher track, you get into a cohort with other nerdy kids who are in other classes with you as well.
It’s a very ordinary middle school, 30% farms/esl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strangely, so far so good. I have a 6th grader but in another district. They have tracks for math. My theory is that if you are on a higher track, you get into a cohort with other nerdy kids who are in other classes with you as well.
It’s a very ordinary middle school, 30% farms/esl.

Correct. However your child can still be exposed in the bus or during other classes.

My son at North Bethesda MS a few years ago wasn’t exposed to the horrors other posters describe. He was in with a nerdy crowd, and was driven to school.

[Anonymous]

Not so fast about North Bethesda. Was touring programs in the county of 2E a few year ago and NB was the single most rowdy school I saw out of three on the West side.

I witnessed a kid run full sprint - knock down a girl coming out of a class like a linebacker - and my tour guide (assistant principal) did absolutely nothing. Of course the kid just kept going...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Strangely, so far so good. I have a 6th grader but in another district. They have tracks for math. My theory is that if you are on a higher track, you get into a cohort with other nerdy kids who are in other classes with you as well.
It’s a very ordinary middle school, 30% farms/esl.

Not true in our experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not so fast about North Bethesda. Was touring programs in the county of 2E a few year ago and NB was the single most rowdy school I saw out of three on the West side.

I witnessed a kid run full sprint - knock down a girl coming out of a class like a linebacker - and my tour guide (assistant principal) did absolutely nothing. Of course the kid just kept going...

That’s about par for the course. Having had 2 at NB within the last few years we are aware of all the really bad things that went on there. Let me tell you, NB is the tamest out of the W/Bethesda middle schools, except for maybe a Tilden. The things our kids told us were happening at Pyle or Westland made the things a PP posted about (child porn, hook ups and vaping) look like every day normal behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attended an MCPS elementary school and just started middle school. Since starting she has complained about the amount of swearing done by the students and the "skimpy" clothes the girls wear that show more than some bathing suits. She said there is very little respect for teachers, with kids flipping them off in class when they turn their backs. Is this typical of MCPS middle school?

Here's an 🍎 for your daughter.

With such judgmental reports of her peers, middle school is going to be a real breeze for her, lol.

You are a mean girl mom. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember the exact same behavior in the 80s when I was in middle school and I attended a private school.

There were no phones so no distributing porn was happening. Weed maybe but that’s happening too.

I agree about phones and porn. However, I was referring to OP’s original post and plenty of kids cursed, were disrespectful to teachers behind their backs and tried to wear inappropriate clothing. And I remember my mom telling me that when she was young kids were different.

We passed around an actual book that was pornographic in my middle school in the 1980s - so low tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, this kind of stuff is developmentally normal and appropriate. Kids pushing boundaries. Take as old as time.

Kinda sad that parents refuse to parent.

Meaning what, specifically? Please do explain. They're giving up custody of their middle-schoolers? They're kicking their middle-schoolers out of their home? Otherwise your post makes no sense to me.