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[quote=Anonymous]MS is an awkward time in kids life especially because we as a society are still grappling with educating kids about sexual maturity.  For some reason people save this education for this time period instead of doing it earlier where it would just be facts instead of both facts and emotion.  If kids could truly have already accepted sexual maturation it would be less scary and taboo and adults would really only be dealing with the emotion of the changes that occur.

Second particularly for public school the class size is wrong.  Yes it’s a bigger school but the class sizes need to be much smaller.  Kids this age need independence but they also need the connection of peers and teachers that comes from smaller classes. This would allow teachers to actually help more students, give students the chance to learn to speak up, and allow for conversations and projects that foster independence.

Third, all grades need more true experiential learning.  They need to see subjects in the real world, experience leaving campus on field trips.  8th graders need to have a leadership role in the school.  That way they don’t seem like this towering figures who have nothing in common with the 6th graders. It would help the older kids to remember how they felt stepping into a new space.

Fourth cell phones.  JC every MS in the country needs to ban cell phones, like today. [/quote]

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