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Originally posted by sugar and spice
But you went to a fairly small and rural school, right? Which I think poses a much different, and easier, transition than larger suburban/urban schools.
Here's some stuff at my school:
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I guess I can see that. My school was very small (and rural) ... about 400 kids total from 7-12.
Most of the things you listed (drugs, sex, etc) weren't factors even in our high school. Very very very few kids drank, and from what I could tell... not many of them were sexually active, either. I can tell I'm going to be in for a huge shock when my child starts school... I grew up in education Utopia, and it's hard for me to think that there are places where 15 year olds drink and have sex
As far as the culture... I don't know, I guess I didn't really notice the difference in teaching styles, but I don't know if that means they treated us like adults in em. school or like little kids in high school... it was just somethng that never crossed my mind.
Is there really that much difference between a 12 year old (7th grader) and 14 year old (9th grader), though? I guess where I'm getting lost is the big emotional difference between the two...
