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Originally Posted by AGDee
But I'm sure when you were in 5th grade there were some girls who were already having sex. Things haven't changed that much. There are still plenty of girls interesting in "kid" things still in 5th grade and others are doing very "adult" things. Once they hit middle school in 6th grade though... smh. (LOL) We didn't have middle school when I was a kid, we had junior high. Junior high started in 7th grade. We were still of the elementary mentality in 6th grade. I'm not sure I think middle school is a great concept, personally.
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As a substitute whose favorite grade is 6th in a state that has pretty much gotten rid of most if not all Junior Highs for Middle Schools I see that where the schools keep the 6th grade segregated (lunches and most courses are separate) they are not bad. As a rule the 6th graders STILL act like they're in elementary school. They listen much better than 7th & 8th graders do, they complete their work on time during the class period, follow directions well and just are better overall. It helps them get used to the chaos of the older children without being in the center of it. This is even true in schools of "lesser qualities".
I transfered from a school where 6th grade was in the elementary hallway to a middle school in 7th grade and it was such a shock culturally for me. People were speaking in sexual terms I had never heard of and shaving their legs and going on dates!
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