I'm an incoming sophomore, and most days, I still miss middle school. This could be because my middle school was significantly better in terms of academics and community.... I had more friends and I was kind of in love with one of my teachers. But besides the point, I miss how in middle school no one used their phones in class and everyone respected the teachers. Nearly all the teachers were amazing. I was surrounded by really intelligent kids. You knew everyone in all your classes, and it was year round (a schedule I prefer) and everything was just wonderful. I get nostalgic most of the time, and it doesn't help that I visit the teacher I was/am in love with quite often. I just went over to help him prepare for the new year a few weeks ago, and it kind of hurt to assign locks, make seating charts and organize first day packets. It feels like yesterday that I was entering 8th grade.
Does anyone else share these feelings? Shouldn't they have disappeared by now?
I just think in so many ways my middle school was superior to my high school. I felt my education was more well-rounded, and though I received less work than in my first year of high school, the work was sometimes more difficult and it actually challenged me.
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