Day 57 - March 6: Middle School

I survived the sink-or-swim model of junior high school in the 1970's.  Now, of course, it's called middle school and everything has changed.  Tonight I went to a meeting for the parents of incoming 7th graders, led by the school's young, passionate, bright, caring principal.  Commit this to memory:  middle schoolers are going through awkward stages as they discover their social self.  They display inconsistant behavior and are preoccupied with self.  They are curious and desire to feel autonomous and competent.  And, it feels like it happens overnight.  As my kids would say, "Duh, Mom".  Of course there is nothing new here, but the fact that it's happening under my roof is new.  That the school is committed to "help steady the course" is also new, and comforting.