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Article: The Scary World of Middle School; How to be sure your kids are ready.(cover story)
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"You have to love roller coasters," says Susan Kandyba, a language arts teacher at Casey Middle School in Boulder, Colorado. "Middle schoolers are up and down--sometimes manically happy, sometimes gloomy. A sense of humor is key,"
Middle school, which is generally thought of as sixth to eighth grades, isn't easy for anybody. It's a rough time to be a student, and, as you probably know, a tough age to teach. You're expected to ease the transition of students from elementary to middle school. But if you're an elementary teacher, you may not know what kids will be facing in middle school, and if you're a middle school teacher, you aren't always aware of what skills ...