First off, I would just like to say that I am not at all clear about what chapter 9 was really trying to say. It wasn’t ever clearly laid out what exactly the difference between having a middle school and having a junior high school is. Maybe I just missed something in the chapter, but in my opinion having grades 6-8 is sufficient for being the buffer or transitioning zone between elementary and high school.
One quote from this chapter that I found to actually go along with what I just stated better than actually proving the chapter’s point was on page 165 under the “young people in transition: summary” and it stated the following: “These changes that occur during the period of transition from childhood to adolescence should be reflected, we believe, in a transitional school program…………………………………………This transitional period is unique in the developmental sequence—a uniqueness which renders children and young people at this stage of development as quite different from those in the first few years of school and those in the high school years.”
Sooooooooooo, what exactly is the reason for needing a change from middle to junior high and what exactly is the difference? The middle school now provides a place for the students to have three years to adjust and then prepare for high school. So, doesn’t that constitute it as being a transitional school program? The one thing in chapter nine that I did really like was the way the author laid out the “young people in transition: summary” on page 164. I felt that the points he made were indeed valid, and putting it in a format like having it listed was helpful.
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i see where you are coming from. the chapters were a bit confusing with middle school junior high blah blah blah.
i think that junior high/middle school is a huge part in a childs develpoment. not only as a student in academics but as a individual, as a person. its a great time to build confidence and to lreally start to establish yourself as an indiviudal. it can also be hard for people this age to get established. it seems students at this age are trying to find themselves which leads to kids being punks. at times students at this age think they have all the answers in the world and are too cool for school...
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