Eighth Grade

The middle school thematic unit ends with more adolescent awkwardness. What happens when a girl with no friends thinks she’s a YouTube influencer? Besides many bad choices, there’s Gucci, sex education, mean girls, Ronnie making everything about himself, an invitation to throw axes in the Crossroads, shirtless dads talking to kids, amateur go-go dancing, nudes, active shooter training, getting caught staring at an ass on the way to Composition, food court conversations, truth or dare, SpongeBob, time capsules, a rant about pre-high school graduation ceremonies, and chicken nugget envy. 

Exit ticket: The data’s in and surprise surprise kids haven’t progressed reading levels post-8th grade in years. And it has nothing to do with kids on tablets now. There is a solution, but most schools aren’t doing it. Justin tells us why.