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"There are some unique issues, especially in middle school, a teacher has to deal with, she said. With class changes, teachers deal with about 130 students a day, and just as many personalities, Hubbard said.
'Maturity levels vary in the class, and they vary in the students from day to day,' she said. One day, students may act like they're 12, and the next like they're 2, she said.
On the first day of school, Purvis and her students found common ground over a story. Purvis read to her third-graders Wemberly Worried, a book about a mouse nervous about her first day of school.
When asked whether they were nervous about the first day of school last week, most of the students raised their hands. Purvis admitted to them that she was, too.
But 'they're not going to be judging you on the first day of school, just like you're not judging them, and we're going to work it out together,' Purvis said."
"There are some unique issues, especially in middle school, a teacher has to deal with, she said. With class changes, teachers deal with about 130 students a day, and just as many personalities, Hubbard said.
'Maturity levels vary in the class, and they vary in the students from day to day,' she said. One day, students may act like they're 12, and the next like they're 2, she said.
On the first day of school, Purvis and her students found common ground over a story. Purvis read to her third-graders Wemberly Worried, a book about a mouse nervous about her first day of school.
When asked whether they were nervous about the first day of school last week, most of the students raised their hands. Purvis admitted to them that she was, too.
But 'they're not going to be judging you on the first day of school, just like you're not judging them, and we're going to work it out together,' Purvis said."