Middle School #4 – Diva Syndrome
Subbing #4.5 – Diva Syndrome (Middle School)
Basically to spare my sanity, and anyone else from having to read a ridiculously long blog posting, I’ve decided to split my “On Middle School” posts into seperate. Know that, I consider them all part of larger story. It’s much easier to digest in the manner that I hope to keep posts of this nature orgazined. That is, a teaser posting setting up the lesson, then a follow up with a specific example/story, finally ending with a posting to tie it all together.
I thought one of the toughest things to deal with in regards of subbing was going to be the middle school to teenaged boys. However that was a fictious generalization. Which I apologize for, drastically!
You see the problem is in fact girls. Of all ages. They drive boys crazy by making them doubt that thing, doubt the one thing that had been pretty much a given until this age -GIRLS ARE THE ENEMY! Suddenly, little Carlos has noticed the particular way Mirabelle’s braces shine during the Pledge of Allegience. Or boys begin WWF-ing / Chris Brown-ing to Rihanna each other over frivalous things such as Ronnie giving Josh’s ex a penicil.
And as for the females themslves- those of Sugar and Spice, everything nice, butterflies, rainbows, fairies and etc. etc. Well that comes to an end. Suddenly Jessica and Allie who used to play Easy Bake Oven and like the Zoo – well now they have gone all Mean Girls on each other. And I’m not talking Lindsey Lohan’s blissfully ignorant “Cady Herring”. No, they become Rachel McAdams’ vicious “Regina George.” And each diva was suddenly a bigger diva than the last. You see, “diva” in this case is both a noun and adjective.
Basically, life becomes this comedic tragedy of betrayals, misunderstanding, and snarkiness. If you haven’t seen Mean Girls, I have to say, really? But still I’ve added this clip the movie to give a depiction of the above that I’ve written.
Basically, those kids are getting betrayal/misunderstanding/and snarkiness ball thrown at them from all sides. And if you think they didn’t like the people they were becoming, and didn’t trust people that they know- well, certainly they don’t care about trivial appearances, not the minor inconvience to your day known as a Sub Teacher.
Up next….Middle School Girls (The Story)
[Chester Kent]
Everytime I sub in 7th/8th grade I am unfortunately struck with the intense dislike of children. I tell them (directly) that they have just postponed my “Mrs. B has a Baby” plan another year because I never want children that are 12 and 13.
I feel your pain. I should start a subbing blog, it seems therapeutic- and it will be great fodder for when I write my book “Surviving Subbing: Misadventures of an Education Grad.” It will come with 25 things you need to sub. Like a whistle. And narcotics of some kind. 