Stephanie Morrill

Still talking about Middle School...

12 April 2010

As mentioned last week, I spent Friday morning speaking at Career Day for my former middle school. The students were very polite – almost all said thank you as they walked out of the classroom – and they’d all dressed up, which I thought was a nice touch. I’d actually considered wearing jeans. I’m super glad I didn’t.

Being back there really hammered home that I’m thankful to not be in middle school anymore. And that’s not meant to dis the students or administration. It’s just that as I walked around the vaguely familiar halls, I was reminded of who I was at that time and why I’m glad to no longer be her. Plus I’m thankful to not have to do math homework, or sit at an assigned seat during lunch where I have to raise my hand if I need to go to the bathroom. Or slam down lunch in 23 minutes.

When I mentioned that to my husband, he asked, “Wow, how did you survive that?” I’m a notoriously slow eater. The only one who eats as slow as I do is my father-in-law. Even if he didn’t like me, I think he still would have been happy to have me in the family so he wasn’t always the last one eating.

Anyway. Middle school.

While I walked out to my car after Career Day feeling like maybe I’d rambled too much, maybe I’d sounded stupid when I said such-and-such, I enjoyed being with the students. It’d been awhile since I did a school function, and I really do like the time with them. I just wish it didn’t have to be so focused on me and what I do. If we could just talk about their favorite books and what’s going on in their lives, that would be perfect. However, none of the teachers seem interested in sacrificing class time for that.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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