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Oh, middle school. For those of us who have not forced ourselves to forget the painful memories of sixth through eighth grade, middle school provides plenty more awkward and uncomfortable memories to reflect fondly upon. My current reflection on my middle school days was inspired by a blog post I read titled Tips for Tackling Tough Transitions That Start in Middle School on ASCD’s community blog. Before reading the post, I had only seen middle school through the eyes of a student, but after reading I am now very interested in the middle school experience for middle school teachers. It seems that teaching middle school requires its own special collection of talents because middle school is a time of difficult transition for adolescents. (more…)