1st*toright
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Totallyexcept that I found a way to pay tuition via CCs but I am so glad we are moving DS to private school in the fall. It is absolutely the right decision. Apparently, the kids are now making fun of him for being younger as he just turned 12 while the other 7th graders are 13 or will be shortly. This is due to him being a bumped up a year from kindergarten to 1st grade. I thought he was upset because I wouldn't get him a pug but he finally broke down on FaceTime after 30 times calling me to tell me he wasn't going to school today and told me the real issue. He even asked to repeat 7th grade so he wouldn't stand out again at his new school. My heart is breaking for him. Middle school kids are so cruel. Just 37 more days to get through...
Idiots. 7th grade really is the worst!!! It doesn't matter what the "thing" is, kids will find any stupid difference and make a big deal about it. We had our daughter in private school in middle school - didn't stop the stupidness, but the teachers were on top of things pretty quick when they got out of hand (not that that helps with teasing/exclusion/gossip and all the other middle school nonsense that seems unavoidable.) My daughter really wanted to go back to public school for high school, which was fine with us. She thinks the kids at the private school were awful, but I'm still sure the overall experience was less awful than the gigantic public middle school would have been for her. I'd guess that most of the kids she is now friends with were idiots 2 years ago, she just wasn't there to see it!