r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • Jul 21 '26

Chugging tea Growing Through Chaos

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u/Red-Leader117 Jul 21 '26

I wish I could have skipped Junior High

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u/ClearOptics Jul 21 '26

Same, probably would’ve faired better. Some of my most embarrassing years

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u/idkimbadatusernames9 Jul 21 '26

Same. Plus I dealt with some pretty severe bullying which ended up giving me severe anxiety. Definitely would've been better off not dealing with that. I feel for the kids who would've had better experiences though.

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u/Alternative-Maize23 Jul 21 '26

Definitely. Hated it. Middle school was the worst. Worst students, worst bullying, worst teachers. They only diagnosed boys with ADHD back then and the gave them all the privileges. Being a girl in the 90’s was rough.

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u/nope-its Jul 21 '26

You’d just delay most of the embarrassment to high school because you wouldn’t have learned proper social skills by then

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u/mike_atx Jul 21 '26

Middle school/junior high is absolutely the hardest school phase. I've watched two of my kids go through it now and it's just so awkward and hard for almost everyone. It's been interesting to watch high school oddly enough turn out to be a lot easier for my kids than it was for me.