Top 10 Worst Things About Middle School

1. Homework

   

   I may be very smart and like learning and school, but ironically, homework is possibly the worst thing in not only school but the WORLD! ALL I want to do after school is play on my computer or go to sleep, but then I have to do some gosh darn aggravating "math pages" or homework on the computer that isn't close to fun.

   I've actually heard that students in countries that have LESS homework do BETTER than kids with more homework. If everyone hates homework, then why do teachers give it ALMOST EVERY DAY?! GOSH!

   My math teacher alone is making us do at least thirty minutes of just math homework each night, Monday through Thursday. I swear, I don't think any of the teachers consult with each other about how much homework they give.

2. Monday Mornings

   

   Sometimes, I can't get my sleeping schedule right because of Mondays. It's the day of the week when I'm so unprepared. Plus, the word sounds so boring.

   I have PE first period, and we have Mile Monday! You can guess what that is.

   This is how I normally feel about morning wake-ups in high school:

   Mondays = This sucks!

   Tuesdays = Neutral

   Wednesdays = OK about it

   Thursdays = Feelin' pretty good

   Fridays = YAY! Today's Friday!

3. Immature Classmates

   

   I'm trying to eat lunch, and all of a sudden, at least 20 people across the room go, "OOH." I don't care if Brad likes Jenna or Stacy is dating whoever, let's just eat!

   It's even worse when no one is listening to the teacher. Let him/her do his/her job!

   This should be at least #3! There's always got to be this group of idiots making repetitive jokes and snorting laughs. Then somebody always spits while laughing.

   This happens to me every single day! Half of the class repeats the same jokes over and over non-stop while I am the one actually trying to get work done!

4. Cafeteria Food

   

   In elementary school, they used to make you eat it, but now in middle school, they don't care. I know because one day I was fasting for my church, and they didn't bat an eye.

   This vote is just for the comment:

   The teachers say school lunch has a lot of variety. I say that's true. I've counted at least 3/4 of the periodic table.

   To this day, I still have no idea what is in our school's Salisbury steak. I swear I found a little bone in mine once. This is why I always bring my own lunch.

5. Everyone Turns Into a Jerk

   

   I don't know why it happens, but this is true. Freshman year isn't the worst time in school. Middle school is because the people there are more judgmental than in high school.

   Middle school has worse bullies too. In high school, if you are bullied, 90% of the time, you probably deserve it. But not in middle school. They find the stupidest excuses to bully you, like being fat, ugly, gay (even if you aren't), a nerd, shy, weird, or not liking whatever garbage is on MTV.

   I don't know what happens to make people act like jerks in middle school, but somehow it does.

   Ever since grade 5, I had good times with all my classmates. But when grade 7 came, I always felt like I was the only student who was a lonely survivor. My classmates are still smart (the mean, smart, witty people), but they don't really respect others' differences. Instead, they give heavy judgment to each of their classmates, and I'm one of those unlucky students who got heavy judgment because I was born a right-brainer and never liked learning that much. I'm still surviving here in grade 7, so bring it on!

6. Relationship Drama

   

   Yeah. By sixth grade, I was on my first girlfriend, whom I began dating at the end of the previous year. Her name was Sarah. Within about six months of the new school year, she decided to break up with me, even though I still liked her. She started going out with this boy, Matt, who was one of my friends, who I now despise for "stealing" my girlfriend!

   Well, apparently Matt's history because I heard one of her "besties" gossiping about how Sarah had had her first kiss with this boy named Jeremy (who I also hate) at the dance.

   How do I even start? I liked one guy in 7th grade, and a bunch of people thought he liked me. I thought that too, but it turns out that the summer after 7th he hooked up with like five girls. Then in 8th he became a completely different person, and I hate him now.

7. Boring Classes

   

   I hate having to be in classes for over an hour doing nothing but taking notes (a.k.a. doodling) and listening to the teacher drone on and on about useless things.

   In online classes, I turn off the camera so that everyone can't see me drooling.

   Poetry is the most useless class to exist.

8. Social Studies

   

   Literally, in 6th and 7th grade, I loved history and had the best teacher. I knew everything about politics, wars, commandments, etc., but now I hate it with a passion. My history teacher now doesn't even teach us. She hardly even talks to us. She just writes it on the board and tells us to get to work. She doesn't even deserve to be called a teacher if she doesn't teach.

   Seriously though, we have to cram a bunch of random information and somehow manage to retain it until a test and then forget it. We only have unit tests and interims for this subject, so I'm grateful that I don't need to memorize a bunch of information until the end of the year.

   The worst part is that honors social studies SUCKS SO MUCH. It's even more boring than normal social studies. The reason I know this is because I was in a normal class for the first semester, then I got tested for GT and got accepted, landing me in honors social studies this semester. I can't even tell you how lucky people in normal social studies are because at least they don't get countless projects.

9. Too Many Projects

   

   I'm having a hard time keeping up with all of this. I do my best to try and stay positive but I just have too much going on all the time. I always fear that my projects suck and my teachers won't like them.

   Three projects in less than a week, every week, is killing me.

   I have a class where all we do is projects!

10. Hot Teachers You Couldn't Have

    

    Oh yeah? That hot teacher is MY MUM, and I have to deal with every boy liking her and telling ME how hot my mum is. Plain embarrassing.

    Oh, and whoever has a crush on a teacher is just creepy.

    Thank you, whoever wrote this! I had a crush on my teacher!

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Clinical Depression

    

    My friends say I look depressed when I'm not. I'm usually just focused.

12. ?

    Getting Betrayed

    

    My fake "friends" would always betray me. I hope that they pay the price for their betrayal someday.

The Contenders

13. Bad Grades

    

    Not really a person with bad grades (if anything, I'm one of the people with above average and good grades) but I can see why this is a bit bad. But hey, it's not the school's fault. It means that you need to study harder.

    You can't hate middle school for that. You can get bad grades in any school.

    And when your parents annoy you about it.

14. Cursing and Swearing

    

    This happens a lot in my school. Most of the time, the staff isn't near the people who do it, allowing them to easily get away with it. My friends swear too in 7th grade. One of them yells out a cuss word every once in a while (even when the staff is around). I tell him not to cuss when the staff is nearby, but he just responds that he doesn't care by saying, "I don't give a (not saying)."

    EXACTLY! I don't understand why everyone is cursing in middle school. Heck, high school shouldn't have cursing either.

15. Bullies

    

    I've been going through some bullying lately. People keep asking me if I like certain kids and I keep saying no and they keep asking me anyway and it's the same people every time! I already told you, I don't like anybody!

    This should be number one on this list due to my hatred for them. Hell, I was bullied by them like crazy.

    For example, some of them stalked me. They should have been expelled and arrested.

    They don't even insult you directly. They just annoy the crap out of you and make you feel insecure.

16. Math

    

    I've always been a math wiz, but I just do not like my math teacher (the one with the pink stuffed animals in her room). She makes everything ten times harder, and she talks so much and so fast in her slow voice that it's hard to keep up. Then again, most of my grade and most of her past students don't like her, so I'm not alone.

    Most of the stuff I learn in math is just complete bull crap because I'll probably never use it in life.

    Algebra is a stupid and pointless class that they force you to take in middle and high school.

17. Stress

    

    I miss a week of school because I went to Florida, and now I have a lot of missing assignments that came out of nowhere.

    Yes, when you get behind and have so many missing assignments, or when you did terrible on a test.

    Bro, I'm an eighth grader, and we have to do the PSAT. Like, what the truck?

18. The Teachers are Strict

    

    My science teacher's on crack. She yells at students too much, and yet she still has vocal cords.

    These teachers yell at us all the time for no exact reason.

19. Suddenly Everything You Do Matters

    If I miss ONE homework assignment, 5 points are deducted from the homework grade, which can affect your overall grade and get you in trouble with your parents.

    It's the same with tests and projects. I hate this stress.

    What does a stupid letter written on a dead tree do to me? Nothing.

20. No More Recess

    

    Good thing middle schools in England and Wales are primary schools, so they have playtime.

    I was sad that there was no more recess. I always had to miss recess in 1st-5th grade because of how much I was bullied.

    In elementary, I would have 20 minutes of recess. Now that I'm in middle school, I get like 6 or 10 minutes. BRUHH!

21. Crazy Teachers

    My 7th-grade math teacher has pink stuffed animals everywhere in her room. It's creepy. (I find her dull, and she teaches things ten times harder than they really are, but that's not the point). Seriously, she has these Pink Panthers in the back of her room, and they seem depressed based on how they're arranged. Plus, I think her pink Minnie Mouse stuffed animal is out to get me.

    If someone accidentally touches one of them, I heard that she will get insanely mad. Like, yeesh lady, just don't have your creepy pink stuffed animals in your room then.

    Sincerely,

    Ms. Anonymous.

    My teacher is crazy. She can't even argue with the students because she's scared to, and she wants us to do 80 squats in a minute and run around the field 5 times when it's 50 degrees outside.

22. Homeroom

23. Stupid People

    

    Omg. Yes. Why is this not higher on the list? Every girl wears shorts that are super short or tight ripped jeans, and all the boys are the absolute worst. Even the smart ones are stupid. Nobody cares about each other's feelings. Nobody pays attention in class, and nobody gives any effort to pass.

    It makes me so angry because I'm over here working my butt off, and I look over and they are just circling random answers and doing random crap instead of their work. AND THE GIGGLING JUST STOP. It's SO ANNOYING IN MATH CLASS!

    What I don't get is why all the dumb people join groups with smart people. I guess it's just less work for them!

24. Language Arts

    

    Language arts is the most boring. That's probably why I have the worst grade in it.

25. Favoritism Among Teachers

    Dumb cheerleaders. They gain the teacher's friendship and bam, favoritism. One year, I got sent to the counselor's office for too short shorts (which weren't even that short and were, like, my longest pair), and another girl had REALLY short shorts, and my teacher turned a blind eye. Yes, she was one of the popular girls. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

    AHH YES! This is so true! It gets super annoying when the teacher gives everyone a super awful assignment and tells one kid he can just sit there and read.

26. Lockers

    

    They suck a lot. Our lockers in my school are half the size of a regular locker, and I can't even fit my backpack in there. I'm stuck bringing my backpack into my classroom!

    What's worse is sometimes your neighbors take ALL the space!

    The lockers at my school are about 1 inch wide, and they SUCK! Everyone's always getting in the way and accidentally hitting each other with lockers! It sucks.

    In middle school, the first year (6th grade), we had to either share lockers with another person or get half the size locker we'd get in upper grades. Both options sucked.

27. All the Girls Attack You

    All the popular girls always think that they are better than you. Also, they always talk about your butt and how small it is or how stupid you are. What they don't realize is that they are exactly the same, and they make me strong, not them.

    Lol, I was in the hallway, and a boy told me I was mean. I said, "No, just honest." So we started being honest, and he looked me up and down and said, "You have a small butt." I was so offended, and needless to say, that afternoon, I was one of those girls.

    Personally, I am a girl and can admit that I may or may not have done this myself.