Really?

Have you ever watched sixth graders interact w/ college students? If not, let me give you a little picture of just that situation.

37 twelve year olds wander around the University of Arkansas. Mind you they travel in well defined clumps. Typically 3-4 girls linking arms, and boys tapping said girls on the shoulders or pulling their hair. When girls see any one of the thousands of college students they proceed to say, "Hey, look at the hobos!" This deduction is made from the incriminating backpacks and the foot travel -- must be the homeless!

Once teachers enlighten the ignorant students about the facts of life (there are no parking spaces on campus), girls resort to greeting EVERY passing college student, professor or dog. In high pitched, monotonous voices, "hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, oooh he's cute, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi." Think: the birds in Finding Nemo - "mine, mine, mine, mine." It really is JUST like that.

So if you happened upon a swarm of middle schoolers sometime, please don't get irritated w/ the teachers who have no control over their students (much like I do w/ tantrum throwing children and their parents). It really is just the way kids when they start going through puberty.