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Sixth grade English teacher Lori Singaraju shared what she’s learned from 15 years of reading student journals — and it has people in tears. The now-viral Facebook post is addressed to “Parents of Middle Schoolers,” and it’s packed with insider information. As Singaraju tells TODAY.com, 'Their journals give me a window into their minds.' “I know things are likely a bit rough at home now that your child is a sweaty mass of hormones and nonsense TikTok slang.
''They are often very mean to each other. You remember this, right? Bullying is real and it’s awful, but it’s also not the name for most of these interactions. Mostly this is people whose lives suddenly revolve around friends except they don’t know the rules of friendship or navigating a social scene. They have poor impulse control and are extremely self-conscious and often think they can make themselves look better by making someone else look worse. They’re not sociopaths.
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