Transition To Middle School Mugs

'Talk about being scared straight...I just found out that being held back a grade is not an urban myth.'

Cheers For The Hollyhock Middle School Chess Team

'You were a band geek?! Maybe Max will play an instrument!'

"The first day of school. Yes sir. A day to make new friends. A day to mark new beginnings. A day to discover everyone but you has grown three feet over the summer."

The lesser of two evils.

Don't you hate...

"In pre-school I was an overachiever. Now, in first grade, math is threatening my reputation."

Highschool sign.

"The problem with online schooling is I can't get help from Mom and Dad!"

"They grow up so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that he was in the third grade. Wait, it was yesterday!"

"Exactly how long were you home schooled?"

'Me, I'm home-schooled: Getting to and from school was taking too much of my time...'

High School

They were right. Life did get better after middle school.

Teacher faints: 'The day the entire 6th grade class turned their homework in on time.'

'Do I have to enter a plea?'

'You are new here, aren't you?'

'I guess my love for Miss Rogers is over...I passed third grade.'

"This place is okay, but it's nothing to text home about."

"Say, Flo, did you make an appointment with a lifestyle counselor?"

Fresh out of school, new hire Justin Huffenberger is temporarily stunned and disoriented by the light at the end of the university tunnel.

'Mrs. Wingit, what's the secret to teaching middle school for 30 years?'

"Every year it's the same story...dangerous situations. Slippery slopes. Inescapable traps. Horrible creatures. But I trudge forward because no matter what...it's hard to avoid the first day of school."

"You're not in kindergarten anymore. There is NO nap time, NO snack time and definitely NO doodling in middle school."

'Holly, listen to me. This school year is important. . . It's your last year before high school! You have to prepare! High school is a whole new ball game.'

"This is the year you go from being a miss to a ma'am."

Uncertain Future

'I'm under a lot of peer pressure!'

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

Ted hits puberty...

'You better help me while you can, dad. Next year I'll be in third grade.'

"Just think, next year I'll be in fourth grade. I'm really going to miss the third grade...but going to the fourth grade is a wise career move for me."

'Truthfully, I love teaching middle-school kids, they're so interesting!...They're all just pudgy bundles of potential!...Although some of them smell funny.'

"He says he's fed up of school."