Podcast Response: Middle School

I listened to "Blue Kid on the Block" and the "Prologue" from the Middle School Podcast. I noticed that in both parts, the kids were extremely worried about what everyone else was thinking. They worry about it so much that they won't wear certain clothes or they even become physically nauseous. There is an innocence in each of the kids' voices. They are so focused on what is happening at school that they don't think about anything else. The idea that social life at school rules everything else in their lives' is a sad but true one. If they aren't happy at school, they don't seem to be happy at home. For them to be happy, they feel as though they have to be accepted by the other students. It is a frustrating thing to do, especially at this age, trying to please everyone, because it simply cannot be done.