Yes , bull headed people like me that question your logic . That said , I haven ' t once said that I wasn ' t dealt a worse hand than you or that I was equal to you . Please read my replies . <| sep |> That was fucking brutal <| sep |> Omfg . I ' m female and omfg , never in a lifetime . <| sep |> Do you need a safe space ? <| sep |> thanks ! i have a higher resolution photo of the canvas version i did , if that helps . ?<| sep |> Ty so much <| sep |> You just crushed my dreams . I thought the February release date was for everyone . <| sep |> Why is the X 6 M on your worst efforts ? <| sep |> It ' s probably because you ' re new to teaching middle school kids Show them things and make sure that your expectations are clear . Their brains are kind of weird . It takes a while to kind of figure out their brains and how middle school kids function ! It definitely took me about 5 years before I finally got my systems down and figured out how to run my classroom efficiently . Your assignments might also be confusing or too high level for your students . If you compare the stuff I use NOW to the stuff I used in my first year I used way too difficult language with my 7 th graders and I expected them to do too much independently . It sounds like they are structuring science like other classes . Introduce topic , read something , give them worksheet . An absolutely horrendous way to teach science ! Are you running NGSS ? The kids should be talking to each other , making things , and doing things . Worksheets are boring . No one wants to do worksheets . Science isn ' t done through worksheets . Send me a message . Let me know what you ' re teaching ! I can probably help you out , both with life science and with basic stuff that you ' ll need . I can also send you some of my things to help you out , if you ' re teaching the same things . Give fewer assignments , do more science