Hello everyone! Coming off the major release of my spoken word poem THESE KIDS, where I say the line, "I'm tired of hearing ABOUT these kids, I want to hear from them..." I decided to do just that on this episode of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast. I sat down with one of my school's top students and discussed with her what it was really like to be an 8th grader. Along with this, we covered: Do phones really cause that many problems?  Should adults be worried about student stress/depression/sadness levels? What do teachers do to make you want to be in class? What do teachers do to make you not want to be in class? What was it like transitioning from elementary to middle school? And even how she has grown over her 2 and half years as a middle schooler. This was such a fun talk, and something I'd love to do again if you all enjoy it! Give it a listen and let me know what you think. Enjoy!   A special thank you to Viewsonic for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! Please check out their amazing resources for teachers here.