What should I do about this girl in middle school?
Well, this girl from my fifth grade class is going to make a TOTAL fool of herself. She wore a barbie nightgown to school on pajama day and is addicted with the Winz Club. She’s small enough to fit in Gymoree and she wears it. I don’t see anything wrong with that, it’s what SHE’S into but I feel bad because I don’t want the upperclassmen to tease her about it. I don’t know her too personally but… what should I do?
That’s a difficult thing for anyone. However in my opinion, you should leave her be. There are 2 main reasons I say this.
#1 By letting her do this as she wants, it allows her to express HERSELF, which in turn lets her growin different ways then you are able to as her teacher. You never know, her dressing this way as a child, could lead her to a career in the fashion industry when she is older.
#2 I know it is hard to watch someone be picked on, knowing if you had done something, they may not be picked on. But I feel some times being picked on as a child truely helps a person grow to an adult. I know in grade school and although way up to high school (although around 7th grade I started doing it on purpose) I was almost always being picked on. But I have found that it truely has helped me as an adult. I am able to handle criticism better then most other people I know. I have learned how to seperate personal from professional life. I feel those two major (and difficult lessons) for adults, I learned early on in life becuase of being picked on.
You can’t be her protector, she has to learn to protect herself, and in all honesty, how can you be sure she doesn’t know exactly what she is doing?
