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Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Smart Girls podcast. I'm Shay. And I'm Jess. And today we are talking about middle school. Middle school.

Dun, dun, dun, dun, da.

I mean, this is probably one of the most sought-after books from the smart girls guy outside of the care and keeping of view is this middle school book, which is everything you need to know about juggling, all the homework, the teachers, the friends.

This is what this episode is inspired by Ratesh. We wanted to tackle

all things middle school because in our young lives, it's a huge moment for us. Now, you're

closer to middle school than me. So you go first. Okay. What was middle school like for you?

Talk about like what it felt like. What were scared of yeah so i actually went to two different

schools from middle school i went to one for sixth and seventh grade and then one for eighth grade and

through high school um just because i was starting to get into acting and everything so i had two

big moments of transitioning but i remember when i was going into sixth grade, it was really intimidating.

Luckily, I had my sister at the same school, so I felt like I at least knew one person that I could

have by my side. And she acknowledged that you were her sister. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. She wasn't embarrassed

of me. I don't think. But I remember just the week before, I was so ants to get to middle school because I was like, this is the moment where I'm finally feeling like a grown-up kid.

Like I'm a little bit older. I'm a little bit more independent. I planned out every single outfit for the whole first week.

It was actually really fun, even though it was still scary, because it was just so new and exciting.

It was a bigger campus. I had my own locker. I had different classes, a passing period. I got to walk all over the campus. I had new friend opportunities. So I want to ask you what was the biggest moment for you. Oh, my goodness. Well, let me go in the way, way back machine.

I think about middle school. I think for me, I had to take a bus to middle school. When I went to

elementary school, I lived down the street so I could walk to school. So, you know, I was traveling

30 minutes on a school bus to get to school, which is a long time. Buses, before you even get to middle school, buses can be a big thing.

There's a lot of groups on a bus and clicks on a bus.

We were already friends before.

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