CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: MIDDLE SCHOOL BASICS
1. Whose Idea Was School, Anyway?
2. Why Learning Is a Good Thing
5. So Many Classes, So Little Time
7. Will I Ever Use the Stuff I’m Learning?
8. Learning about Life, Not Just Algebra
SECTION TWO: WHERE SCHOOL HAPPENS
9. Why Your School Setting Should Influence How You Read This Book
10. A Special Chapter for Public School Students
11. A Special Chapter for Christian School Students
12. A Special Chapter for Home School Students
SECTION THREE: THE PEOPLE YOU MEET @ SCHOOL
SECTION FOUR: HOMEWORK AND GRADES
25. Why Do My Parents Make Such a Big Deal about Grades?
26. What Difference Do Grades Make, Anyway?
29. How to Make Homework Not So Horrible
31. How to Do a Long-Term Project
32. How to Raise Your Grade in Three Easy Steps
34. My Mom Wants to Get Me a Tutor!
35. I Have Trouble Paying Attention in Class
SECTION FIVE: MAKING THE MOST OF AN AVERAGE DAY
37. How to Make the Bus Ride Fun
40. The Terror That Is...the Bathroom
41. The Pop Quiz—The Surprise That’s Never Fun
42. I Sit Next to Somebody I Don’t Like
43. I Hate the P.E. Uniforms (and School Uniforms)
44. I Hate Changing in Front of People
46. Why Do They Make Me Run the Mile?
SECTION SEVEN: THE UGLY SIDE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
SECTION EIGHT: MIDDLE SCHOOL URBAN LEGENDS
61. The Mystery That Is...the Teachers’ Lounge
63. Making Friends with the New Kid
64. Using Your Gifts to Help Others
66. Sticking Up for the Underdog
67. “Did You Bring Enough for Everybody?” “Why Yes, I Did!”
68. Birthday Cards for Homeroom
SECTION TEN: MISCELLANEOUS SURVIVAL TIPS
74. Three Final Thoughts from Marko