Poem What is a Middle Schooler
What is a Middle Schooler?

What is a middle schooler?
I was asked one day.
I knew what he was.
But what should I say?


He is noise and confusion.
She is silence that is deep.
He is sunshine and laughter,
Or a cloud that will weep.


He is swift as an arrow.
She is a waster of time.
She wants to be rich,
But can not save a dime.

She is rude and nasty.
He is as polite as can be.
He wants parental guidance,
But fights to be free.

She is aggressive and bossy.
She is timid and shy.
He knows all the answers,
But still will ask "why?"

He is awkward and clumsy.
She is graceful and poised.
He is ever changing.
But don't be annoyed.

What is a middle schooler?
I was asked one day.
He is the future unfolding,
So do not stand in her way!

Written by an eighth grade student