Emo middle schoolers12/27/2023 ![]() You can Google "emo" and find step-by-step pictorial guides for "emo makeovers." That is, how to transform a geeky guy with a pencil tucked behind his ear, working at a copy store, to a "bona fide emo boy," who is shown dying his hair black, ditching the smile, slipping on a black T-shirt and scarf and, in the final photo, putting razor blade to wrist, from which something red is spilling. And it has spread, thanks to the Internet, faster than you can type, "Seeking desolate landscape populated by preteens."Ĭheck out MySpace _ a virtual hangout where teens glue themselves to the computer and hook up with kids far and wide _ and you'll find some 17,331 groups that identify themselves as "emo." You can find the ever-more-youthful emo trend in cities and suburbs. This emo (phenomenon) plays along with that." More kids today see therapists, they're on medications. Emotionally speaking, our kids today, they've seen more, they probably hurt more because of broken homes. "Their heroes are these drug-addicted, strung-out musicians. "I think now we have more kids who are messed up, broken," said Steve Pearce, principal of Margaret Mead Junior High in Elk Grove Village, Ill. These words crawl beneath the blood-blotched arm: "I got a Boo-Boo!" Im dead."Īnd then there's Emo Tim, whose blog shows video of his forearm, a lattice of red cuts. why don't you just end it, shoot me with ur gun or some (expletive). Someone who calls herself I Am the Happy Emo Girl Named Amaya!, whose bedtime is 9 p.m., by the way, writes in her blog, "i don't know who i am. ![]() Only some grown-ups and even older emo kids themselves worry that young teens and preteens might be in over their heads in a scene that's wrought with self-injury, prescription swapping and long hours venting their dark side on blogs that they forget can be read by anyone. According to kids, teachers, and therapists, it has become the latest cool thing in junior highs, where cool is everything. Now emo is a subculture with a dress and drama all its own. It started with a form of indie music _ noted for its whininess and its lead singers who would sob on stage _ back in the 1980s and caught on a couple of years ago with high schoolers drawn to its melodrama and misanthropy. Please don't hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns.All this on her blog on MySpace, a virtual meeting place for any kid with access to the Internet and the unofficial base for all kids who call themselves "emo," short for hard-core emotive. I look forward to a wonderful year with your student. The best way to support your child is to encourage them to spend their free time reading!! Keep an eye on this space as it will be frequently updated with assignments and new information. I have also completed all four category training sessions as a teacher of Sheltered English Immersion and will be completing the DESE's new SEI certification course in October of 2013. I have my Master's degree in Language and Literacy from Framingham State university and am certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a middle school teacher and a reading specialist. As your child's reading teacher, I am committed to helping them achieve several goals not the least of which is to become lifelong lovers of reading! This is my eighth year teaching at Stacy. Welcome to Stacy Middle School's 6 Blue Reading webpage. Zaccarino, Matthew (Grade 8 Language Arts). ![]()
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