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Life as a 13-year-old is hard. There is a lot of responsibility. Everyone wants you to be perfect. Some people want you to get a job at the age of 13. Thirteen is the beginning of a different stage of life...
...what? They could hit just enough to scratch and claw and steal a run to win. Literally, a run. At one point, in games decided by one run, they won 12 straight. And then it came. A complete July collapse, followed by an August swoon, a zombie death march. Thirteen straight one-run losses...
...appreciated reading young Duresny Nemorin's personal essay "Poetry Is What I Love." Thirteen-year-olds are the most exciting students to teach because they are so spontaneous and filled with curiosity about life. Writing a poem on the theme "Who Am I?" is an assignment I learned about at a convention of English teachers, and I have used it in classes ever since. It routinely produces the finest poetry of any I receive during the school year...
...play and pray while serving them the right mix of power chords and Scripture. Experts disagree about how deep or lasting those religious experiences are, but simply by reaching out to 13-year-olds, churches are catching up with an idea that reflects both ancient tradition and modern psychology. Thirteen may seem like a rudderless age, especially in the oversaturated pop culture of today, but it can also be a time of deep faith. "The Jewish tradition--along with many others--recognizes that young people at this age are increasingly responsible for their life's direction," says Rabbi Goldie Milgram...
...Keep up the family rituals that have always sustained you all: family dinners, church, camping, skiing and watching the same dumb TV shows. Thirteen-year-olds need to feel that they can touch their own childhood frequently and be nourished by traditions they know well...