Middle schoolers have it rough on a variety of levels: these years are prime time for puberty, emotional highs and lows, and bullying. For many reasons, it can be a tough and confusing time (as the mother of two middle schoolers myself, I promise you I am speaking the truth!) One would hope that their teachers can be a positive and stabilizing force for these middle schoolers, but in the case of one group of sixth-graders at a Virginia school, a teacher’s actions this week just caused confusion and uproar.