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In even the best experience, high school has a way of making a student feel like he’s passing through a blender.

Don’t get me wrong. High School can be a fun experience. It is a fun and learning experience academically and socially. The books and now the tablets and iPads are only part of the bigger lessons, the social lessons.

I call it a blender because students pass in and out of classes, some thinking of the next class, others stressed about the quiz they just bombed and others who can’t see beyond the eyes that just entered the room. It’s not a bad thing. It’s called social...