This post is from from my other blog here

(Me) "How's School going?"
(7th-Grader) "OK, kindof hard"
(Me) "Oh, probably hard to figure out the new school?" (having moved in recently)
(7th) "Yeah - it's hard to get my mind around some of this new stuff, that I didn't do before"
(Me) "Is your teacher helpful?"
(7th) "Well, she said I should already know all this, from my last school, so she won't help me with the hard parts - it's hard to figure out"
(Me) ??? She won't help?
(7th) "No, I should know this already".

Nice welcome to LCPS Middle School. How about a bit more of the "welcome wagon" mentality, helping new kids catch up (hard to believe) and immerse.