And he did it in three days without leaving his office in the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at UT-Houston. At press time, he also was scheduled to talk to radio stations in Houston and San Antonio on Oct. 3. Going from fifth to sixth grade is an exhilarating, confusing and scary transition, he said.
Kids go from the top of the social ladder as fifth-graders to the bottom in sixth grade.
They are no longer the wisest, savviest, hippest kids in school. And, of course, puberty comes into play. You're still a kid, but you want to be an adult and using substances is one way to let people know you're taking on adult behaviors. Surveys show the greatest experimentation with marijuana occurs between sixth and seventh grade, Kelder said. The average age of first use is 13.