Older girls don't see younger girls as "competition" in High School. If that was actually a sneer and not Liz and her friends being prickly narcissists convinced that everyone is judging them at all times, it was more likely "I don't hang out with girls younger than me." But the egos of Liz and her friends won't permit this to be the reason for the perceived "sneer."
Isn't it kind of inappropriate for a teacher to compliment a kid's looks? I'm not objecting to a teacher telling a kid they did good work on something but it looks unprofessional for teachers to talk to a kid about their looks, whether the comment is positive or negative.
I teach at an Orthodox Jewish School so I haven't commented on a student's looks in 30 years, but I think it's pretty good advice in all schools to keep compliments related to quality of work and work ethic. When I meet up with other teachers to score AP essays every year, I'm astonished at how many have their students as Facebook "friends," follow them on Tiktok, etc. Maybe I'm more sheltered than most but I didn't need to be advised NOT to follow kids or allow kids to follow me on the media of socials.
Wait a minute! That older girl appears to be Asian with her Dawn-like skin colouring! Oh my goodness. There is another Asian at this school. No wonder she is giving Dawn the eye. In this world where you can only be like with like, another Asian girl means that there really is competition for whatever Asian guys there are.
Of course, we are also in a world where you can only date people who are your same age, so there is really no competition with Grade 11 and 12 girls at all.
That means that the Grade 11 and 12 girls are actually probably looking at them as if they are stupid. The first guess is usually correct.
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Older girls don't see younger girls as "competition" in High School. If that was actually a sneer and not Liz and her friends being prickly narcissists convinced that everyone is judging them at all times, it was more likely "I don't hang out with girls younger than me." But the egos of Liz and her friends won't permit this to be the reason for the perceived "sneer."
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That's kind of why they're on the outside looking in: if a Patterson can't find a reason to feel picked on, they'll create it:
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Isn't it kind of inappropriate for a teacher to compliment a kid's looks? I'm not objecting to a teacher telling a kid they did good work on something but it looks unprofessional for teachers to talk to a kid about their looks, whether the comment is positive or negative.
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Lynn wanted to be complimented by all comers. Social norms that get in the way of non-stop praise is bad.
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I teach at an Orthodox Jewish School so I haven't commented on a student's looks in 30 years, but I think it's pretty good advice in all schools to keep compliments related to quality of work and work ethic. When I meet up with other teachers to score AP essays every year, I'm astonished at how many have their students as Facebook "friends," follow them on Tiktok, etc. Maybe I'm more sheltered than most but I didn't need to be advised NOT to follow kids or allow kids to follow me on the media of socials.
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also, Liz's arms aren't broken, why can't she brush her own damn hair?
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"Older girls don't see younger girls as "competition" in High School. "
you're quite correct. That may have been a sneer but it was more likely to be a "what a couple of babies!" sneer, NOT a "uh oh, competition" sneer.
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Realizing that this person is wondering why there are Grade 7 students wandering around isn't something Liz can do.
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Wait a minute! That older girl appears to be Asian with her Dawn-like skin colouring! Oh my goodness. There is another Asian at this school. No wonder she is giving Dawn the eye. In this world where you can only be like with like, another Asian girl means that there really is competition for whatever Asian guys there are.
Of course, we are also in a world where you can only date people who are your same age, so there is really no competition with Grade 11 and 12 girls at all.
That means that the Grade 11 and 12 girls are actually probably looking at them as if they are stupid. The first guess is usually correct.
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Is Brian the only Asian guy there?
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