Claudia and the Middle School Mystery! Part The End!

[road_baby]

Man, my sleep schedule is majorly fubar. I've been going to sleep at like, 7am. But since I'm up late with nothing to do, I decided to keep myself busy and finish up my snark. I'm also in a very good mood as I finally landed some art commissions. I'm so excited! I'm finally going to make some money doing what I love. Now if only I could get paid

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[heymalice]

"I'm also in a very good mood as I finally landed some art commissions. I'm so excited! I'm finally going to make some money doing what I love

[heymalice]

"And this is coming from a bad speller! I had trouble spelling too but with you know, I tried! I knew the fucking basics! Aarrrrghhh! I'm sorry but I hate willful stupidity

[shatisarockgod]

I blame Claudia but I also blame the school system. How in the hell are you passing people that clearly don't grasp any of the material? She can't even spell her own name sometimes but let's pass her up another grade!

How many kids with learning disabilities do you think read this series and would've liked to have had a character they could relate to in terms of having an LD? 'No, it's nothing bad and it doesn't mean you're stupid if you have an LD. Don't be ashamed or embarrassed.' Instead we get stuck with the girl that will probably always blame her sister because she's 64 years old and still can't spell her name.

[heymalice]

I blame Claudia but I also blame the school system. How in the hell are you passing people that clearly don't grasp any of the material? She can't even spell her own name sometimes but let's pass her up another grade!
--EXACTLY!! the stoneybrook public school system fucking failed that kid. they should NOT have kept passing her, they should've been paying more damned attention to a kid that was obviously unable to grasp the material, as you said.

"How many kids with learning disabilities do you think read this series and would've liked to have had a character they could relate to in terms of having an LD? 'No, it's nothing bad and it doesn't mean you're stupid if you have an LD. Don't be ashamed or embarrassed.' Instead we get stuck with the girl that will probably always blame her sister because she's 64 years old and still can't spell her name. "
--seriously. that would've been a great message to have in these books, instead of it just looking like she's willfully stupid the majority of the time.

[road_baby]

Thank you so much! Claudia is in remedial math in this book but really, she should be for ALL her classes. Either that or stop passing her. I think Ann could have made her a bad student (remedial classes, C average, etc) without making her spelling so HORRENDOUS. Because the way she went about it, it just makes Claudia seem like an idiot and you dislike her for her stupidity. At least I do.

Stickers on Jellies is like something a kindergartner would come up with and think they're really rocking. I can't imagine anyone over 7 wearing that and thinking it looks good. And yay! Someone else who hates side ponytails! High five!

[heymalice]

seriously! i totally agree.

yeah, stickers on jellies is one of the dumbest things i've heard in a long time. i'm surprised stacey would be seen with her, what with stacey being an oh-so-sophisticated snob and all. she was probably side-eye-bitch-please-ing her the whole day.
WOOHOO!! *high five back!*

[shatisarockgod]

I'm really surprised we didn't have a Beavis & Butthead moment where she really did get sent as far back as possible. At least Beavis & Butthead had a reasonable answer for why they got sent back to high school after all that had happened--they were driving everybody nuts.

[heymalice]

LOL!!!