with Claudia because she’d just be distracted thinking about how much she’d like a candy bar. --Or just hold up a candy wrapper and she'd get distracted!
Claudia is having a difficult time with school, and instead of asking for help or putting in an effort, she’s just like, “I don’t like the subject, so I’m not going to bother.”--There were plenty of subjects I disliked but I still tried my best. And looking back, there are times I could've tried even harder. All I knew is I didn't want to get my report card that stated I was being held back and I'd have to repeat that grade. that would've been awful.
There’s going to be a dance to celebrate the leaves changing color or some shit--LOL!
We had lockers, but that was just to store our stuff in for gym class.--I can't believe my assbackwards middle school actually had regular lockers. If you'd went to my schools, you'd see why I called them so fucking assbackwards.
What the hell was Claudia doing when she got home from school?--Daydreaming about the cult. :D
Stacey offers to help Claudia with her math homework, but Claudia’s like, “I’ll just ask Janine.”--I feel sympathetic to anybody that helps Claudia with her homework. I bet you have to ride her ass constantly to get her to stop daydreaming, eating candy and focus on the subject she's doing work for.
Claudia also doesn’t want to ask for help because she thinks her friends will make fun of her or some shit and she wants to figure things out on her own--She's probably right about her friends making fun of her. At the same time, it never hurts to admit to somebody that you need help and then the ball is in your court when it concerns actually paying attention.
Claudia complains about being in Janine’s shadow at school--*groans* And here we go again.
Claudia spouts some bullshit about how she likes Janine and doesn’t hold the fact that Janine is a genius against her.--Holy shit, is Claudia drunk over there?! What the hell is she talking about?! You treat Janine like shit and you do hold Janine's intelligence against her. I really think Janine shows a genuine interest in Claudia's art. But if Janine's over there talking about something she's passionate about, Claudia's either gonna make fun of it or she's gonna tune Janine out.
I remember when Janine won an award and Claudia spent the entire ceremony bitching.--Who wants to bet that Janine would've been the opposite if Claudia had won an award? She wouldn't be bitching, she'd be rooting her sister on/proud of her, etc.
Claudia gets distracted by a picture of her baby cousin, Lynn--See what I mean? If somebody had been there to help Claudia they would've had to say that Lynn's very cute, but it's time to focus on the matter at hand. *hides picture from Claudia*
I think another reason she’s flunking school is because she’s probably staring out the window daydreaming about the BSC.--I don't think ANYTHING can top Abby daydreaming about Leave it to Beaver. If there's a 'wtf moments in the series' list, that needs to go on there.
I think what happened is that the members finally snapped and told Kristy, “Bitch, we want to have lives outside the club. Do you really expect us to drop everything because there’s a meeting?” --Sad thing to say is nothing changed.
I really don’t think it’s a big deal if Mallory misses a meeting or two because she has a writing class--I don't think so either. I thought that was the whole point in an "Alternate Officer". Somebody can't make a meeting and the AO fills in for that person. I know Mallory and Jessi don't really have official duties so it's not like the AO needs to fill in for their position.
I really don’t see the club lasting.--With the way the girls treat each other and the way Kristy tries to lord over everybody, it really shouldn't have lasted longer than one week.
I feel like sooner or later some of them would be like, “I want to have a life outside of participating in parades and pet shows.--I know the FF series had a lot of members leave and they were back to the core 4. High school would've taken the rest of this cult down. I think Stacey would've been the first one to leave because she wants to do the typical high school crap. And Claudia probably would've been the next one to leave. And then Kristy would have a full blown meltdown because she's damn near lost all control. The only BSC member left standing would be Mary Anne.
I know Stacey did that, but I feel like there’d come a time when she’d permanently quit the BSC.--Especially when you think of Stacey being the lone voice of reason in the last book. "What if all this happens again?"
I’m shocked a BSC member is actually feeling guilty about a fight.--You and me both!
She says that she’s perfectly capable of understanding math, but she’s not going to bother because she wants to be an artist. --So fucked up. I really think it would've been better to write in a learning disability storyline for Claudia. I think a lot of kids would've related more to that storyline instead of "I'm just too fucking lazy to try, to pay attention, etc."
Claudia is used to this because it’s a regular occurrence.--I still want to know where the parents are. Same goes for Claudia flaking out on homework in an earlier book. I think my parents would've been contacted in some capacity after a week of not turning in homework in any of my classes.
Claudia brushes her teacher off and says she’ll just have to work harder in math.--You'd have to be working at all in order to say you'll work harder...
I generally assume that the BSC will eat lunch together.--Exactly. Anybody sitting somewhere else would be labeled a traitor.
Kristy is complaining about the hot lunch. Does she like the food, but just likes to talk shit? If she doesn’t like the food, why buy it?--Kristy's being stupid. Bring a lunch from home. Idk why these girls complicate such an easy matter. "I don't like the school food. What's my options? *shakes like a puppy* I HAVE AN IDEA! I'll make a lunch at home and bring it to school with me! I'm such a genius!"
Do her parents or Nannie not have time to make her lunch? Does Kristy not have time to make her own lunch?--I think she just enjoys her comedy routine more than anything. Kristy's old enough to prepare her own lunch and I think she can cram a few minutes into her day in order to make a sandwich, grab a mini bag of potato chips and a Little Debbie snack cake.
I know there have been mentions about how bringing your lunch to school is babyish, but Kristy never struck me as the type to care if bringing your lunch was babyish.--I never understood it. What's wrong with a plain lunch box or a brown paper bag? These girls act like they have to drag a lunch box to school that has something a toddler would enjoy on the front.
Claudia’s friends all agree that this year is going to be fun and they’re enjoying their classes.--I wish there'd be one member that would've given a wink and nod to the time warp. "Does anybody else feel like we've already done this?"
She played with the doll for about a day and then went back to her crayons.--That's shitty. And it really wouldn't surprise me if the Kishis were annoyed by that.
How badly is Claudia failing school?--My guess is there are Fs all over the grade book by Claudia's name. I think of all the homework assignments that she flaked out on, I just don't see how she could bring in a homework assignment from a few months ago and the teacher take away the original F and give her another grade.
Claudia brings up the art class and her parents are hesitant about letting her take it. Claudia begs and pleads and says she’ll work really hard to bring her grades up if they let her take the class.--The parents are really stuck between a rock and a hard place. I can understand not taking art completely away from Claudia. Her work might get even worse if you take away the one subject she really likes. I just can't see allowing her to take an extra class when she's bombing all of her other classes at school.
Is Claudia going to be like, “Well, the class is over, so there’s no reason for me to do my homework, pay attention in class, or study for a test? --Exactly. It'd be exactly like the doll situation again.
I think a lot of kids would've related more to that storyline instead of "I'm just too fucking lazy to try, to pay attention, etc."
I knew a LOT of kids like her though. My brother was one of them. Kids who are capable, tested negatory on LDs, but who didn't care. In Ann's head, chances are an LD is as far from reality as Susan being representative of autism. Ann's handling of an LD would probably make it as scary as autism or diabetes.
My assbackward middle school had lockers. We had so many books that it wasn't reasonable to expect us to carry them around.
When I was in high school, our student population far outgrew the school. We had to put up modular classrooms, but we ran out of lockers. My school did something supremely stupid that still pisses me off to think about. Rather than ask if there re any volunteers who want to share lockers to help free some up (a lot of best friends would share), they just started double-assigning, but gave no heads up that they were doing that. I found out by going to my locker and finding someone else's shit in there. A ring I had on the top shelf (there was only one little shelf) that I'd taken off since my fingers went off and swelled and I thought my locked locker was safer than in the bottom of my backpack, was gone. There were also cigarettes, and cigarettes in a locker was grounds for expulsion. I was so pissed. My stuff was available to only the gods knew who and I was at risk of expulsion. I went to the office to complain about someone breaking into my locker, and found out that they were double-assigning. I had to demand to know who else was in mine since I wanted to know who had access to my personal things, and they didn't want to give me a name for privacy reasons. Um...I have medical issues that started when I was 12, and I had medical stuff in my locker that a stranger could go through. What about MY privacy?? I raised a fuss and the secretary felt bad for me and broke the rules. I found out it was someone I had never heard of and had no classes with. I had to track her down, and confront her about the cigarettes, and she was a major bitch and said I should just tell the police they're not mine, and if she wanted to go through my stuff, well, it's her locker too, and she ignored me when I asked about the ring. I cleared my stuff out of the locker, went to the office, and told them I was storing my stuff there until I got a locker to myself. Due to my medical stuff, I didn't really want to share even with a friend.
Not a positive experience.
She's probably right about her friends making fun of her.
Except they know she doesn't try, and they don't make fun of her. They treat this like it's an endearing thing.
I don't think ANYTHING can top Abby daydreaming about Leave it to Beaver.
I used to think that until my now-7-year-old started daydreaming about I Love Lucy. We are watching it right now too.
Claudia is having a difficult time with school, and instead of asking for help or putting in an effort, she’s just like, “I don’t like the subject, so I’m not going to bother.”--There were plenty of subjects I disliked but I still tried my best. And looking back, there are times I could've tried even harder. All I knew is I didn't want to get my report card that stated I was being held back and I'd have to repeat that grade. that would've been awful.
There’s going to be a dance to celebrate the leaves changing color or some shit--LOL!
We had lockers, but that was just to store our stuff in for gym class.--I can't believe my assbackwards middle school actually had regular lockers. If you'd went to my schools, you'd see why I called them so fucking assbackwards.
What the hell was Claudia doing when she got home from school?--Daydreaming about the cult. :D
Stacey offers to help Claudia with her math homework, but Claudia’s like, “I’ll just ask Janine.”--I feel sympathetic to anybody that helps Claudia with her homework. I bet you have to ride her ass constantly to get her to stop daydreaming, eating candy and focus on the subject she's doing work for.
Claudia also doesn’t want to ask for help because she thinks her friends will make fun of her or some shit and she wants to figure things out on her own--She's probably right about her friends making fun of her. At the same time, it never hurts to admit to somebody that you need help and then the ball is in your court when it concerns actually paying attention.
Claudia complains about being in Janine’s shadow at school--*groans* And here we go again.
Claudia spouts some bullshit about how she likes Janine and doesn’t hold the fact that Janine is a genius against her.--Holy shit, is Claudia drunk over there?! What the hell is she talking about?! You treat Janine like shit and you do hold Janine's intelligence against her. I really think Janine shows a genuine interest in Claudia's art. But if Janine's over there talking about something she's passionate about, Claudia's either gonna make fun of it or she's gonna tune Janine out.
I remember when Janine won an award and Claudia spent the entire ceremony bitching.--Who wants to bet that Janine would've been the opposite if Claudia had won an award? She wouldn't be bitching, she'd be rooting her sister on/proud of her, etc.
Claudia gets distracted by a picture of her baby cousin, Lynn--See what I mean? If somebody had been there to help Claudia they would've had to say that Lynn's very cute, but it's time to focus on the matter at hand. *hides picture from Claudia*
I think another reason she’s flunking school is because she’s probably staring out the window daydreaming about the BSC.--I don't think ANYTHING can top Abby daydreaming about Leave it to Beaver. If there's a 'wtf moments in the series' list, that needs to go on there.
I think what happened is that the members finally snapped and told Kristy, “Bitch, we want to have lives outside the club. Do you really expect us to drop everything because there’s a meeting?” --Sad thing to say is nothing changed.
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I really don’t see the club lasting.--With the way the girls treat each other and the way Kristy tries to lord over everybody, it really shouldn't have lasted longer than one week.
I feel like sooner or later some of them would be like, “I want to have a life outside of participating in parades and pet shows.--I know the FF series had a lot of members leave and they were back to the core 4. High school would've taken the rest of this cult down. I think Stacey would've been the first one to leave because she wants to do the typical high school crap. And Claudia probably would've been the next one to leave. And then Kristy would have a full blown meltdown because she's damn near lost all control. The only BSC member left standing would be Mary Anne.
I know Stacey did that, but I feel like there’d come a time when she’d permanently quit the BSC.--Especially when you think of Stacey being the lone voice of reason in the last book. "What if all this happens again?"
I’m shocked a BSC member is actually feeling guilty about a fight.--You and me both!
She says that she’s perfectly capable of understanding math, but she’s not going to bother because she wants to be an artist. --So fucked up. I really think it would've been better to write in a learning disability storyline for Claudia. I think a lot of kids would've related more to that storyline instead of "I'm just too fucking lazy to try, to pay attention, etc."
Claudia is used to this because it’s a regular occurrence.--I still want to know where the parents are. Same goes for Claudia flaking out on homework in an earlier book. I think my parents would've been contacted in some capacity after a week of not turning in homework in any of my classes.
Claudia brushes her teacher off and says she’ll just have to work harder in math.--You'd have to be working at all in order to say you'll work harder...
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Kristy is complaining about the hot lunch. Does she like the food, but just likes to talk shit? If she doesn’t like the food, why buy it?--Kristy's being stupid. Bring a lunch from home. Idk why these girls complicate such an easy matter. "I don't like the school food. What's my options? *shakes like a puppy* I HAVE AN IDEA! I'll make a lunch at home and bring it to school with me! I'm such a genius!"
Do her parents or Nannie not have time to make her lunch? Does Kristy not have time to make her own lunch?--I think she just enjoys her comedy routine more than anything. Kristy's old enough to prepare her own lunch and I think she can cram a few minutes into her day in order to make a sandwich, grab a mini bag of potato chips and a Little Debbie snack cake.
I know there have been mentions about how bringing your lunch to school is babyish, but Kristy never struck me as the type to care if bringing your lunch was babyish.--I never understood it. What's wrong with a plain lunch box or a brown paper bag? These girls act like they have to drag a lunch box to school that has something a toddler would enjoy on the front.
Claudia’s friends all agree that this year is going to be fun and they’re enjoying their classes.--I wish there'd be one member that would've given a wink and nod to the time warp. "Does anybody else feel like we've already done this?"
She played with the doll for about a day and then went back to her crayons.--That's shitty. And it really wouldn't surprise me if the Kishis were annoyed by that.
How badly is Claudia failing school?--My guess is there are Fs all over the grade book by Claudia's name. I think of all the homework assignments that she flaked out on, I just don't see how she could bring in a homework assignment from a few months ago and the teacher take away the original F and give her another grade.
Claudia brings up the art class and her parents are hesitant about letting her take it. Claudia begs and pleads and says she’ll work really hard to bring her grades up if they let her take the class.--The parents are really stuck between a rock and a hard place. I can understand not taking art completely away from Claudia. Her work might get even worse if you take away the one subject she really likes. I just can't see allowing her to take an extra class when she's bombing all of her other classes at school.
Is Claudia going to be like, “Well, the class is over, so there’s no reason for me to do my homework, pay attention in class, or study for a test? --Exactly. It'd be exactly like the doll situation again.
Enjoyed the snark! :)
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I knew a LOT of kids like her though. My brother was one of them. Kids who are capable, tested negatory on LDs, but who didn't care. In Ann's head, chances are an LD is as far from reality as Susan being representative of autism. Ann's handling of an LD would probably make it as scary as autism or diabetes.
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When I was in high school, our student population far outgrew the school. We had to put up modular classrooms, but we ran out of lockers. My school did something supremely stupid that still pisses me off to think about. Rather than ask if there re any volunteers who want to share lockers to help free some up (a lot of best friends would share), they just started double-assigning, but gave no heads up that they were doing that. I found out by going to my locker and finding someone else's shit in there. A ring I had on the top shelf (there was only one little shelf) that I'd taken off since my fingers went off and swelled and I thought my locked locker was safer than in the bottom of my backpack, was gone. There were also cigarettes, and cigarettes in a locker was grounds for expulsion. I was so pissed. My stuff was available to only the gods knew who and I was at risk of expulsion. I went to the office to complain about someone breaking into my locker, and found out that they were double-assigning. I had to demand to know who else was in mine since I wanted to know who had access to my personal things, and they didn't want to give me a name for privacy reasons. Um...I have medical issues that started when I was 12, and I had medical stuff in my locker that a stranger could go through. What about MY privacy?? I raised a fuss and the secretary felt bad for me and broke the rules. I found out it was someone I had never heard of and had no classes with. I had to track her down, and confront her about the cigarettes, and she was a major bitch and said I should just tell the police they're not mine, and if she wanted to go through my stuff, well, it's her locker too, and she ignored me when I asked about the ring. I cleared my stuff out of the locker, went to the office, and told them I was storing my stuff there until I got a locker to myself. Due to my medical stuff, I didn't really want to share even with a friend.
Not a positive experience.
She's probably right about her friends making fun of her.
Except they know she doesn't try, and they don't make fun of her. They treat this like it's an endearing thing.
I don't think ANYTHING can top Abby daydreaming about Leave it to Beaver.
I used to think that until my now-7-year-old started daydreaming about I Love Lucy. We are watching it right now too.
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