SVH #57 Teacher Crush; or To Sir, With Love

[murderedmymuse]

 
“I am sick of your foul language, your crude behaviour, and your sluttish manner.” --To Sir, With Love

Okay, this week I go where Sidney Poitier fears to tread. A bunch of class cutting, sanitary napkin burning, East End hoods have nothing on the sweet valley gang. In book #57 Teacher Crush, Jessica pretty much lays off Elizabeth, who puts her

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[irinaauthor]

I would never remember this if I hadn't recapped the book, but Rod does show up again, believe it or not! He's Olivia's sleazy boyfriend in Elizabeth Betrayed, who gets a crush on Liz and then manipulates her into getting kicked off the Oracle. Wow, he and Olivia stayed together a long time for a Sweet Valley couple.

[murderedmymuse]

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I haven't really read past book #70. Rod is kind of blah in book #57. I guess he's fleshed out in later books.

[boatdrinks]

Strangers With Candy! SVH needs a midlife ex-junkie to liven things up!
Great recap!

[murderedmymuse]

Thanks. Jerri Blank would *so* fit in at SVH, she's racist, she's a slut, she's got a bad home life, and a creepily attentive older (step) brother, she's a complete fug but gets made-over into a (kinda) hottie in one of the last episodes. She and Jess can be new BBFs, and St Liz can 'save' her. Good times.

[murderedmymuse]

I think every girl has had a (vaguely) inappropriate crush on a teacher. I know I did. There was also a pervy Mr Collins-like teacher at my old high school, and he was the adviser for my year. Yuck.

#57 was always one of my faves too. Mini-courses are fun to read about.

[scarlettslegacy]

All my male HS teachers were old and ugly, but I had a professor at uni who I had a massice crush on - along with most of his female students, I suspect :p

[bcsmurfettegirl]

Why is it when I bat my eyelashes at guys, they don’t think I’m cute, but wonder if I have a neurological condition?

Why? Because you are not Jessica Wakefield, that's why!

hehe.

[dwanollah1]

*cranks up my various Lesley Gore albums*

And yeah, what in the name of Buddha's green earth happened to Olivia in this book? She's such a ding-dong. Plus she wears a purple silk jumpsuit. Just- no, Liv. NO!

[murderedmymuse]

If I were to cry over a SVH book, it would be this one: because Olivia going fashionable, nooooo. I love her style.

Why do SVH fashions sound okay in the books, but when you see them in real life they are so cringe worthy?

Also, I'm going to go really nerdy and squee! You read my recap. Dwanollah, I've been reading your blog and it's great. Especially the piece on the teen romance novels (were they Sweet Dreams novels? It's been a while since I read it).

[dwanollah1]

Aw, man, thank you... you totally made my week! And I didn't discriminate... I recapped some Wildfire and Flare and whatever else YA trash I could find, too. I've had another one in the works for months, but pesky things like actual work-related academic writing keep getting in the way, darn it.

[murderedmymuse]

I love that YA trash. It's so bad for you but sooo good. Not too many people review the really unknown stuff. Have you read 'Fifteen' by Beverly Cleary? Very snarkable. Also, it's so hard to find those 80s teen romance titles in secondhand book stores. SVH is easy compared to those.

As for academic writing, I used to be sneaky and hand in pop culture essays (like on Buffy, and Kids In The Hall), just couched in academic phrasing. I even slipped in a Simpsons quote or two.