She wrote it, which is stupid. What if she has crap handwriting, like I did in second grade? I have a feeling she may also be the one who writes in all caps (I know one kid does.) Which strikes me as a bit odd for a so-called accelerate student. You'd think she'd know about lower-case letters by second grade. Unless the first grade teacher just shunted her in there to get rid of her. I would.
and he tells jokes that Karen doesn't like but Nancy thinks are hysterical. Hmm, foreshadowing...
Nancy finds geeks sexy? That's kind of awesome. Also:
I kind of love that for once the rest of the class aren't going along with Karbot. I would love to see her face right now. It must be priceless.
My cat wants to help. Say hi to Jellybean, everyone! Awww, hi Jellybean! What kind of cat is s/he?
Mr. Howard makes a speech and introduces the mysterious woman as his wife. Oops, Nancy. Nancy turns pale Do seven-year-olds really think they're going to be able to marry someone who is an adult now?! I think I'm going to have to call Nancy Wholahay
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MORE twins in Stoneybrook? The fuck is in the water? At least they don't have gross matchy-matchy names. Though Keith is a weird name for a little boy.
Jannie could be short for a number of names (Janet, maybe, since AMM never got over that Janet bitch in her school, apparently.)
Karen needs to STFU. Does she seriously think that teachers will NEVER EVER cover books she's already read? They plan the lessons in advance, you stupid cow, they're not looking for your input! Besides, if she liked it enough to read it a bunch of times why wouldn't she be happy to study it? Christ, I'm still pissed I had to read The Great Gatsby TWICE (once in high school, once in college), at least this is a book she LIKES.
Mr. Howard sounds kind of awesome. Or he did until he gave in to Karen's demands. I would've just said "yeah, whatever, don't talk" and just ignored her until she got bored of it. And...really? Natalie is never called on to read out loud? She never seemed particularly shy.
"Christ, I'm still pissed I had to read The Great Gatsby TWICE (once in high school, once in college), at least this is a book she LIKES."
I had to read Gatsby once in HS, and then three more times in college. once in a freshman English course and then twice more as an upperclassman. the second time was really good/interesting because Fitzgerald was the professor's area of expertise. the third time around sucked because the TA who was teaching the course had the really good professor as his thesis advisor and gave the exact same lecture.
if I never have to hear bored students speculate about what that damn billboard "means" ever again it will still be too soon.
It's not as bad as the stupid pickle dish in Ethan Frome, but yeah, it's up there in terms of tedious symbolism. Why do english teachers like that crap?
:) I'm a high school English teacher, and that's exactly why I DIDN'T want to become an English teacher - because students assume you LOVE reading that kind of stuff, which I don't. At all. I do Gatsby and The Scarlet Letter and the like because it's part of my curriculum and I don't get a lot of choice, and then try to spice it up with some books that I actually DO like.
(and symbolism makes me insane, so I tell my students "Anything can be a symbol for anything else. That's that.")
So, the class should only read books Karen hasn't read. I wonder what she'd say if another kid tried to get the teacher to dump a book she wanted to read because they already read it. Besides, you can never read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too many times. It's awesome, and so's the sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Vermicious Knids rule.
You know, Karen kind of reminds me of Veruca Salt. Do you think the squirrels would judge her a bad nut and throw her down the garbage chute?
Mr. Howard and Karen strike a deal. He'll listen to her ideas as long as she doesn't strike.
Mr. Howard needs to work on his negotiating skills. He definitely comes out the loser here.
I never knew she had a pumpkin patch. Is that a whole book?
Yep, Baby-sitter's Little Sister #32 Karen's Pumpkin Patch
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I have a feeling she may also be the one who writes in all caps (I know one kid does.) Which strikes me as a bit odd for a so-called accelerate student. You'd think she'd know about lower-case letters by second grade. Unless the first grade teacher just shunted her in there to get rid of her. I would.
and he tells jokes that Karen doesn't like but Nancy thinks are hysterical. Hmm, foreshadowing...
Nancy finds geeks sexy? That's kind of awesome. Also:
I kind of love that for once the rest of the class aren't going along with Karbot. I would love to see her face right now. It must be priceless.
My cat wants to help. Say hi to Jellybean, everyone!
Awww, hi Jellybean! What kind of cat is s/he?
Mr. Howard makes a speech and introduces the mysterious woman as his wife.
Oops, Nancy. Nancy turns pale
Do seven-year-olds really think they're going to be able to marry someone who is an adult now?! I think I'm going to have to call Nancy Wholahay ( ... )
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Wow.
I know, Nancy was deluding herself...
Jellybean is a girl, and she's a tortoiseshell. :)
I might have to snark Karen's Softball Mystery now, after I check tags. xD
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And yes, defo snark that!
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No, she's not big at all. Not like my other tortie, Minnie.
They're both shorthaired.
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Jannie could be short for a number of names (Janet, maybe, since AMM never got over that Janet bitch in her school, apparently.)
Karen needs to STFU. Does she seriously think that teachers will NEVER EVER cover books she's already read? They plan the lessons in advance, you stupid cow, they're not looking for your input! Besides, if she liked it enough to read it a bunch of times why wouldn't she be happy to study it? Christ, I'm still pissed I had to read The Great Gatsby TWICE (once in high school, once in college), at least this is a book she LIKES.
Mr. Howard sounds kind of awesome. Or he did until he gave in to Karen's demands. I would've just said "yeah, whatever, don't talk" and just ignored her until she got bored of it. And...really? Natalie is never called on to read out loud? She never seemed particularly shy.
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I had to read Gatsby once in HS, and then three more times in college. once in a freshman English course and then twice more as an upperclassman. the second time was really good/interesting because Fitzgerald was the professor's area of expertise. the third time around sucked because the TA who was teaching the course had the really good professor as his thesis advisor and gave the exact same lecture.
if I never have to hear bored students speculate about what that damn billboard "means" ever again it will still be too soon.
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(and symbolism makes me insane, so I tell my students "Anything can be a symbol for anything else. That's that.")
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You know, Karen kind of reminds me of Veruca Salt. Do you think the squirrels would judge her a bad nut and throw her down the garbage chute?
Mr. Howard and Karen strike a deal. He'll listen to her ideas as long as she doesn't strike.
Mr. Howard needs to work on his negotiating skills. He definitely comes out the loser here.
I never knew she had a pumpkin patch. Is that a whole book?
Yep, Baby-sitter's Little Sister #32 Karen's Pumpkin Patch
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