Comments | bsc_snark: Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies Part 1

alula_auburn in bsc_snark

Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies Part 1

Jul 07, 2013 16:03

This book, y'all. This horrible, amazing, mesmerizing book. It's a little intimidating to take on, especially after it was so epically scrambled, poached, and beaten by the fab 3_foot_6, but the kittehs and I will try.

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amm is green behind the ears, non-bsc friends exist?, shawna has cheese for brains, logan is a jerk, #52 mary anne 2 many babies, zombies would starve in stoneybrook, wtf?, shut up dawn, logan, ann m. martin wrote this book, parody of itself, stoneybrook lacks common sense, everyone is crazy, ann actually wrote this one?!, eggs are not children, saved by the bell syndrome, unwarranted self-importance, shut up mary anne

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thelovelymissa July 7 2013, 21:47:14 UTC

I took a finance class back in high school. It was over budgeting, getting a job, banking, investments, and credit. In all, it was probably the most useful class I've ever taken. This is ridiculous, though. I can see an eighth grade class going over finances and banking, but marriage? Is that even relevant to their lives?

Who else would just stick the egg in the fridge until the assignment was over? (Seriously though, those eggs are going to spoil in about three days)

gamma_x_orionis July 7 2013, 22:36:57 UTC

I haven't read this book (the obnoxious spelling in the title put me off - what is the point of the "+ 2"? It's not even like it's a math-focussed book, is it?) So I'm very much enjoying your snark. Oh, Mary Anne. Poor Mary Anne and her complete inability to grasp reality. I feel bad for young girls who read these books and assumed (as MA did) that baby-caring was easy...

I am so confused by the whole premise of egg sitting as an assignment. Like, I don't understand how it works in the slightest. How do you pretend to feed an egg? Are you supposed to carry it with you everywhere? Even places where you aren't really supposed to take babies, like, you know, school? How do you pretend to take it to the doctor? Why would it be on the honour system? HOW would it be on the honour system?

It's my own fault that I don't know any of this, though. True story: in grade 11, we were supposed to do the egg sitting assignment, but I smashed my egg and explained I'd had an abortion.

gamma_x_orionis July 8 2013, 10:41:09 UTC

Being on the "honor system" means that the students are pledging on their honor that they will be truthful about whether they followed the assignment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_system

kakeochi_umai July 10 2013, 14:21:12 UTC

I smashed my egg and explained I'd had an abortion.
That is AWESOME. What happened after that?

donna_c_punk July 8 2013, 00:28:01 UTC

Oh God Oh God Oh God! That episode of Project Runway!! HORRIBLE. I can't even say how bad I felt for the designers. How stupid was that - "Oh you have to design and make time for your fake baby." Like they don't already cut it to the wire as it is, you throw in this fake baby bullshite? That annoyed my ass so hard.

taurah July 8 2013, 02:06:05 UTC

It's 4 am here and my 9 months old has just been sick again (intestjnal flu), and I thought that I'd catch a break and see if anything new had popped and there you are! You've just made my night, along with the kittens!!!

alula_auburn July 9 2013, 03:52:00 UTC

Aw! Hope the baby is feeling better soon!

taurah July 9 2013, 05:13:16 UTC

Fever has gone down so we should be ok. Many thanks for the great snarks, I serioulsy always love them!

darth_firefly July 8 2013, 02:51:24 UTC

You know, the thing is, if they put the egg in the fridge and leave it there, it's not like the egg is going to tell on students.

It's a FREAKIN' EGG, BSC!!

Now, if they got their hands on those real-baby dolls that are programed to cry and what not, then this assignment makes sense. Otherwise... yeah.

Why didn't the teacher just go down to the Dollar General, purchase a bunch of dolls on her teacher account and use those instead?

Wait, logic...