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Post by hitzpink on Apr 13, 2006 22:10:38 GMT -5
I hadn't read this book in years, but I just finished re-reading it. I often hear people complain that it's boring, but I actually liked it a lot. There were quite a few funny parts. The girls did take the project way too seriously (with the exception of Stacey), but it got some laughs out of me. Particularly the scene where Jessi and Mal are laughing about bacon and eggs:
"Mary Anne keeps saying Logan is hogging Sammie. And 'hogging' makes me think of bacon. And Sammie is an egg. Get it? Bacon and eggs?" Mallory snorted with laughter. Jessi began to laugh, too. But us five older club members remained serious. After a few moments, Claud said, "You guys don't understand. You aren't parents yet." Jessi and Mal quieted down.
hehe!
But what was up with the baby names Mary Anne liked? Tara, Lizzie, Margaret, Adele, Frannie, Charity, and Bea. Seriously, Mary Anne? Frannie?
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Post by macca on Apr 13, 2006 22:23:30 GMT -5
I found this book extremely weird. I can't imagine that the class would be so dedicated to the project that girls would literally cry if their eggs got broken. And when did Shawna Riverson become such an incredible dumbass? In Claudia and the Middle School Mystery, she was apparently quite intelligent and math was the only subject she had difficulty with.
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Post by jen on Apr 14, 2006 0:05:04 GMT -5
After I read this book, I really wanted my school to do such a project. But it never did I liked some of Mary Anne's names... But yeah, most of them were a bit ergh.
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Post by inge on Apr 14, 2006 2:29:10 GMT -5
I never understood why they took the egg thing so seriously. Really, if you break it, get a new one... it's just an egg and you're 13, nobody expects you to be excellent parents. Except their teacher, that is, obviously.
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Post by jen on Apr 14, 2006 5:24:06 GMT -5
It was the honour system that made it work! They couldn't just *replace* the egg if they lost it/broke it/sat on it! That would be immoral.
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Post by buffykay70 on Apr 14, 2006 8:43:13 GMT -5
hahaha, yeah but no one would even know if u didnt feed it or play with it or whatever the hell. how stupid are the bsc. and how come stacey and her egg werent mentioned that much??
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Post by inge on Apr 14, 2006 10:15:35 GMT -5
Another thing - why did they use EGGS? Why didn't they use balls or something else that doesn't get rotten after a while??
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Post by sugarmonkey on Apr 14, 2006 13:47:06 GMT -5
You poke a hole through the top and bottom of the eggs and literally blow out the insides, that way they don't rot and stink.
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Post by hitzpink on Apr 14, 2006 17:49:28 GMT -5
Oh, another thing about this book: it contains one of the only mentions of sex that I can think of in the entire series. When their Modern Living class is over, they are talking about how now they'll take Health instead and some guy goes, "well on the bright side, isn't that the class that has sex ed?" causing Logan to laugh and Mary Anne to blushe.
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Post by macca on Apr 14, 2006 17:57:31 GMT -5
^ yeah, I couldn't believe that. It was right up there with Logan describing Claudia as sexy
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 14, 2006 21:31:26 GMT -5
I kind of hate when schools do projects like this. My high school's home ec class let kids drag around these weird robotic baby dolls for a week. I've heard of kids using bags of flour instead of eggs like the BSC used. Whatever. If you have a kid you either find some day care or you drop out of school. You don't get to drag it to class with you unless you are at some special school. I remember my teachers being extremely annoyed during baby week because they were extremely disruptive and not at all realistic.
I also realized when I read this book that it is really uninteresting when the girls babysit for babies. Even with toddlers they got some sort of interaction, but babies? Nothing. Such a snoozefest to read about Mary Anne and the drooly, crying, teething twins.
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Post by macca on Apr 15, 2006 0:39:08 GMT -5
Total word. That project proves absolutely nothing. If anything, it makes having a baby seem easy, your life doesn't have to change at all, the thing makes no sound, doesn't require feeding, you don't get stretchmarks, it doesn't keep you awake all night with colic... it's just... there. Never heard of another activity that was such an incredible waste of time.
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Post by inge on Apr 15, 2006 12:22:58 GMT -5
You poke a hole through the top and bottom of the eggs and literally blow out the insides, that way they don't rot and stink. they did that? I can't remember. Oh well, it's been a while since I read this book.
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Post by jen on Apr 16, 2006 0:59:06 GMT -5
Hm, I never thought about the unrealistic aspect of it... But even if their eggs didn't really cry or give them stretch marks, they still acknowledged at the end that they wouldn't be able to be parents, unless they had lots and lots of help. Which, I suppose, is an attempt to send out the right message (don't get preggers when you're only 13, kids).
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Post by inge on Apr 16, 2006 8:51:47 GMT -5
another weird thing was how they were supposed to be making enough money for everything. of course you don't have a lot of money at 13 - MA and Logan made some babysitting, but most 13 year olds don't have jobs. Weird. It would make more sense to give the kids 'fake' jobs and incomes as well.
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