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Post by zoar3 on Jul 24, 2012 21:58:11 GMT -5
^Even though I'd rather not recall a lot of my childhood, I wish I had more photos of happier times and of my family together. As a young kid especially, I was body conscience but also hated having my picture taken because invariably my eyes would be closed and someone would be upset. I also didn't quite get why stopping to take a photo every now and then was so important. Now, I do, and wish we had.
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Post by wiggir13 on Oct 7, 2012 17:20:46 GMT -5
For some reason, kristie really annoyed me in this one! She was soooooo worried about Emily but yet she did nothing about it b/ c she was busy sitting for other kids. Couldn't Claudia have taken her jobs and kristie could have worked with Emily. I dunno for me she didn't really seem as worried as she said - an they really could have omitted the Krusher chapter
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 7, 2012 20:28:18 GMT -5
^I never thought of the fact that Kristy easily could have switched with another sitter for at least one of the Papadakis jobs. Elizabeth and Watson could have taken some time off, too. This might have been the perfect time for someone from “Love Bundles,” to make an appearance. If nothing else, that person could “remind” the TB’s that it wasn’t so long ago Emily was one of many kids living in an orphanage in Vietnam. We don’t know what her care was or how long she was there. We don’t even know how she came to get there. My point is just frustration that no one seemed to realize what Emily needed was love and stability along with chances to interact with Sari and other kids her age. If she didn’t make it into preschool that fall, who cares? Not like she ever turns 3 to begin with. Yeah, is still would irritates me the most about this. After all this, Emily neither ages nor (to our knowledge) attends school of any type. I could have happily done without both the Krushers and Perkins chapters. There was one teeny moment that was funny. On Pages 58-59 Kristy and Dawn are chatting about Dawn’s job. Kristy remarks that sometime that afternoon she will bring the Papadakis kids over to play. Dawn tells Kristy she should come over anytime and then realizes she (D) invited Kristy over to K’s own house. That’s it. The rest…blah.
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 7, 2012 22:01:50 GMT -5
^ is it normal for kids to go to preschool at such a young age? i've always considered prechool the year right before kindergarten, as opposed to day care or something with all ages.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 7, 2012 22:58:20 GMT -5
^It depends. In my preschool teaching experience, usually the youngest age was 2 1/2-3. However I did have one class of 8 brand-new 2's one year. Speaking of which, there were most definitely kids in that group who put things in their mouth and didn't much speak. I think, depending on the kid and family needs, probably better to start at least at 3. 2 just seems so young particularly if the child is going to be at the center for more than a couple hours. In the BSC, neither Marnie nor Sari ever go to any type of school that I recall. Even Gabbie doesn't, does she? It seems like of all the 2's she'd be the perfect kid to go (most ready for it). I don't think Jenny ever does either. Andrew, I know was mentioned more in LS books as going and we only hear in passing and the one Georgie scene with Jessi, about Jamie being in nursery school. I started nursery school at 2 but lol that was eons ago.
ETA: I never heard of it being mandated that a 2 year old be potty trained before admission. 2.5 closer to 3 yes but not 2 or barely 2.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Oct 8, 2012 0:24:40 GMT -5
^ I, too, thought pre-school was the year or so before kindergarten (hence - PRE-school). 2 seems awfully young to me, but I guess it works for families who work or who want a prodigy kid and are anxious to start their child in the school system.
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Post by bookwormv1 on Oct 8, 2012 2:28:52 GMT -5
If she was supposed to be going into it when she was three (I don't really remenber I haven'tread this one in a while) then I get that. In Australia it's mandatory for 3 year olds to go into kindergarten, first 3 year old then 4 year old then we g into primary school and have 'prep' when we're 5. If she's going in when she's two disregard because that sounds really young to me too.
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 8, 2012 18:37:05 GMT -5
I think 2-3 year olds in "pre-school" is bs. What are they doing that they wouldn't do in "day care"? I factor the potty training thing into that too. Sorry, but I've never met a teacher who considered diaper changes to be part of their job. (FWIW, I went to pre-school the year before kindergarten, it was only a few hours in the morning, and I turned 5 halfway through the year. Heck, I was 5-6 in kindergarten, and that was still only half days. Now they're doing all day kindergarten. I would not have survived.)
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Post by starrynight on Oct 8, 2012 19:30:12 GMT -5
I'm with those of you who thought preschool was supposed to happen the year before kindergarten. In my area, we have earlier preschool programs for kids who are a little behind developmentally or who have special needs; maybe they were trying to get Emily Michelle into something like that?
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 8, 2012 19:46:01 GMT -5
^Sparklymouse, in the job I mentioned about the 2's, diaper changing was an everyday part of the job. And to answer, your question, in some cases you don't want to know. I won't get going (promise) but sadly too many programs are becoming more of a boot-camp for Kindergarten than a fun, interactive play place for young kids. ITA that all day K is awful. It is always also sad to me to hear elementary school kids across the street still on the yard after 5pm some evenings.
Does anyone remember if the school they tried getting Emily into was the one Andrew currently attended? I was just wondering as that could have made the storyline more interesting had we ever gotten to read about both Emily and Andrew there at the same time.
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 8, 2012 21:57:55 GMT -5
^ aww, it would have been really sweet to see them going together, and andrew being the protective big brother.
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Post by starrynight on Oct 9, 2012 0:45:24 GMT -5
I don't think it was ever specifically stated that they were trying to put Emily into Andrew's school. I got the impression that it was its own entity.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 9, 2012 12:26:08 GMT -5
^Oldhickory, I think so, too. It also would have been great (confidence boosting) I think For Andrew and Emily, in a way too, just to have that smaller sibling interaction. Starrynight, I just checked and on page 64 is when Kristy tells Dawn that Elizabeth and Watson "tried to enter Emily into a preschool program a couple mornings a week," etc. Kristy does not mention a specific school or make reference to Andrew. Near the end on Page 140, when Kristy tells everyone Emily has been accepted for the Fall, she just says, "Emily will be three which is the age Andrew and Karen started preschool." Again no school name specifics. I think I thought there might be some connection between Emily's school and that of Andrew's because of the above but also a lot of times when talking about Stoneybrook Academy, Kristy will tell us that is where Andrew and Emily will attend one day. This one does sound different but who knows? It would be cute to write a fanfic where Andrew and Emily do attend the same program.
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 9, 2012 14:06:44 GMT -5
If Emily turned 3 then Andrew should be 5, and then why would the two of them be in the same program? Anything Emily learned Andrew should have learned two years prior.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 9, 2012 15:00:11 GMT -5
^True but this is Stoneybrook. The land where Charlotte was demoted and Squirt and Emily constantly regress in age. Perhaps if they had aged and this school had also been Andrew's (two very iffy things, I know), Andrew could have at least shown Emily around or something. I know one of the centers I worked at often had a day or two during the summer for new kids to come and check out the environment (current students were on break). Even that would have been fun to read about.
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