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Post by virgoscorpio on Jul 12, 2014 15:22:11 GMT -5
At school, the kids call me "sir" sometimes (and miss to a female teacher). I like that as it's respectful, and I often call them sir or miss back.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jul 12, 2014 21:12:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification.
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Natasha
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Post by Natasha on Oct 20, 2014 22:53:16 GMT -5
This was one of my favourites growing up and still is. I've always wanted to go to New York and I'm saving up for it.
Claudia was clearly jealous that Mallory got all the compliments and she got nothing. She was really mean to Mallory. Claud gets jealous very easily.
Rowena and Allistaire were cute. Loved every bit of this super special.
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Post by Enigma on Dec 29, 2015 0:38:26 GMT -5
I think AMM handled the multiple storylines well (and that there was only one family being babysat by one and occasionally two members of the BSC rather than the entire club taking care of an entire gaggle of kids) and that the girls go separate ways in the city. I think is the first time that Claudia and Mallory did something together without the others. Jessi having her first 'romance' was interesting but she's ELEVEN: in the early '90s, most 11 year olds (even if they baby-sat) were still playing with barbie dolls and not even thinking of boys that way. I liked the Alistaires and the bodyguard plot even though they should have probably had a professional nanny rather than a 13 year old sitter if they were that well off and well known in the UK.
My own big caveat (which I also mentioned in another thread about book #18); why does she assign Dawn to the be the one afraid of everything? It's totally out of character for her and inconsistent with her personality in the other books? Dawn seems more like the type to enjoy and embrace the new adventure. Mary Anne is the most timid and would most likely be scared of stuff based on what she hears on the news (Dawn manages to scare her out of their room in 'Dawn's Wicked Stepsister').
BTW- I took my first trip to NYC in my mid 20s and actually felt safer wondering around in Manhattan at midnight than I do in my California suburb at 8PM but this was post Giuliani; the saddest part was seeing the remains of ground zero but I'd like to go there again and see the new WTC and the Memorial Museum sometime.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 31, 2015 13:49:46 GMT -5
I just finished a re-read of this book on the day you posted so I thought I'd share that coincidence. I think this is one of my favourite Super Specials!
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racergal12
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Post by racergal12 on Feb 15, 2016 23:15:40 GMT -5
I think this book would have been the perfect opportunity for an appearance by the Walkers. After all, Mr. Walker is an artist, and Mrs. Walker is an illustrator. They would have been great for Claudia and Mallory to talk to.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Mar 30, 2016 19:55:12 GMT -5
Dawn's never portrayed as a chicken anywhere else, though. She did seem a bit OOC in this book. Has no one read "Stacey's Mistake"? I agree that Dawn being scared of everything is a bit OOC, but they're keeping the canon consistent. She acted this way during "Stacey's Mistake" and no one seemed to find it strange.
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Post by mistrali on Mar 30, 2016 23:17:07 GMT -5
Dawn's never portrayed as a chicken anywhere else, though. She did seem a bit OOC in this book. Has no one read "Stacey's Mistake"? I agree that Dawn being scared of everything is a bit OOC, but they're keeping the canon consistent. She acted this way during "Stacey's Mistake" and no one seemed to find it strange. It was a little less evident in SM, IMO. New York, New York made too big a deal out of it, and besides, she was no longer new to Stoneybrook by that stage.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Aug 9, 2017 21:40:28 GMT -5
I did a reread of this since I'm in New York this week. I actually liked that plot with Mallory and Claudia.
It felt weird to read about the World Trade Center when I was visiting the ground zero memorial today. Where do you suppose Stacey was the day that happens.
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Post by mallorypike on Aug 9, 2017 21:47:09 GMT -5
I did a reread of this since I'm in New York this week. I actually liked that plot with Mallory and Claudia. It felt weird to read about the World Trade Center when I was visiting the ground zero memorial today. Where do you suppose Stacey was the day that happens. Yeah, every time I reread this book, it's so weird reading about the World Trade Center and I think the Twins Towers were mentioned too? (Or maybe that's in Stacey's Mistake...) I've always wondered whether Stacey was in Stoneybrook or NYC or someplace else when it happened. That would be an interesting fan fic - Stacey's view on 9/11.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Aug 9, 2017 21:53:17 GMT -5
I did a reread of this since I'm in New York this week. I actually liked that plot with Mallory and Claudia. It felt weird to read about the World Trade Center when I was visiting the ground zero memorial today. Where do you suppose Stacey was the day that happens. Yeah, every time I reread this book, it's so weird reading about the World Trade Center and I think the Twins Towers were mentioned too? (Or maybe that's in Stacey's Mistake...) I've always wondered whether Stacey was in Stoneybrook or NYC or someplace else when it happened. That would be an interesting fan fic - Stacey's view on 9/11. Both were mentioned in both books I think. It's been awhile since I read Stacey's mistake. Yea might try writing that one day. One creepy story if Stacey was there or something.
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Natasha
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Post by Natasha on Feb 14, 2018 9:32:29 GMT -5
I know what Mal meant about calling adults by their first names. I was NOT allowed to until I graduated from high school. In fact, though my mom doesn't remember it, she went through the roof when a friend of hers invited me to call her "Nancy" when I was 15. (To give you a perspective, we were so close witht hat couple that my youngest son bears her husband's name as his middle name.) Kids never should call adults by their first names. Its just disrespectful.
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Post by oldhickory on Feb 14, 2018 14:10:02 GMT -5
I disagree slightly. I don't find it disrespectful and I wouldn't bat an eye if I overheard it, but I understand how it could be uncomfortable for some. When I was a kid I didn't call my friends' parents by their names ("Hi Vance" or "How are you, Tom?") but I had no problem saying "I ran into Vance at the store". And I would never introduce myself to a child as Mrs. Old Hickory either.
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 14, 2018 21:42:18 GMT -5
Being a first year high school teacher, I wouldn’t want kids calling me by my first name but I think I’m just old fashioned. I call my department head—a former teacher of mine—Mr. or sir. Some of the youngish teachers don’t have a problem being called by their first name.
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Feb 16, 2018 11:31:51 GMT -5
Teachers are the big exception. Kids spend so much time with their teachers, and teachers are almost always called Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. I didn't call any of my teachers by their first names until I was in college. And it was always the youngest professors who went by their first names, so we were always pretty close in age also.
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