starlett2010
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Post by starlett2010 on May 6, 2008 0:33:08 GMT -5
Janine looks oh so fashionable and sophisticated on the cover of Claudia and Mean Janine! Claudia just looks...kinda goofy!
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nothingtolose18
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Post by nothingtolose18 on May 6, 2008 3:15:20 GMT -5
^ I agree! Janine looks quite stylish on the new cover (I own the old cover, though). That book shouldn't even be titled 'Claudia and Mean Janine'. It should be called 'Mean Claudia and Janine', lol. Seriously. Been a while since I read this book, but if I can recall, Claudia was the true mean one!
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Rie
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Post by Rie on May 6, 2008 3:59:12 GMT -5
^Yes,I definitely agree.
I own the old cover,and I'm planning to buy the new one,since my old one's tearing apart. ;D I totally love Janine's pic on that cover,she looks so sophisticated! Claud looks...plain. She doesn't look outrageous,fashionable or sophisticated..at all.
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Post by murderedmymuse on May 6, 2008 10:07:31 GMT -5
Even though Janine is a bit ugmo on the old cover, I like it. The old covers are hardwired into my brain. At bookstores, even if I'm not looking for BSC books, I can spot a BSC book at 60 paces because these were the most searched for books in my childhood. The new covers may be more pretty, but the old covers evoke too many memories.
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Post by wenonah4th on May 6, 2008 13:57:56 GMT -5
I haven't seen the new cover of this one. Anyone know where I could see a picture of it?
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on May 6, 2008 14:06:19 GMT -5
Your wish is my command:
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Post by wenonah4th on May 6, 2008 15:11:44 GMT -5
Thanks a lot, Penny! Yes, Janine looks nice. Very traditional/preppy, as she'ssupposed to be, and it's sort of funny that she's wearing long sleeves (wasn't it hot that morning?). Unless of course the labs at the county college are overly air conditioned.
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Rie
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Post by Rie on May 6, 2008 23:50:59 GMT -5
I've seen those windows on the cover of Claudia and Crazy Peaches too.
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Post by baseballchica03 on May 7, 2008 0:04:47 GMT -5
They're on Claudia and the Sad Goodbye, too! I imagine that it's their kitchen.
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Post by greer on May 7, 2008 1:34:36 GMT -5
it seems kind of bizarre for the kind of house that the kishis' house was described as--you know, how all of the homes were built by the same builder and are relatively identical. maybe it's a decal.
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Post by murderedmymuse on May 7, 2008 1:55:21 GMT -5
On a livejournal community they were talking about Janine talking high school and university courses, and talking about in real life how students can take high school and university courses at the same time. I don't remember being able to do both in Australia, is that possible? How about in countries other than the USA as well?
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Post by wenonah4th on May 7, 2008 9:22:50 GMT -5
Wow, what consistency concerning the windows! It's possible they had the kitchen remodelled or done custom, that would account for something that wouldn't be as standard to the other houses on Bradford Ct.
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Post by baseballchica03 on May 7, 2008 9:52:43 GMT -5
On a livejournal community they were talking about Janine talking high school and university courses, and talking about in real life how students can take high school and university courses at the same time. I don't remember being able to do both in Australia, is that possible? How about in countries other than the USA as well? Students are able to do it here. If you're really good with time management or very smart, you could take evening classes or a class that meets once a week on Saturday (sometimes offered at community college). I live in a college town, so a lot of the high school students are children of professors and staff at the university, which means they get really, really reduced (although it's free at some places) tuition. Many of them take summer classes to get a head start on their college requirements. It's not all that uncommon, the summer classes moreso than the ones during the regular school year.
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Post by wenonah4th on May 7, 2008 13:50:00 GMT -5
Summer classes at local colleges are often a real mishmash of people. They have high schoolers, "pre-freshmen" (those about to start that fall), current students at other colleges trying to get things out of the way, non-traditional age students, you name it. My FIL teaches at one of the country colleges, and his best classes tend to be summer. The rest of the year...well, it's interesting. He had some punk student call to him in the hall as "Frankie" to which he turned around and said "That's Professor G---- to you" and walked on. (I think he ought to list himself on his syllabi simply as Professor F. G-----".)
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Penny Lane
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Post by Penny Lane on May 7, 2008 15:00:39 GMT -5
I have found summer classes to be mostly enjoyable. Sometimes they are a little bit more like high school summer shcool though, where you go and do some busy work for a couple of hours and at the end you get your credit but you don't really learn anything. That was mostly the four year university that I attended and hated.
But the Community College by my house is awesome, and they offer so many extra study abroad summer stuff, and the instructors are a hundred and fifty times better then anyone i have ever at at the 4 year university I last attended. Money helps. Every summer class I took there was fantastic, except for one english class that was full of worksheets and reading the same books I read in high school. Twice.
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