131 Things I Learned From The BSC

[nothingtolose18]

167. It's impossible for someone to be a genius and also interested in boys and dating!

[bsclover18]

167. Janine's IQ is 196.
168. It's possible to have the same holiday more than once a year.

[morbiddadestiny]

169. If a five year old's dad loses his job, other five year olds will care and make fun of the aforementioned child.
170. Middle school sports teams play huge games at night surrounded by bleachers full of screaming fans.
171. People born and raised in NYC refer to it as the "Big Apple", constantly go to the Hard Rock Cafe, and basically live like tourists in their own city.

[supprazz]

Pig Latin!

In America, you're not old enough to pierce your ears until 14 (I never understood that kind of thing, most people I know got them done before the age of 5, I wasn't even old enough to remember getting them pierced, but it was before I turned 1)

I learned about diabetes

How to handle kids

How to make jewelry

How to handle the first day of school in middle school

how to draw a nice butterfly (thanks claudia!)

how to plan good birthday parties

to never overdose on turkey like karen in one of those books

a lot of things about attractions in new york city

that I never want to be dumb like mallory

how to handle a crisis (mary anne saves the day)

that lilacs in NYC come from buckets

about autism

how awkward first dates can be and how to act or not to act on them

that divorce is more common than I expected

how to survive if you're stuck on an island


that your friends may treat you differently or be jealous of you if you get a makeover, look better than them and start talking to different people


Last but not least, I learned the hard way later on that things were so unrealistic in terms of all the freedom they got at their ages and how it took awhile for me to get the same freedom even though I was mature and responsible for my age. Like, I couldn't do anything on my own in 7th grade, but in 8th grade, I became a latch key kid and could baby sit for my sister, but I wasn't allowed to walk around with her in the neighborhood or take her out without an adult until she was like 10 or 11, and I couldn't go to the mall by myself yet unless it was in a big group and we were being dropped off or picked up by a parent, or if someone older was elsewhere in the mall. By the end of 8th grade/early 9th grade I started having more freedom though and would go often after school.

[Deleted]

173. If an eight year old plays a practical joke that accidentally goes bad and ends up with you in traction, it is entirely appropriate to declare WAR on said eight year old.
174. Same goes for trying to prove your maturity to your aunt by short sheeting her bed.
175. If you are a child star, you will not be snobby or have let fame go to your head, simply because you are from Stonybrook.
176. Washing a car with steel wool makes it really really shiny.
177. Anyone dorky will have a name like Ethel. Someone old fashioned will have an old fashioned name such as Mary Anne. Meanwhile, young sophisticates will be named Claudia, Laine, Anastasia, or Sabrina.
178. Children with disabilities are unusually well behaved and perfect in every other way. (Matt Braddock)
179. Stuck in a van in a flash flood? Or in a car in a snowstorm? Don't worry there will always be a good Samaritan to give you a place to stay.
180. Simply because Claudia's house is the headquarters of the BSC, it will also be the headquarters/meeting place for any event not directly concerning the BSC. (BSC in the USA anyone?)

[wanderingfrog]

181. If you are book-smart, it is impossible for you to understand that bright orange lipstick is not a good look for you until your dyslexic little sister points it out.

[booboobrewer]

I thought it was orange nail polish...

182. Older brothers will always drive you wherever you need to go.

[Lila]

May 21, 2008 20:34:12 GMT -5 crazychick10793 said:

141.four year olds will jump up and change their clothes right away if they get one miniscule drop of food on their dress (jenny,you guessed it)

Jenny's behavior does not seem weird to me, she's doing what she is accustomed to, her mother is fussy and whisks her away to change at every little thing, so I can see where Jenny finds this commonplace to do.





183. Rich parents never let money go to their heads and do not spoil their children excessively.
184. Seven year olds can make enough money by only charging 25 cents an hour and can buy expensive video games, dolls, etc.
185. Little children will always go along with your outrageous activities and never complain
186. Divorced children always have happy moments with their stepparent, never have ill-fighting parents, always have perfect blended family experiences, and your step-relatives always welcome you with open arms.
187. Every divorced child has both biological parents actively in their lives and frequently show up together and there is never any underlining tension between your stepmother/mother, stepfather/father.
188. Every divorced child has their father active in their lives, unless your name is Kristy Thomas.
189. a woman with no experience can magically get a high paying job in a mall after her divorce
190. Divorced mothers rarely have child-support issues.
191. Karen Brewer does not have ADHD
192. Parents do not object Claudia's outrageous fashion sense
193. It is perfectly OK to be put back a year and not have any consequences or be made to quit your art lessons or club

[booboobrewer]

187. Every divorced child has both biological parents actively in their lives

188. Every divorced child has their father active in their lives, unless your name is Kristy Thomas.

Or Jake Kuhn or Buddy Barrett. And the DeWitts don't hear from their mother.

[sarish]

^I thought the DeWitts mother died?

[booboobrewer]

Did she? I thought I read in a few books that Frankin was divorced.

[sarish]

Maybe it is another inconsistency. LOL

[booboobrewer]

;D

[Lila]

Yeah she was dead. And oh yes, i forgot about the Khuns.
Didn't Buddy get to see his dad often, just his mother didn't let him? *tries to remember that accidental kidnapping in Impossible Three*

[icequeen]

I think that Mr Barrett had set days to see the kids, but either Mrs Barrett would forget the days and already make plans for the kids or Mr Barrett wouldn't show up.. I'm not sure