sarish
Sitting For The Papadakis's
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Post by sarish on Feb 5, 2008 23:15:01 GMT -5
What I hate is that in todays schools (well here anyway) if you fight back you are in just as much trouble. If someone hits you and you try to fight back, you get expelled, even if it is self-defense. There was a case where a child was almost killed because they didn't fight back because they would get in trouble. There have been countless other cases where kids got hurt so bad they needed surgery before a teacher got to them. I was bullied a lot too, until high school.
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Post by greer on Feb 6, 2008 0:21:49 GMT -5
same here, sarish. And now I'm cooler than all of them ;D
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sarish
Sitting For The Papadakis's
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Post by sarish on Feb 6, 2008 8:20:40 GMT -5
I would agree! ;D
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 8, 2008 15:41:01 GMT -5
Thinking more about whether or not I like the serious issue books, I do like some of them (Terrible Truth and the death ones and don't mind the divorce) but realized most of them actually tend to bother me (Alzheimer's, Bullying, Autism, Depression) Not sure why but they just make me feel uncomfortable. I do like books that I can relate to but maybe I can relate too much to these, I don't know.... Anyway, what I do like is that almost all of the issues were “solved” in a positive way at the end of the book, often with help (not always in the case of mysteries) of adults but sometimes not. Even if this tends to be unrealistic, I like it in that it gives kids hope. I think this is a great thing, especially for kids who are facing problems, to make them feel like they can go to an adult or someone and get things taken care of or that they can solve their problems and things will get better.
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Amalia
Sitting For The Braddocks
Her Original Point of View
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Post by Amalia on Feb 16, 2008 17:22:35 GMT -5
I hate serious issue books because I read these books to pretend like I'm a child again in order to feel happy and carefree, and serious-issue books defeats that purpose.
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Post by greer on Feb 16, 2008 17:24:57 GMT -5
^i agree. i want to be cheered up, not made to be more "down."
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Post by Karen Brewer on Mar 4, 2008 17:44:17 GMT -5
I just read the e-book of Claudia and the Terrible Truth, where Claudia learns that new clients are being abused by their father. I'm not sure if this is an Ann book or a ghostwriter book. Most likely a ghostwriter book, because this is book 117.
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Post by greer on Mar 4, 2008 19:05:32 GMT -5
yep, it's ghostwritten.
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 4, 2008 19:21:53 GMT -5
Ellen Miles, I think. I have this one now and plan to read it soon.
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msstock87
Sitting For The Braddocks
Here Comes The Bride!
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Post by msstock87 on Mar 4, 2008 20:01:28 GMT -5
I like both the serious issue books and the more fun carefree books, it just depends on my mood. Some of the serious books I can somewhat relate too and its good for me to read about.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 4, 2008 20:22:15 GMT -5
^ I have the same thing. ;D There are some serious issue ones, though, that I really don't like because they deal with subjects that make me uncomfortable.
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Post by greer on Mar 4, 2008 21:56:45 GMT -5
i like bsc because it's not serious, thus i don't reread these books much.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2008 20:48:31 GMT -5
"Kristy Thomas, Dog Trainer" seems like it dealt with one, having them baby-sit for a blind child. I'm visually impaired myself, so that book was very intersting to me. That was very interesting for them to be raising a puppy to be trained as a guide dog. The only thing that bugged me, though, was when Kristy, Abby, and Charlie were in the grocery store with the dog, and some lady was chewing them out about it. I mean, anyone with enough sense would know that a guide dog can go anywhere a person can go, right?
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Penny Lane
Sitting For The Arnolds
The Girl With Colitis Goes By
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Post by Penny Lane on May 8, 2008 22:19:34 GMT -5
^nope. I've had so many people complain about guide dogs at the restaurant where I worked. This is a world where people don't have sense; people go on tv to brag about how they have had 12 children from 12 different daddies and they are all in foster care. Just saying.
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Post by wenonah4th on May 9, 2008 7:21:07 GMT -5
Penny Lane, you'd have a better time in Austin. There, at any restaurant that has outdoor seating, any dogs are welcome, as well as guide/service dogs being allowed indoors.
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