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Post by aln1982 on Feb 8, 2008 15:37:49 GMT -5
^ I do, too. I've always seen grounding as kind of a dumb punishment (though I'm not sure what a more effective one would be ;D) and this punishment seemed especially foolish. I didn't care at all for this supplot, either. The one thing I did like in this book is how Kristy got mad at Bart and made up all the songs and things about him and then that they broke up at the end (I don't like Bart ;D - not sure why, just don't....)
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Feb 8, 2008 22:27:22 GMT -5
^ I do, too. I've always seen grounding as kind of a dumb punishment Grounding is dumb nowadays because with all of the stuff kids have in their house and their rooms (TV, computers, video games, etc.) it's technically ineffective as a punishment because kids are occupied with those things . The only way it would work is if the parents banned those things. I also never got grounded as a kid because my mom saw no point in it either ;D. If she got mad at me for something, she'd just yell about it for 10 minutes and that was it ;D.
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 8, 2008 22:38:44 GMT -5
I was never grounded either.
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Post by Penny Lane on Feb 8, 2008 22:54:05 GMT -5
I was never grounded either. Well, I was, but it was completely ineffective as I had so many prior obligations and my parents would have never sacrificed something like me getting into an ivy just because I did something stupid. Also, I wasn't ever really caught doing anything. One time I was suspected of smoking and my mom took my cigarettes away and sent me to a psychologist. And another time my dad suspected me of witchcraft and banned me from the color black, which was just silly.
I did know a girl who was grounded from age 15 to 18 though. She was allowed to have people over, but not go anywhere. She still got pregnant. Which is why I don't really think it works.
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Post by Lauren on Feb 8, 2008 23:10:57 GMT -5
I don't think grounding is all that effective. My brother and I got grounded for 3 months after we were caught smoking pot but we still found ways to sneak out of the house.
Penny, I'm curious as to what that girl did to be grounded for three years.
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Post by greer on Feb 8, 2008 23:13:24 GMT -5
me too. i was never grounded because at the "grounding ages" first i didn't have friends, then i was at boarding school, which had its own intricate system of grounding known as "hourbook," where you had to sign in with a teacher every hour and couldn't leave a certain area of campus. when i was really little my mom would punish me by having time out in the laundry room. one day i snuck in there and hid a bunch of coloring books and crayons, so when my mom opened the door to let me out the next time i was punished i was sitting there happily coloring away.
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Post by Penny Lane on Feb 8, 2008 23:51:14 GMT -5
I think it was a combination of things that should probably not be mentioned here.
I like this book, and yet I don't. I don't really like how Kristy behaves -- like it was all bart's fault, and she wasn't kissing him back. I also don't like how suddenly she hates movies and like anchovies -- not really the kristy i remember. I did like the kissing scene though. That was shocking for a bsc book. My stomach got all "eeeeee" (I can't describe the feeling of glee I had to read about someone doing something in a bsc book)
Plus watson walking in: hilarious!
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 9, 2008 16:26:56 GMT -5
And then he took Bart home. Awkward
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Post by Penny Lane on Feb 9, 2008 16:34:06 GMT -5
Probably for both of them.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 9, 2008 17:09:47 GMT -5
^ I do, too. I've always seen grounding as kind of a dumb punishment Grounding is dumb nowadays because with all of the stuff kids have in their house and their rooms (TV, computers, video games, etc.) it's technically ineffective as a punishment because kids are occupied with those things . The only way it would work is if the parents banned those things. I also never got grounded as a kid because my mom saw no point in it either ;D. If she got mad at me for something, she'd just yell about it for 10 minutes and that was it ;D. Agree. I was also never grounded, either, mostly because I never did anything bad enough to get grounded. I actually was stricter than my parents. (still am) ;D I also think Kristy was just as wrong as Bart but her getting mad at him made me laugh and made me happy because I don't like Bart (don't know why - just don't). I can't imagine what Watson must have thought. A priceless reaction....
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Post by sarish on Feb 14, 2008 8:31:03 GMT -5
I just got this one in the mail and read it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it to be quite humorous. The grounding thing was definitely over the top. I liked that we saw Charlie doing something other than driving his thirteen year old sister around all the time. I did not understand the whole dealie at the end with "Nowadays, Bart and I are just friends...blah...blah...blah...sometimes I feel jealous when I see Charlie and Sarah together..." Since when do the books have epilogues?
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 14, 2008 16:41:59 GMT -5
^ Was this the one where Charlie and Sarah were kissing and Kristy saw them? I don't remember what happened with that. Also don't remember the epilogue. I'm going to reread this one soon so might have more thoughts on it then. (though might skip the suplot this time ;D)
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Post by sarish on Feb 15, 2008 8:38:54 GMT -5
^Yes, this is the one. They don't call it an epilogue but I don't remember any of the other books having a paragraph at the end telling about what they do 'now' that the experience is over. Other than that...Did anyone else call grounding, restriction (I did, more so when I lived in CA)? Also, grounding a person to their bedroom for a weekend seems like a common punishment in Stoneybrook because last night I read Karen and the School Mystery (I think thats the title) and Addie got grounded to her room for a weekend.
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Post by greer on Feb 15, 2008 8:43:46 GMT -5
I've always called it grounding, and my family has lived in PA, NY, NJ, and FL.
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Post by mckay on Feb 15, 2008 10:36:50 GMT -5
And another time my dad suspected me of witchcraft and banned me from the color black, which was just silly. That is officially the funniest thing I've ever heard.
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