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Post by anzuhana on Dec 7, 2011 9:22:58 GMT -5
^ Really? Did you do well on your project?
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 7, 2011 12:43:56 GMT -5
I did a plant project with lights, but that was in Grade 5.
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Post by sparklymouse on Dec 7, 2011 13:28:35 GMT -5
I did Charlotte's plant project in 7th grade. I didn't really do the project, I just planted the plants and used Charlotte's results. Haha. Thanks for helping me cheat, BSC.
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Post by anzuhana on Dec 7, 2011 13:32:28 GMT -5
Man, I wish I read about Charlotte's plant project when I was back in school. I could've used the results without doing any of the work for the science fair.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Aug 3, 2012 16:33:02 GMT -5
I re-read this one again yesterday and kind of understood more of Aunt C perspective than before. So at the beginning of the series, especially, Jessi always mentions how Stoneybrook was anti-black and they had a hard time being accepted at first. I'm sure that Aunt C also experienced some of that energy. Maybe that explains her attempts at making Jessi and Becca perfect (as shown in the scene where she "fixes" Jessi's hair). Maybe she was feeling some pressure when moving to Stoneybrook to set AND be a good, prime example. At the same time, I found it slightly humorous how an middle-to-upper class woman wrote this big plot line somewhat centered around black people feeling that they have to achieve more in life. Granted that is a reality for some, but certainly not for Ann I think one of my favourite parts is when Jessi and Becca make the Welcome Home sign for Aunt C and purposely spell her name wrong
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Post by starrynight on Aug 3, 2012 23:06:54 GMT -5
^ I never really attributed Aunt C's behavior as "I have to make everything perfect because I'm black and I have to prove myself." I just saw her as a fussy older lady who thought she knew best for younger kids.
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 3, 2012 23:12:07 GMT -5
doesn't aunt cecelia live in connecticut before she moves in with the ramseys? i remember actually reading the name of the city where she was moving from, although it might have been about nannie instead.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Aug 3, 2012 23:13:15 GMT -5
^ I agree with you. Maybe it's a bit of both mixed together?!
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Post by starrynight on Aug 3, 2012 23:38:21 GMT -5
doesn't aunt cecelia live in connecticut before she moves in with the ramseys? i remember actually reading the name of the city where she was moving from, although it might have been about nannie instead. It was Queenstown, CT.
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Post by oldhickory on Aug 4, 2012 1:25:34 GMT -5
^ thanks. that's what i thought. so aunt cecelia had already left new jersey and was already used to a more segregated neighborhood (based on the description of oakley i'm assuming it's more integrated than most places) before moving to stoneybrook. so stoneybrook probably wasn't as big a shock to her as it was to jessi.
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Post by greer on Aug 5, 2012 14:01:38 GMT -5
^ thanks. that's what i thought. so aunt cecelia had already left new jersey and was already used to a more segregated neighborhood (based on the description of oakley i'm assuming it's more integrated than most places) before moving to stoneybrook. so stoneybrook probably wasn't as big a shock to her as it was to jessi. well, we don't know what her town/city in CT was like.
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Post by charjo on Sept 19, 2012 2:46:37 GMT -5
I just read this book for the first time in years and caught something that I'd never noticed before. When the Pike's are getting their lending library together it's mentioned that there are a bunch of Nancy Drew books that belong to Vanessa. It was a bit strange that Nancy Drews are Claudia's favorite, but also 9 year old Vanessa's favorite. I'm assuming the ghost writer wasn't trying to mock Claudia, but it made me laugh.
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Post by zoar3 on Sept 19, 2012 17:51:24 GMT -5
^Wow, yet another thing the writers could have used to bond a (non Mal) Sitter with the Pikes. Mary Anne/Vanessa (Sea City) and MA/Pikes in general since she seemed to spend a lot of time with them, especially "pre-Jessi." I still wish Claudia had (instead of commenting on the Pikes' eating habits) realized she only wished she had those choices. She could have gotten closer with the family on that note but also with Vanessa and Nancy Drews--unless Claud maybe would be embarrassed to admit to Vanessa how big an ND fan she was. I think Claud might find it "cool" (and comforting) to be able to share her love of ND's with another (albeit younger) fan. Now, I'm blanking on who else liked Nancy Drew...I almost want to say Erika Blumeberg (from Claudia and the Terrible Truth). Whoever, that person could have introduced Claud to other mysteries in a similar way to Mal and Jessi traded books in "Hello, Mallory."
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Post by wiggir13 on Sept 19, 2012 18:00:53 GMT -5
Maybe Claudia is like us and just enjoys reading books for younger people!
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Post by wanderingfrog on Sept 21, 2012 19:05:06 GMT -5
^Wow, yet another thing the writers could have used to bond a (non Mal) Sitter with the Pikes. Mary Anne/Vanessa (Sea City) and MA/Pikes in general since she seemed to spend a lot of time with them, especially "pre-Jessi." In a much later book (#125 or something?) there's an offhand mention that Vanessa is at her ballet lesson, which is very weird, because 1) since when does Vanessa take ballet? and 2) how can she take ballet without ever discussing it with her sister's best friend The Ballerina? I never really attributed Aunt C's behavior as "I have to make everything perfect because I'm black and I have to prove myself." Doesn't Aunt C. herself use this explanation for her behaviour, though? She definitely does at some point, and I think it's in this book.
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