msstock87
Sitting For The Braddocks
Here Comes The Bride!
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Post by msstock87 on Sept 28, 2007 0:22:01 GMT -5
I was extremely self conscious at that age, and still am to a certain extent. I could never join a gym or anything like that, I prefer to work out in private.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Sept 28, 2007 21:52:00 GMT -5
This is my top favorite BSC book ever. I could really sympathize with Mal in this book because when I discovered it in fifth grade, I really did hate boys and gym. That dumb a** gym teacher reminded me a lot of my gym teacher back then and all of the guys that pick on Mal in volleyball remind me of the jocks in my class who would always yell at you if you did something wrong-and my teacher would let it happen! I really don't understand why they all got worked up because Mal sucked at volleyball. I mean who cares? It's just a stupid game, grow up.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Oct 2, 2007 21:35:29 GMT -5
^ haha, good point Andrea! It does help if you can relate to a book, thats foresure
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Oct 2, 2007 21:38:29 GMT -5
Yes it does!
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Oct 3, 2007 5:27:06 GMT -5
This is my top favorite BSC book ever. I could really sympathize with Mal in this book because when I discovered it in fifth grade, I really did hate boys and gym. That dumb a** gym teacher reminded me a lot of my gym teacher back then and all of the guys that pick on Mal in volleyball remind me of the jocks in my class who would always yell at you if you did something wrong-and my teacher would let it happen! I really don't understand why they all got worked up because Mal sucked at volleyball. I mean who cares? It's just a stupid game, grow up. That was what I loved about this book, though. It was so realistic, the sixth grade attitudes towards stupid games. I never understood the importance either... I was a Mallory-type back then and her experience just hits home for me in so many ways.
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Post by greer on Oct 3, 2007 16:06:55 GMT -5
me too... i really like exercising now but that may be more vanity than anything else back in the day though, i was a super skinny kid so had no need to get into shape.
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
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Post by starrynight on Nov 15, 2007 17:16:43 GMT -5
I'm rereading right now, and even though I remember liking this book, I'm finding it really tedious this time around. I hate the subplot of all the boys in Stoneybrook suddenly becoming difficult, and even though I like Mal's attitude in this one (it's nice seeing her stand up for herself), I'm finding it tough to get through.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 15, 2007 17:32:48 GMT -5
^ Maybe it's the mood you're in. ;D Sometimes I love this one (and others) and other times, I can't stand them. The subplot can be annoying, I agree. I do like the Hobart boys, though, and actually like the triplets at the end of this one. ;D
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Nov 15, 2007 21:03:27 GMT -5
That was what I loved about this book, though. It was so realistic, the sixth grade attitudes towards stupid games. I never understood the importance either... I was a Mallory-type back then and her experience just hits home for me in so many ways. Me too .
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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 Nov 16, 2007 1:32:38 GMT -5
^ I'm going to go against the grain here, and say that mallory's attitude in this book kind of annoyed me. The subplot was really predictable, and it's just not one of my favorite books. I think she could have tried a little harder, she totally went in with a bad attitude instead of trying to hit the ball. I don't identify with that experience at all, so I found it slightly annoying.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 16, 2007 10:10:28 GMT -5
^ Was she purposely not hitting the ball or was she just not able to and was avoiding it because she was afraid and unable to do better? If that was the case, I can relate to being afraid of getting hurt and not hitting the ball because I didn't want to break my frail little arms. ;D (not that Mal had frail bones but....)
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mckay
Junior Sitter
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Post by mckay on Nov 16, 2007 15:50:20 GMT -5
I might have been less annoyed with Mallory in this book if she hadn't been such a friggin' wuss throughout the entire series. She falls off a horse, doesn't get hurt, won't get back on and is taken to (and carried into!) the hospital, then quits her lessons after the show. She gets teased and doesn't really try to work it out, she changes schools. She hates gym class, so she stops trying and benches herself, instead of talking about it with her parents and having them talk to the teacher.
I know this book came first, but looking back over the series...Mallory was a weenie. And she never did anything about her problems. She didn't ask anyone for help. She blamed the situation and the other kids and ran away every freaking time. I probably would have been more sympathetic during any of these books if there hadn't been so darn many of them. I mean, even six-year-old Mary Anne tried to tough out her hated ballet classes!
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 16, 2007 16:33:13 GMT -5
^ I do like Mal's attitude in Don't Give Up. She does try to do something about her problems in that one (from what I remember at least). I see her doing that in a few other books, too, but can't think of them right off hand.
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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 Nov 16, 2007 21:55:34 GMT -5
^ Was she purposely not hitting the ball or was she just not able to and was avoiding it because she was afraid and unable to do better? If that was the case, I can relate to being afraid of getting hurt and not hitting the ball because I didn't want to break my frail little arms. ;D (not that Mal had frail bones but....) I really think that I just can't relate. I wasn't the most athletic kid in school, but it seemed to me like 90% of my class was involved in some sort of after school athletic activity, whether we liked it or not. I also was not the least athletic, so maybe that's why I don't get fear of balls and things. It seemed to me like she freaked out about co-ed gym, then decided she hated volleyball before it even started. I don't love volleyball, but I liked it more than basketball. To me, volleyball is totally not strenuous. All she had to do was either bump the ball when it came directly to her, or get out of the way so someone else on her team could take it. She wasn't asked to spike it or set it, or even to do that crazy thing where you hold hands and switch places. I really don't get the point of volleyball, but that didn't make me want to bench myself. Also, I never got girls who couldn't serve. It's just so foreign to me. I'm much more patient now then I was when I was a kid though.
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macca
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by macca on Nov 16, 2007 22:18:13 GMT -5
^ Was she purposely not hitting the ball or was she just not able to and was avoiding it because she was afraid and unable to do better? If that was the case, I can relate to being afraid of getting hurt and not hitting the ball because I didn't want to break my frail little arms. ;D (not that Mal had frail bones but....) I really think that I just can't relate. I wasn't the most athletic kid in school, but it seemed to me like 90% of my class was involved in some sort of after school athletic activity, whether we liked it or not. I also was not the least athletic, so maybe that's why I don't get fear of balls and things. It seemed to me like she freaked out about co-ed gym, then decided she hated volleyball before it even started. I don't love volleyball, but I liked it more than basketball. To me, volleyball is totally not strenuous. All she had to do was either bump the ball when it came directly to her, or get out of the way so someone else on her team could take it. She wasn't asked to spike it or set it, or even to do that crazy thing where you hold hands and switch places. I really don't get the point of volleyball, but that didn't make me want to bench myself. Also, I never got girls who couldn't serve. It's just so foreign to me. I'm much more patient now then I was when I was a kid though. Yep, sounds like you just can't relate AT ALL to what it's like being a totally unathletic kid in middle school sports/gym class ;D Also, I knew plenty of kids who didn't participate in any athletic activities or whatever, but I know heaps who did as well, so I guess it's just a matter of whom you associate with.
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