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Post by thejunkbucket on Sept 18, 2015 8:02:21 GMT -5
Maybe it's just the fact that I didn't go to a middle school (rather a 7-12 school) but I can't imagine the amount of fuss over 8th grade graduation. There was a low-key ceremony for 6th grade, no caps/gown. I too went to a 7-12 school (c. 1992-1998). Kindergarten was a separate entity, then elementary was 1-6. My town did an overhaul when I started 10th grade (c. 1995), so that elementary was K-4 (the old Kindergarten was turned into a police station, and the K's moved to the elementary school), a new middle school was built for grades 5-8, and the same high school was now 9-12. I remember wishing they had done that years earlier, because it was a shock to go from 6th grade to high school. As a 12-year-old seventh-grader, I felt overwhelmed being among the big kids (17/18 years olds). I think middle school is a good idea, because it's a nice transition. That way, by the time you enter high school (age 14/15)l, there's not much of an age disparity. Anyway, like wenonah4th, I too had a low-key ceremony for 6th grade/elementary graduation. No caps/gowns, either. In fact, it was held at the end of the last day of school. All the 3 sixth-grade classes met up at the auditorium, we were given computer-printed diplomas, and wished good luck in high school. But when my younger sister attended the new middle school (1995-1999), they had a big send off for 8th-grade graduation. Caps, gowns, the whole shebang. It was even held at the football field, parents/families attended, and it was after school hours. I was a wee bit jealous. I'm from Massachusetts, by the way. Connecticut is our neighbor, so maybe it's a New England thing? My niece just graduated middle school this past June, and they too had a big ceremony on a Friday evening. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2017 15:40:05 GMT -5
yeah, this book was sad at the end but a bit boring to me. and kristy was a loser, she so needed to move on. it seemed like the BSC was her whole life. maybe i just dont like kristy too much. and as for claudia failing her exam (was it the science one? i dont even remember), couldnt they give her a break, seeing as it was the last book ever. how was she gonna manage in high school if she couldnt even pass middle school? and also, about stacey and the library book needing to be returned in order to graduate, does that actually happen? i live in australia so i dont know about the american school system but it sounded pretty odd to me. Kristy IS NOT A LOSER HOW DARE YOU CALL HER A LOSER!!!! KRISTY LOVES THE BSC IF YOU DONT LIKE KRISTY THEN YOU ARE A LOSER NOT KRISTY!!! |
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 26, 2017 11:58:58 GMT -5
kristythomaspower, attacking other members is against the rules.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Mar 6, 2017 21:47:30 GMT -5
kristythomaspower, attacking other members is against the rules. Thanks Gina, she/it/whatever is about to be banned for trolling. I'm just reading through all the posts atm. |
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Post by andrew on Oct 31, 2020 21:09:27 GMT -5
I couldn't get into this, especially Kristy focusing on just the negative aspects of moving to high school and being so annoyed that others were more excited, she and Stacey (and to a lesser extent Mary Anne) insisting too hard that it was such a big change, Kristy and Stacey often expecting that the club would change a lot or outright be neglected, and Claudia yet again not caring about and doing badly in school.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Oct 31, 2020 21:31:35 GMT -5
I couldn't get into this, especially Kristy focusing on just the negative aspects of moving to high school and being so annoyed that others were more excited, she and Stacey (and to a lesser extent Mary Anne) insisting too hard that it was such a big change, Kristy and Stacey often expecting that the club would change a lot or outright be neglected, and Claudia yet again not caring about and doing badly in school. I can't remember, but were the girls keeping the club going on while in high school? I get why Stacey and Mary Anne were saying so much was going to change. I bet they wanted to change their schedules around and stuff. I liked that Claudia didn't care that much though. |
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Post by andrew on Nov 1, 2020 10:44:04 GMT -5
The sitters declaring that they won't get married right after high school felt too preachy and dated, in 2000 there wasn't expectation that they would, and Kristy that she probably won't get married but will definitely have a lot of kids, both felt too adamant, extreme. Dawn saying she might not have kids, might not make a good parent, was interesting and not completely out-of-character but pretty abrupt.
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Post by livvy on May 17, 2022 10:40:40 GMT -5
Did Kirsty really think they'll be members of the BSC and baby sit through high school? Lol. She needed to move on. She's still so immature and def not ready for high school.
In Australia we have graduation at the end of year 7 and year 8 is the first year of high school not primary school. Primary school is Australia's equivalent to middle school.
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Post by oldhickory on May 17, 2022 11:46:34 GMT -5
Is that a common practice in Australia? In the US we don't graduate from middle school. "Graduation Day" is a nice title for a series finale, but in an average middle school that just wouldn't be an event.
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