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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 6, 2013 17:16:57 GMT -5
we don't know anything about the teacher at SES; it's possible the teacher was a problem too.
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KittyMarie
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I'm a dork and I'm proud.
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Post by KittyMarie on May 9, 2013 10:07:17 GMT -5
^ Does Karen mention anything about being jealous of David Michael's closeness with Watson in this book? Not in this book, but in the very first LS ( Karen's Witch) I distinctly remember, in Karen's description of her two families, her saying something like "Sometimes [DM] thinks he's so great, just because he gets to live with my daddy all the time." That could be taken as veiled jealousy.....forgetting, of course, that DM technically never HAD a dad, since Patrick ran away when he was only a few months old.
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LadyDru
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Post by LadyDru on May 3, 2020 6:30:31 GMT -5
One of my favorite books..feel neither Karen or David Michael was totally right or totally wrong..I agree that David Michael was pesky and I could see why Karen didn't want him at her school..she was definitely mean to tease him..looking at it on a neutral scale though it was probably karma..considering all the times he teased her."coughKaren'sBirthdaycough"..and that part where he asks for a cupcake and she says no because they were strictly for the class party and she explodes when he begs her and Nannie admonishes her for it..first of all, she had a right to say no since she had a good reason..I don't know how many there were but suppose one of the students had to go without because of his begging? Her response to his begging is how I feel most times..no means no..he just wanted what she had, which is greed..then again, I don't like when people beg for no good reason and it's very annoying when people don't take no for an answer. In the end it was nice when she decided to be nice and even admit to the jealousy.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 14, 2022 20:58:27 GMT -5
I generally don't think Karen is bad, but she was rather bratty and annoying throughout this one. Play by Play sounded like a fun after school program. Drama club for elementary kids. I would like to know what Karen thought a "cool" role in the play was if Piglet was so dorky. He's not just some rando farm pig, lol, he's a main character. Her made up rap song about him: "David Michael is a pig. David Michael does a jig. David Michael wears a wig. Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink!" And he's the nerdy one, Karen? Karen thinks cooking is a turn on. Ricky was one of the sandwich makers for the class party. "I did not know Ricky likes to cook. But that is good. It is good to have a husband who cooks." The hotel rooms in NYC were 1. Kristy, Karen, Emily, and Nannie. 2. Charlie, Sam, David Michael, and Andrew. 3. Big surprise Watson and Elizabeth alone. Stacey babysat for Emily so that Nannie's chains could be removed for one evening to see the play. Watson and Elizabeth informed David Michael that he was switching schools, never discussed it with him, sounded like they were ready to pull him out in the middle of a quarter, and were then shocked to hear that he didn't want to go. (You don't want to? Oh, ok. I guess we could try a tutor or something, whatever...) At least Stoneybrook Academy said yes, he may attend the school starting at the beginning of the next school year. Not the next stinking week like they acted like they wanted. There was some discussion in the thread about was Karen jealous/was it about Watson. At the end David Michael said that he was jealous of Karen because she did well in school while he was struggling. Karen said she was jealous of David Michael because everyone was so proud of him about the play, and she felt left out because she wasn't at the Big House full time. So, this particular fight wasn't about Watson.
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livvy
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Post by livvy on Jan 1, 2023 11:03:44 GMT -5
What the actual??? Why didn't David Michael's parents ask him if he wanted to go to Stoneybrook Academy? They weren't even giving him a choice or a say in the matter! It's what they wanted not what he wanted. They didn't even consider his feelings. Changing schools doesn't mean he'll do better at school. It could backfire.
for example in Claudia's Portrait, they sent her to a "progressive" school. Sure her grades improved but she was miserable. She missed her friends. And there was quite a bit of travelling involved. Changing schools to help a kids grades improve is a stupid idea.
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