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[SL&AM]

Yes. For example; I have to watch my younger brother today and my baby sister, since my parents are out in Erie. Since I'm always home by 3, I can get home in time to pick my brother up from the bus, and feed my sister when she awakens.
Otherwise, I would not be able to do that.

That's good that you can get him off the bus. Here it has to be a parent or someone over 18 to get a child off a bus in elementary school.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

That's good that you can get him off the bus. Here it has to be a parent or someone over 18 to get a child off a bus in elementary school.

In our district, it's fine because I am the oldest and 13. They trust me. Not only that, but they drop him off at our driveway. If they really had trust issues, they could watch to make sure I led him to the house.

 

[SL&AM]

In our district, it's fine because I am the oldest and 13. They trust me. Not only that, but they drop him off at our driveway. If they really had trust issues, they could watch to make sure I led him to the house.

Having a bus stop at your driveway is a huge help. Is that where yours is to? We had that service last year, but non-CP is SN which is why it was at our house---we stopped letting CP & Non-CP use the bus this year though.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

That you'd suggest a movie is ever better than a book.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
World War Z

Those movies were better than their books

Maybe Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban, A Little Princess, and Peter Pan. Probably some Stephen King books/movies, too.

 

[SL&AM]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
World War Z

Those movies were better than their books

Maybe Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban, A Little Princess, and Peter Pan. Probably some Stephen King books/movies, too.

Well I haven't read Harry Potter yet; I'm at like Chapter 6 of the first book (reading it with CP now) so I'll get back to you on that, but I was never a fan of the movie.

World War Z, I don't necessarily agree---I thought the book was amazing, but they had a very good cast for the movie.

 

[TheVipersMom]

In our district, it's fine because I am the oldest and 13. They trust me. Not only that, but they drop him off at our driveway. If they really had trust issues, they could watch to make sure I led him to the house.

Did you say before that your brother was special needs? It's really cool that you are able to look after him and take care of him even when your parents aren't home! They must trust you a lot!

Hope you did good on your math test!


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[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

Having a bus stop at your driveway is a huge help. Is that where yours is to? We had that service last year, but non-CP is SN which is why it was at our house---we stopped letting CP & Non-CP use the bus this year though.

We live too far away from the school to not take a bus. Yes it is at our driveway. My dad works until 8:30, and my sister is asleep. We have to take a bus.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

Did you say before that your brother was special needs? It's really cool that you are able to look after him and take care of him even when your parents aren't home! They must trust you a lot!

Hope you did good on your math test!


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Thanks And on the test, I think I did fine. My brother does have autism, but he sits in the family room and plays video games. He's not hard to look after!

 

[SL&AM]

We live too far away from the school to not take a bus. Yes it is at our driveway. My dad works until 8:30, and my sister is asleep. We have to take a bus.

That sucks being far away from the school. We're 2.95 miles from the elementary school, 5 miles from the HS and the middle school is a drive but I'm not sending them to their district-ed middle school anyway so I'll be driving 30 minutes when that time comes. Sigh.

Your brother sounds like most boys with video games, autism aside.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

Well I haven't read Harry Potter yet; I'm at like Chapter 6 of the first book (reading it with CP now) so I'll get back to you on that, but I was never a fan of the movie.

World War Z, I don't necessarily agree---I thought the book was amazing, but they had a very good cast for the movie.

The first three Harry Potter books are written as if they are for a younger audience. As an adult they are somewhat boring to read. As an adult watching the first three movies, the movies are better. After the third book/movie, the books are all better.

World War Z was a good book but I think if they had tried to do the movie in the way the book was written, it wouldn't have been as good. I like how they adapted the book into the movie. But I like action movies.

Matilda was also better as a movie, IMO. (And even better as a musical).

 

[SL&AM]

The first three Harry Potter books are written as if they are for a younger audience. As an adult they are somewhat boring to read. As an adult watching the first three movies, the movies are better. After the third book/movie, the books are all better.

World War Z was a good book but I think if they had tried to do the movie in the way the book was written, it wouldn't have been as good. I like how they adapted the book into the movie. But I like action movies.

Matilda was also better as a movie, IMO. (And even better as a musical).

I definitely agree with you on the first HP book---it's a bit mindnumbing, but CP is into it so I'm sitting through it.

I think there are times where the cast helps sell the movie more than the book, but the books are still better. I'm ashamed to admit this, but that is how I came into the Twilight franchise. Though the Twilight book was far better than the movie, I loved the cast enough to go backwards (*my husband told me to watch it, I wouldn't have even done it on my own) and from that point, so movie was ever better. Divergent is an example where I see the movies fixing the books but poorly written books rarely make great movies---50 Shades is a great example there.

Admittedly, I've never read Matilda---I actually didn't like that story much.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

I definitely agree with you on the first HP book---it's a bit mindnumbing, but CP is into it so I'm sitting through it.

I think there are times where the cast helps sell the movie more than the book, but the books are still better. I'm ashamed to admit this, but that is how I came into the Twilight franchise. Though the Twilight book was far better than the movie, I loved the cast enough to go backwards (*my husband told me to watch it, I wouldn't have even done it on my own) and from that point, so movie was ever better. Divergent is an example where I see the movies fixing the books but poorly written books rarely make great movies---50 Shades is a great example there.

Admittedly, I've never read Matilda---I actually didn't like that story much.

The writing gets a lot better in HP4 as well as the plot lines, hang in there lol.

I think Matilda, like most of Dahl's more popular books, are books with adult themes (abuse, neglect, murder, etc) but written for kids. I don't think the Matilda movie really captured the "darkness" of the book.

 

[Kaylee_Kitty_Kat_75_]

That sucks being far away from the school. We're 2.95 miles from the elementary school, 5 miles from the HS and the middle school is a drive but I'm not sending them to their district-ed middle school anyway so I'll be driving 30 minutes when that time comes. Sigh.

Your brother sounds like most boys with video games, autism aside.

He is the normal 11 year old.

 

[ErinS]

I think the Twilight books and movies were all bad.


I found the Fifty Shades series and first movie painfully bad.

Divergent was a bad book....and okay movie. I never bothered to read Insurgent (and obviously not Allegiant either) and only made it through 20 mins of Insurgent.



No comment on HP as I refuse to watch or read anything to do with them.


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[SL&AM]

I think the Twilight books and movies were all bad.


I found the Fifty Shades series and first movie painfully bad.

Divergent was a bad book....and okay movie. I never bothered to read Insurgent (and obviously not Allegiant either) and only made it through 20 mins of Insurgent.



No comment on HP as I refuse to watch or read anything to do with them.


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There is a story there and I'm curious what it is---a librarian against Harry Potter? Why?

As for 50 Shades, since I read and actively participated in the Twi fandom, I read the original and couldn't get through the movie in one sitting. Every 3-5 minutes I needed mental health breaks because it was like watching every fandom clique and overdone thing played out by real actors/actresses. The fact that Jamie Doran makes such a great sociopath was hysterical to me with that casting.

I don't blame you on skipping Insurgent and Allegiant. Bad, bad, bad.