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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 10:30 am
Thank you for your very informative and umm, colorful (cute) post, Biscottiii! How did it come about that the yellow team had so many young children? Perhaps the producers didn't realize they should have mandated that a certain amount of each age group must be represented in each District.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:00 am
I felt so bad for Anjay,what a wonderful young man. As for thr gold star winners,they have all had a great boost to their self confidence/self esteem. Also the respect of their peers.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:20 am
I enjoy this show. I have a hard time "critiquing" children like I would do on the threads of other shows. Two things... I have worked with children my whole life. I teach high school now. For years I worked at a camp out East in the summer, a sleep away camp with girls ages 7-17. I am shocked that there hasn't been more crushes being shown by the girls. Girls of all ages when in groups like that are over the top about boys, some cute and endearing some a bit over the top. I am guessing they just chose to not show that side? Which good for them, as I would have thought they would have really went over the top about making that cute or something. My other thing, as much as I love this show. I can't imagine this show ever being good past this season. I think it will be too "overplayed" now that the public knows.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:50 am
I was looking @ the pictures & realized there are 14 kids that I don't recall ever seeing on the show. They just sort of blend into the background. I think there are too many kids there & the producers have realized this & that's why we're only seeing the more interesting ones. Of course each show we are "introduced" to at least one new face: Hunter this wk & Kennedy last wk.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 1:47 pm
The council divided the town up into districts, and commented at the time that they were trying to keep friends together. It was not the producers who put all young ones on the yellow team.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 1:58 pm
My info on my cable says that next week is the "most emotional night in history of town"
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 4:32 pm
IMO, Taylor chose the younger kids for the yellow team so that she could control them!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 5:37 pm
Makes sense. If you're a 10-year-old leader, you don't want to have to worry about getting a bunch of teenagers to take you seriously. She was more comfortable with the little ones.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 6:29 pm
Cricket, you are most welcome! Actually, the colors were to help ME get unconfused when I was trying to sort it out. Curlyq, thanks for your input (& fact checking! lol) You blew me out of the water with your comment: "All we knew about Randi was that she was the only girl to vote to oust Taylor." I had totally missed that [see, THIS is why I enjoy the discussions as people bring up points that I didn't catch!] Interesting, then, that Taylor was the one most upset about Randi leaving now. I always thought Randi, in voting for Zach, showed definite maturity particularly on the young kid's team with potential popularity contests. Lots of other good points folks! TYVM! I hope it doesn't get too mean next week. I don't think Laurel is going to take this campaign competition easily.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 6:48 pm
Snoopsmom, after you said that: "They are also all older kids. " Then Allietex: "natural progression." & "they are all boys." I wondered while thinking further about that, if the fact that they are older kids they are realizing that being one of the town's leaders might soon look good on a job resume or college application? As it ought to. These kids are extremely intelligent. Wouldn't be surprised if the producers brought up that little detail. It will be interesting after the show, what info comes out in interviews with the kids.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, November 16, 2007 - 6:58 pm
Curlyq - glad you agreed - and actually the Yellow team wasn't the Laborer class as often as the Green team, so those little 'uns did pretty well in the competitions! I actually think the Green team was as "bonded" as it was - or as Laurel said it was - BECAUSE it had been the laborer class so often. Anyone else have thoughts on that?
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 1:15 am
I think they probably bonded more than the others because most of them were pretty even keel type of kids. They were all hard workers and treated ezch other with respect. There were no bullies in the group. And they just seemed to like each other. But I think the fact that they were all willing to pull their weight was most of it.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 9:14 am
I felt so bad for Anjay,what a wonderful young man. I did too. He doesn't have a very dynamic personality, and he is still young and unsure of himself, but he's a good kid. I wouldn't be surprised if he is very handsome 10-20 years from now. Count me in as NOT a fan of Olivia (never cared for her) Nathan to me looks like a little Al Gore
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 10:27 am
The council divided the town up into districts, and commented at the time that they were trying to keep friends together. It was not the producers who put all young ones on the yellow team. Ahh, thanks, Slinkydog. Guess I should have paid more attention at the beginning of the show and not ff'd so much. I'm not a fan of Olivia's either. I don't understand what is so bad about Anjay that the other kids go after him so much. He seems like a nice kid. I also like Sophia...there's something about her.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 1:15 pm
i also feel for guylan. he looks like a little paul stanley (from kiss) but a do-gooder and intellectual
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:00 am
Cricket, I think they smell blood (weakness) on Anjay, and they react with a pack mentality. I really don't care for how Olivia treats him. She has shown a real mean streak. I still adore Mallory, though. She's just so cute and seems so sweet. I don't know what to think of Jared anymore. First the trashing of Divad's business a couple of weeks ago, and then the way he treated Guylan after he welcomed Nathan. It makes his quirkiness less joyful for me. Speaking of Divad, she was not shown nominating herself for the star this week. Anyone think she nominated someone else, or they just decided not to show her nominating herself for the third week in a row?
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 5:15 pm
Mallory displays the 'school yard bully' behavior and possibly the other kids rally around her when she picks on Anjay because they don't want it aimed at them.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 5:38 pm
Divad definitely didn't vote for herself this time. She did vote though, I remember thinking, FINALLY! I think she voted for Blaine but I am not sure. Chili are you sure you mean Mallory?
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 6:03 pm
The older sister ~ whichever one it is.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 6:20 pm
Olivia
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Dexxx15
Member
10-25-2007
| Monday, November 19, 2007 - 5:21 pm
im pretty sure that Blain Dk and Greg get voted as town council leaders.. the preview i saw stated that the town council members may not be awarding the gold star to anyone this week. U can check out the preview here http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_nation/.. first Blain says that he doesnt think that they r going to hand out the gold star this week leading me to think that he won plus (now i know im getting a lil tooo into it =P) if u pause the preview 25-26 secs into it u will see Blain Dk and Greg all sitting together in the middle of town, while the town is yelling @ them.. they look like they r judging something.. anyways thats just me drawing conclusions... as far as the green district.. i hope Michael gets elected 
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 11:30 am
Dexxx I noticed that too. did not see a green person though but I hope Michael gets in there as well. I don't think one person should be on town council the entire time. Laurel's team did not seem too happy with her last week.
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Mammyyokum
Member
06-05-2005
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 10:22 am
I'm already looking forward to next year's show. I believe that the problems that have been discussed here have been obvious to the producers and they'll make adjustments in upcoming seasons.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:25 pm
Can someone keep us west coasters posted on what is happening, have they had elections? Thanks
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 7:05 pm
This show makes me want to YAK. OK, they had elections, Greg, Blaine, DK, and Michael are the new council. They decide people are disrespectful, so they do this thing where nobody is allowed to talk, and they kind of do it disrespectfully. Oh. The Irony. /sarcasm The green district sits in their bunk and start trashing Greg, and Greg and Blaine are hiding outside listening. Someone says I wish Greg would just sit in the middle of town and compliment people all day, and I wouldn't mind if they don't work. So Greg, Blaine, and DK do just that, which starts a big fight with the green district. Michael, who was originally too intimidated to speak up in council meetings, finally yells at Greg/Blaine/DK. Blah blah blah.....Taylor isn't obeying orders, so Blaine nad GReg said that if they win reward, that Taylor won't get her portion of the reward. She says fine. Reward challenge, they all win. Blue is upper class, and the rest I forget. I think red is last place. Reward is a few wrok-ponies, OR, letters from home. So they pick letters from home. OF COURSE they decide not to keep the letter from Taylor, and they make her promise to improve. She says yes, of course. Town meeting, ow many people are happy with council - everyone puts up their hand except a united green team. Greg says he'll leave if 50% of the town votes for him to go. Everyone says they'd rather he improve, than leave. So he has this MIRACULOUS epiphany, and says he realizes the error of his ways, and will change. Gold star -they OF COURSE <wretching> give it to Laurel. And the puke-show is over. Next week - they decide to create a school. And.....Taylor doesn't want to go to school. This show, they said the kids only had 10 days left.
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