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Twiggyish
| Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 6:53 pm
Setting up
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Kaili
| Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 6:07 pm
one of my favorite things about this book is the caseworker files. they're interesting, yet frustrating. It's like, with mrs Pickett- they're so close to the truth but not quite there. I understand caseloads- this book is a perfect argument for increased funding and maybe some incentive for people to go to school for social work. Another example of the underappreciated humanitarian professions...How weird that nobody questioned taht weird family moving into the house and the Pickett's extended absences. I actually laughed at his refusal and disgust with the Pickett's food/meals. Haha- "I'm not eatin' no hog head cheese". And good luck for him that she "sent him back"! I can see how it was a place he was used to and he was used to coping, but how awful!!! I'm so glad she was made to look like a fool at the social services offices! Good riddance!
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 10:19 pm
Yes, the caseworker files are valuable, frustrating but just think what it meant to Antwone to have that information..
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Egbok
| Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 9:53 pm
I just finished reading Ch. 4 and one of my favorite passages was on pg. 173 where Antwone relates his pain tolerance to that of an orange. "Maybe I learned to be like an orange, something that you squeeze and squeeze only to separate the juice from the pulp, without taking away its basic substance. I knew how to do that; Flo may not have; Dwight definitely didn't." Antwone is my hero.
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 10:24 pm
Yeah, he's special, for sure..
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