For next week we are reading the first 77 pages of Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts. Please use this blog to share any insights, questions, or comments. D. :-)
I think she is the most special and impossible grandmother in the world. But I don't like her very much. I disagree with the way she treated her grandson, especially the never-showed-up at the airport. Alex could get injured or even killed in the dangeous midnight of New York City.
that is because Cindy you Are a mother!!!!!! if i have a grandma as Kate, it would be so cool and i don't care whether she takes care of me or not because one day when i grow up i must know how to take care of myself. as a result I think the way Kate does on Alex is perfect especially he is in rebellious phase(i don't know whether it's correct or not. i mean the peoiod when teenager becomes weird)
I think Kate is an interesting grandma. At first, I didn't like her; however, as I continued reading the book, I realized that she has range of personalities. sometimes she becomes wise and sometimes she just turns stupid and funny.
May, I guess you judged her emotionally, and I'm not sure if you had been in a similar situation as Alex had at the airport, would you be able to deal with that? kkkk :D
I like her. Even though her characteristic is different form that of my grandmother, Kate has her own charm. It is also good to have a friend like Kate. Such friends are sometimes very helpful and enjoyable to get along with.
I really like Kate. I wouldn't have left Alex alone in the Airport, because I think that that might have been too dangerous for him, especially without a cellphone; but I agreed with Kate when she forced him to smoke the cigarettes with the closed window to teach him a lesson. Alexander is a spoiled kid and needs to be treated that way to grow up and mature. He needs to stop whining about everything.
At least it seems that he's maturing during the trip.
I am a father, but I agree with May. All children will grow up, and they will meet all kinds of people, nice or bad. I think Kate is very helpful to Alex's maturity, he will realise that the real world is not as easy as he expect and Alex will be grateful to his grandma in the future.
I have never spent a rather long period of time with my grandparents from either side of my parents. To me, grandparents were just relatives whom I visited once a year. It must be nice to have grandparent's accompany, just like my daughter. I actually started to love Kate as their adventure went on. She is really "One of the Kind". I am going to be an interesting grandmother, for sure.
Dear Spiro and May, there are so many ways to help a child to be mature and self-indepedent without throwing them into the swimming pool at the age of four and not picking them up at the airport at the age of 15 at midnight in a dangeous city.
I think she is really unusual for a grandmother. My ones are the totally opposite from Kate. I think parents should be more than her, because they should teach their children to be independent and not shut them off from the real world, so they will get problems in the future.
Don't spoil your children and take too much care of them like my parents did. Now that I'm 22,I'm still feeling like a baby who can't do anything on her own and has always to ask her parents for their opinion. So just threw your children in the pool,I'm sure they will survive :D
well, i wrote my point which bases on i am a little over teenager. i can tell you for sure children need to be treated like an adult which is not just saying. of course to let Alex be alone at the airport is quite of dabgerous ,yet everywhere is dangerous. the most important thing is that he needs to learn how to be safe and fond his way to his grandmather. by the way Hussan!!!! I don have the experience that my family left me at the airport but i think i am going to hace that experience soon!!!!! as you guys know about the situation beteen my mom and i, nowadays she doesn't want to talk to me and i have no idea whether i can go home at that time or not!!!!!!! i become homeless now:((((
Alex and Nadia have completed their adventure in Amazon while we have finished ours in the University of Calgary. The past three months was wonderful with you guys and Dora.
What do you think about Alex grandmother? Do you like her? :)
ReplyDeleteI think she is the most special and impossible grandmother in the world.
ReplyDeleteBut I don't like her very much. I disagree with the way she treated her grandson, especially the never-showed-up at the airport. Alex could get injured or even killed in the dangeous midnight of New York City.
that is because Cindy you Are a mother!!!!!! if i have a grandma as Kate, it would be so cool and i don't care whether she takes care of me or not because one day when i grow up i must know how to take care of myself. as a result I think the way Kate does on Alex is perfect especially he is in rebellious phase(i don't know whether it's correct or not. i mean the peoiod when teenager becomes weird)
ReplyDeletereally?
ReplyDeleteHi everyone,
ReplyDeleteI think Kate is an interesting grandma. At first, I didn't like her; however, as I continued reading the book, I realized that she has range of personalities. sometimes she becomes wise and sometimes she just turns stupid and funny.
May, I guess you judged her emotionally, and I'm not sure if you had been in a similar situation as Alex had at the airport, would you be able to deal with that? kkkk :D
I like her. Even though her characteristic is different form that of my grandmother, Kate has her own charm.
ReplyDeleteIt is also good to have a friend like Kate. Such friends are sometimes very helpful and enjoyable to get along with.
I really like Kate. I wouldn't have left Alex alone in the Airport, because I think that that might have been too dangerous for him, especially without a cellphone; but I agreed with Kate when she forced him to smoke the cigarettes with the closed window to teach him a lesson. Alexander is a spoiled kid and needs to be treated that way to grow up and mature. He needs to stop whining about everything.
ReplyDeleteAt least it seems that he's maturing during the trip.
If she is an animal, which animal is she? And what about you? I think she lives in her own way.She does everything as she likes
ReplyDeleteI am a father, but I agree with May. All children will grow up, and they will meet all kinds of people, nice or bad. I think Kate is very helpful to Alex's maturity, he will realise that the real world is not as easy as he expect and Alex will be grateful to his grandma in the future.
ReplyDeleteI have never spent a rather long period of time with my grandparents from either side of my parents. To me, grandparents were just relatives whom I visited once a year. It must be nice to have grandparent's accompany, just like my daughter. I actually started to love Kate as their adventure went on. She is really "One of the Kind".
ReplyDeleteI am going to be an interesting grandmother, for sure.
Dear Spiro and May, there are so many ways to help a child to be mature and self-indepedent without throwing them into the swimming pool at the age of four and not picking them up at the airport at the age of 15 at midnight in a dangeous city.
ReplyDeleteI think she is really unusual for a grandmother. My ones are the totally opposite from Kate.
ReplyDeleteI think parents should be more than her, because they should teach their children to be independent and not shut them off from the real world, so they will get problems in the future.
yeah...
ReplyDeleteAs my husband always worries that I am spoiling my daughter.....
Dear May, it is your turn to talk back to Cindy. I need time to calm down, and I will be with you later.GOD BLESS YOU!
ReplyDeleteI will give you calm, Spiro!
ReplyDeleteBy throwing you into the pool? Maybe? That's very Kate, am I right? :)))
ReplyDeleteDon't spoil your children and take too much care of them like my parents did. Now that I'm 22,I'm still feeling like a baby who can't do anything on her own and has always to ask her parents for their opinion. So just threw your children in the pool,I'm sure they will survive :D
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ReplyDeletewell, i wrote my point which bases on i am a little over teenager. i can tell you for sure children need to be treated like an adult which is not just saying. of course to let Alex be alone at the airport is quite of dabgerous ,yet everywhere is dangerous. the most important thing is that he needs to learn how to be safe and fond his way to his grandmather. by the way Hussan!!!! I don have the experience that my family left me at the airport but i think i am going to hace that experience soon!!!!! as you guys know about the situation beteen my mom and i, nowadays she doesn't want to talk to me and i have no idea whether i can go home at that time or not!!!!!!! i become homeless now:((((
ReplyDeletePoor May... You can come to Venezuela and stay at my place
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ReplyDeleteAlex and Nadia have completed their adventure in Amazon while we have finished ours in the University of Calgary. The past three months was wonderful with you guys and Dora.
ReplyDeleteI will miss you!
Hey best class ever :)
ReplyDeleteJust want to hear how everyone is doing..?
Miss you guys