As soon as I could talk and interact with other kids, I knew there was a hierarchy, a pecking order into which I had to fit. In the classroom and out in the playground, I knew where I was welcome and where I wasn’t. So many different elements came into play: temperament, ability, looks, interests, even cleanliness were things we considered before friendship could begin.
When my oldest started school, there was a boy in her class that was a bully and the first day of school, when all the parents are there to bring the little ones in, he was telling everyone where to sit, that this or that was HIS and they could not touch them…etc. Most of the children, and parents, were just watching him act like a big shot…….then came the time for the parents to leave, all of the other children were sitting at their desk, coloring and having a good time but I tell you he threw a HUGE fit, screaming and crying like he was being killed when his mom tried to leave. I say tried because she had to take him home with her…….was kind of funny. I am not sure if he ever came back.
Judging by the other girls outfit Lizzy is dressed like a dweeb from another century.. She will be shunned or bullied if she sows up like that regularly.
Not to Paula and others who think this strip is still being changed and edited by Lynn: Except for a very few occasions, these strips are 100% RERUNS. The last original strip was published on August 31, 2008. Lynn did reprint the old stories and did a lot of what she called “new-runs” when it started over. That stopped in 2011 when she announced that she was no longer physically capable of doing so. Now we get an occasional updated name or reference, but that is all. No new drawings, no new strips.
I remember my first day of kindergarten. I was put at a table with two girls, twins. They decided right away they didn’t like me because A) they thought they had that table to themselves, and B) I was a boy.
In my Grammar school, the Teachers set up and Enforced the Hierarchy.It was based primarily on Whose Parents had the Most Money..BTW, it was also a Church Run school..The Most Important Lesson we all learned there: God Loves People With Money.
I’m thinking that the teacher had arranged how they were seated (which is why Elizabeth was thinking that if the girl liked her, they could request permission to sit next to each other.)
And as far as her glowering at the boy, remember that girls and boys often don’t like each other at that age. Who knows, maybe he reminded her of her brother or something? Maybe she figured he’d tease her because she forgot her pencils, which is something her brother would do…
Yeah. Well, like I said to another poster, girls and boys at that age often just don’t like each other. No logic to it, just that’s the way it seems to be.
I’m commenting too late to be seen by just about anyone, but am commenting anyway. When I was in kindergarten, a boy in my class seemed to take a liking to me. Mom and I found him sitting on our front steps, we invited him in, and he and I played. My most spectacular toy was a toy typewriter with the letters on a wheel, which could be rotated to the letter you wanted. It didn’t allow for speed typing, but it worked. He liked playing with this and with other toys I had.
As I recall, he didn’t come around during summer vacation, but was back at school to start first grade. I ran up to him to say hello, but he looked right through me and never spoke to me again. “Oh,” I thought. I was beginning to learn more about the ways of the world.
The bottom line seems to be Elizabeth was acting stuck-up to the boy, only to be treated the same way by that girl. Elizabeth then realizes maybe the boy is not so bad. Not sure of any romance, but it seems they get along as friends.
Downundergirl over 8 years ago
bet she ends up marrying this guy….
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
A stuck-up elementary school girl. Wow. (Poor Elizabeth Patterson.)
Can't Sleep over 8 years ago
Lizzie’s just learned her first lesson of the year.
moosemin over 8 years ago
Lizzie has that same look as does her mother, when she gets irritated by John!
Mumblix Premium Member over 8 years ago
Lynn’s Notes:
As soon as I could talk and interact with other kids, I knew there was a hierarchy, a pecking order into which I had to fit. In the classroom and out in the playground, I knew where I was welcome and where I wasn’t. So many different elements came into play: temperament, ability, looks, interests, even cleanliness were things we considered before friendship could begin.
jeanie5448 over 8 years ago
When my oldest started school, there was a boy in her class that was a bully and the first day of school, when all the parents are there to bring the little ones in, he was telling everyone where to sit, that this or that was HIS and they could not touch them…etc. Most of the children, and parents, were just watching him act like a big shot…….then came the time for the parents to leave, all of the other children were sitting at their desk, coloring and having a good time but I tell you he threw a HUGE fit, screaming and crying like he was being killed when his mom tried to leave. I say tried because she had to take him home with her…….was kind of funny. I am not sure if he ever came back.
rikkiTikki Premium Member over 8 years ago
Judging by the other girls outfit Lizzy is dressed like a dweeb from another century.. She will be shunned or bullied if she sows up like that regularly.
JanLC over 8 years ago
Not to Paula and others who think this strip is still being changed and edited by Lynn: Except for a very few occasions, these strips are 100% RERUNS. The last original strip was published on August 31, 2008. Lynn did reprint the old stories and did a lot of what she called “new-runs” when it started over. That stopped in 2011 when she announced that she was no longer physically capable of doing so. Now we get an occasional updated name or reference, but that is all. No new drawings, no new strips.
Doctor_McCoy over 8 years ago
That girl over there is already developing a nice figure.
Argy.Bargy2 over 8 years ago
@Mangey Moose
Couldn’t use the reply function
Elizabeth didn’t look irritated to me. She looked like she was hurt by the rejection. Which is often how Elly looks. Hurt. Irritation comes later…
rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago
Such as not reading their comments at all when you see their names, just scrolling past?
rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago
Had a bully in the after-school program I worked at while in college. He left when he got expelled from kindergarten.
cwizard71 over 8 years ago
I remember my first day of kindergarten. I was put at a table with two girls, twins. They decided right away they didn’t like me because A) they thought they had that table to themselves, and B) I was a boy.
Tarredandfeathered over 8 years ago
In my Grammar school, the Teachers set up and Enforced the Hierarchy.It was based primarily on Whose Parents had the Most Money..BTW, it was also a Church Run school..The Most Important Lesson we all learned there: God Loves People With Money.
Argy.Bargy2 over 8 years ago
I’m thinking that the teacher had arranged how they were seated (which is why Elizabeth was thinking that if the girl liked her, they could request permission to sit next to each other.)
And as far as her glowering at the boy, remember that girls and boys often don’t like each other at that age. Who knows, maybe he reminded her of her brother or something? Maybe she figured he’d tease her because she forgot her pencils, which is something her brother would do…
Argy.Bargy2 over 8 years ago
Yeah. Well, like I said to another poster, girls and boys at that age often just don’t like each other. No logic to it, just that’s the way it seems to be.
Gokie5 over 8 years ago
I’m commenting too late to be seen by just about anyone, but am commenting anyway. When I was in kindergarten, a boy in my class seemed to take a liking to me. Mom and I found him sitting on our front steps, we invited him in, and he and I played. My most spectacular toy was a toy typewriter with the letters on a wheel, which could be rotated to the letter you wanted. It didn’t allow for speed typing, but it worked. He liked playing with this and with other toys I had.
As I recall, he didn’t come around during summer vacation, but was back at school to start first grade. I ran up to him to say hello, but he looked right through me and never spoke to me again. “Oh,” I thought. I was beginning to learn more about the ways of the world.
USN1977 over 8 years ago
The bottom line seems to be Elizabeth was acting stuck-up to the boy, only to be treated the same way by that girl. Elizabeth then realizes maybe the boy is not so bad. Not sure of any romance, but it seems they get along as friends.