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Connor and Curtis
By: Zyngaru Date: June 30, 2020, 1:58 pm
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I was looking at your All of the Family page and noticed Connor
and Curtis's birthdays. Over my time reading this and the
other forum, I noticed how the boys seemed to be really close.
When on gets in trouble the other one isn't far behind.
I'm curious, since Connor is 11 now and Curtis is only 9, has
that two year difference started to become a separation between
them? I suspect at some point Connor will consider himself to
be a man and think of Curtis as still a little boy. So, I was
wondering if you've seen any signs of something like that
happening between them?
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Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Jack Date: June 30, 2020, 9:15 pm
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When you say they seem really close, you should keep three
things in mind:
1) Connor and Curtis are biological brothers (Liam and Devon are
their half-brothers)
2) Connor and Curtis share a bedroom.
3) Connor and Curtis are three and five years younger than
Craig, and four years younger than Kenny.
I should probably say '4', both of them are still
elementary/intermediate school (separate buildings on the same
campus, basically) and will be again next year, if we go back to
school.
I point those things out to show that they spend a LOT of time
in close proximity, and I think that has a lot to do with why
they get in trouble together so often.
As to Connor 'acting like a man', I'm sure it will probably
start when he moves on to middle school, or maybe when he starts
maturing physically. In the meantime, each of them kind of have
their own group of friends. Sometimes they do things as one big
group (especially when it comes to playing outside), but a lot
of times they do break apart and do things each on their own
with separate friends.
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Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Zyngaru Date: June 30, 2020, 10:46 pm
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Okay. I was thinking Curtis would be in middle school. Middle
school here is 6th thru 8th graders. 11 thru 13 year olds.
Leaving Connor in elementary school by himself.
So they are still connected for now. Connor hasn't become the
little pest that is always tagging along.
School here is officially scheduled to reopen August 5th. The
school board and corporation are meeting over the next two weeks
to determine if they are going to try and open up or not.
#Post#: 18996--------------------------------------------------
Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Jack Date: July 1, 2020, 5:18 pm
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I've mentioned before how sixth grade has bounced back and
fourth between middle and elementary school here for decades.
Last year, I would have said I expect it to change back to
middle school soon, with the building of a new middle school
campus or two, but as for now...,.
Texas in general is expecting to re-open for school in August,
according to directives of Governor Greg 'Who cares about
People?' Abbott, who is now admitting that he might have made a
misjudgement or two in his reopening plans and refusing to
mandate face masks, so we'll have to wait and see what happens.
#Post#: 19014--------------------------------------------------
Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Zyngaru Date: July 3, 2020, 2:35 pm
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Our school district did something unusual in my eyes a few years
ago. The divided their elementary school into three separate
building on three separate campuses. Kindergarten and 1st grade
in on building. 2nd and 3rd in another building. 4th and 5th
in yet another building. Then 6th, 7th and 8th in middle
school. 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th in high school.
I personally thing 6th graders are too young to be thrown into a
middle school with 8th graders. 8th graders being 13 and14
years old and 6th graders being 11 year olds.
I was lucky when I was a boy in Virginia. My elementary school
went thru 7th grade. So when I started Junior High
School/Middle School, I was a just turned 13 year old 8th
grader. It was still difficult being in a school with older 13
year olds as well as 14 and 15 year olds. I would have been
eaten alive if I had went in as a 7th grader, just turning 12.
Actually I would have been 11 for the first month of school.
I realize that puberty begins earlier now than it did when I was
in school, so that has to be considered. I just don't think
prepubescent boys should be in a closed environment like a
school with raging pubescent boys. So whatever that age is,
that's where I think the break needs to be.
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Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Adric Date: July 4, 2020, 12:13 pm
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=1909.msg19014#msg19014
date=1593804942]
My elementary school went thru 7th grade.[/quote]
So did mine. 1-7 was elementary, 8-9 was Junior High, and 10-12
was High School. That seemed like a good division. As Jack has
pointed out, these divisions have more to do with what buildings
are available, how big they are, and where they are located than
with any educational planning. Of the three categories, 8-9
graders were the least civilized so it seemed appropriate to get
them off by themselves.
#Post#: 19028--------------------------------------------------
Re: Connor and Curtis
By: afinch Date: July 4, 2020, 4:34 pm
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It was K-6, 7-9, and 10-12. That actually made a lot of sense
to me. 7th graders were beginning puberty--7th, and especially
8th graders were the most unruly. By 9th, the 14-15 year olds
were trying to "grow up" and set an example for the 7th and 8th
graders. But 10th, they were low man on campus again, keeping
their obnoxiousness at bay, and by 11th they were on their last
chance for impressing colleges so, at least where I was, very
well behaved and keeping noses to grindstone. Seniors often had
senioritis, but they weren't a problem for faculty.
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Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Zyngaru Date: July 4, 2020, 6:56 pm
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[quote author=afinch link=topic=1909.msg19028#msg19028
date=1593898458]
7th graders were beginning puberty--
[/quote]
I wish! Man that would have made life easier. Where and when I
lived, not many 12 years started puberty. I actually can't
remember any. None of my friends. I was upset because the 13
year olds where I lived started puberty and I didn't start until
14.
So I was very happy that my 7th grade class was still in
elementary school. When I went to live with my grandma in
California the Junior High there was 7-9 th graders. Again the
7th graders were bald and little, no puberty. 8th graders
started puberty and became bullies. 9th graders were the kings
of school and ruled over all us little boys. When they went to
high school, they were put in their places.
But ya my 8th grade in Junior High was the most humiliating year
of my life. I didn't show any signs of puberty at all. PE with
8th and 9th graders was so humiliating. It was the summer
between Junior and Senior High school that the first signs of
puberty appeared, so 9th grade was a little easier.
#Post#: 19038--------------------------------------------------
Re: Connor and Curtis
By: Jack Date: July 5, 2020, 5:49 pm
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A lot of the problems are because of when birthdays fall. I
knew kids in the same grade who were 364 days apart in age.
While we didn't have to 'suit out' or shower in 6th grade, I
still know at least a few of us who were pubescent (I know I had
hair by the end of sixth grade, and I was only about the fourth
or fifth tallest boy). I knew a number of boys in seventh grade
who were pubescent, but many more or were only beginning. By
9th grade, most of the boys had at least a little growth, but
there were still some 'boy sopranos' even our freshman year.
#Post#: 19057--------------------------------------------------
Re: Connor and Curtis
By: squarecutter Date: July 6, 2020, 8:19 pm
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In the UK kids leave state primaries at 11 so year 6. It does
knock you sideways when you look at the senior lads at your
school for the first time . School kids who are bigger than your
Dad. But honestly I think most bullying is peer to pee or one or
tw years up. Most older kids just pretended not to see you!
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