Was this really “The Ugly Truth”? Yeah, there were some pimples, body hair, chromosomes and talk of responsibility but where’s the talk on hormones and all that good stuff. That is the talk I got when I was in sixth grade- the good old hard hitting stuff that we’re all only semi- curious about at that time. The video I watched may have been ancient like the video that Greg watched but it was, let’s say, more complex than Greg’s. I would have loved to watch about body hair but instead I got the good old baby video. Maybe this is because you just can’t write about that stuff in a children’s book. That would make it more like the diary of “an Almost Adult” instead of “a Wimpy Kid” and would be found in the YA section. This would make the diary non-accessible to children and what kid wants to read about that sort of stuff anyways. It’s more important to show kids “The Ugly Truth” about the awkward stage of puberty. Is this book really that awkward or strange though? Since Greg will be a late bloomer, because of his parents, and just because he seems like that sort of kid maybe a diary called “The Real Awkward Ugly Truth” will soon appear. I may not have followed in the movie tradition but I did follow in the egg tradition. I did have to keep my egg longer and I also had a partner. I wonder if some schools do LGBT couples these days. They really should, equality to all. Although, children are young and some teasing will ensue but it is all in the learning process; keeping an open mind and not judging until you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. I do remember having to take it much more seriously than Greg’s class did. Unlike Greg’s class, not many of my class’ eggs ended up broken. It doesn’t seem like Greg’s class’ eggs were hard boiled though. The girls did bedazzle and decorate their eggs like it was a doll instead of a baby. In my opinion they should have failed as well. Perhaps Greg really is growing up; he didn’t annoy me that much in this diary. Nothing really great happened to faze me. The book happened in a flash, one minute I was opening the cover and the next it was over. Maybe there were more pictures or they were just larger.
Greg did annoy me in the area of friendship like he always does. Friends aren’t replaceable, nor is there a market for friends. When we’re young maybe we all think this way and just forget or change “friendship criteria”. If you need someone to eat lunch with may as well eat with someone who you’re not compatible with but can tolerate than eating alone. As much as Greg complains about Rowley he complains about everyone else so much more. What’s even worse is that all the kids he names as options probably already have friends and don’t want to be anywhere near Greg. Both boys should just squash their problem so they can have another argument, Greg or Rowley won’t learn anything about friendship by not being friends. It wasn’t long though before they got into another disagreement about another student’s party while still not being friends. This friendship must be doomed. They’ll go to high school and Rowley will make it onto the football team, he does look square enough, and Greg will be sitting behind a computer. Once again I’m proud Rowley stood up for himself, but he seemed a bit vicious about it, already transforming into a jock.
The fact that Greg also doesn’t do his laundry annoys me. How can anyone go without clean clothes for so long? Since Isabella, the maid, didn’t do his wash and Greg sure wasn’t going to do it I’m pretty sure Greg is still wearing those socks. He doesn’t have feet any more just socks, it’s now plastered onto his feet like paper machete. If the B.O. of puberty doesn’t make him smell bad everyone will think he hit puberty because his clothes smell worse than B.O.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s just Greg’s perception of things or does everyone and everything seem a bit immature. Does the school really need to shut down because of flu season and no one has washed their hands? I’m pretty sure most kids don’t wash their hands anyway, maybe the girls but boys are less likely. With any luck this is an accurate thing that all real schools have to abide by… what nonsense.
Come on Mr. Tanner, can’t you tell a butt from an elbow. What ever happened to letting a kid explain their actions first before coming to conclusions or being up in arms over nothing at all. No wonder kids are the way they are today. It’s really not their faults, it’s the adults.
Since when does putting a fake piece of paper over the real permission slip even work? Seriously Mrs. Heffley I thought you were the smart, intelligent, non-neglecting parent. I guess not. You’re busy because you went back to school and more power to you but can’t you spend five minutes paying some sort of attention to your child. The light reflected off the tape, right? You must be pretty gullible to believe the school actually sends out “I will do more homework” permission slips. Homework is part of a students job, in very rare situations does it matter how much a child has.
Greg did annoy me in the area of friendship like he always does. Friends aren’t replaceable, nor is there a market for friends. When we’re young maybe we all think this way and just forget or change “friendship criteria”. If you need someone to eat lunch with may as well eat with someone who you’re not compatible with but can tolerate than eating alone. As much as Greg complains about Rowley he complains about everyone else so much more. What’s even worse is that all the kids he names as options probably already have friends and don’t want to be anywhere near Greg. Both boys should just squash their problem so they can have another argument, Greg or Rowley won’t learn anything about friendship by not being friends. It wasn’t long though before they got into another disagreement about another student’s party while still not being friends. This friendship must be doomed. They’ll go to high school and Rowley will make it onto the football team, he does look square enough, and Greg will be sitting behind a computer. Once again I’m proud Rowley stood up for himself, but he seemed a bit vicious about it, already transforming into a jock.
The fact that Greg also doesn’t do his laundry annoys me. How can anyone go without clean clothes for so long? Since Isabella, the maid, didn’t do his wash and Greg sure wasn’t going to do it I’m pretty sure Greg is still wearing those socks. He doesn’t have feet any more just socks, it’s now plastered onto his feet like paper machete. If the B.O. of puberty doesn’t make him smell bad everyone will think he hit puberty because his clothes smell worse than B.O.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s just Greg’s perception of things or does everyone and everything seem a bit immature. Does the school really need to shut down because of flu season and no one has washed their hands? I’m pretty sure most kids don’t wash their hands anyway, maybe the girls but boys are less likely. With any luck this is an accurate thing that all real schools have to abide by… what nonsense.
Come on Mr. Tanner, can’t you tell a butt from an elbow. What ever happened to letting a kid explain their actions first before coming to conclusions or being up in arms over nothing at all. No wonder kids are the way they are today. It’s really not their faults, it’s the adults.
Since when does putting a fake piece of paper over the real permission slip even work? Seriously Mrs. Heffley I thought you were the smart, intelligent, non-neglecting parent. I guess not. You’re busy because you went back to school and more power to you but can’t you spend five minutes paying some sort of attention to your child. The light reflected off the tape, right? You must be pretty gullible to believe the school actually sends out “I will do more homework” permission slips. Homework is part of a students job, in very rare situations does it matter how much a child has.