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How did Harriet......

posted 18 years ago by alonzo9772
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Not get in trouble when she wrote her revenge list on her desk, wouldnt the teacher had seen it?

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[–] elainer-1 18 years ago

I haven't seen it since I watched it on tape during my sophmore year in high school.

[–] californiagirl189-1 17 years ago

Eh, I think that scene was more to express the ultimate catharsis against those who were opposing her. I don't think the point of the movie was to get her in trouble for writing on her desk. I mean, don't you think digging a protractor into your desk as you crossed off the names of your victims would let out your emotions a bit? Besides she may have gotten in trouble, it just wasn't necessary to the plot for such a scene to be present.

[–] whosermama 16 years ago

I remember in 6th grade, I wrote on a friend's desk with dry erase marker, and I was absolutely traumatized when I got in trouble for it and had to clean it off. I think my argument was "But she let me do it!" I don't think that I understood why I was being punished.

I'm sure if I was carving things into the desk, my parents would have had to replace it.

[–] N_Kromphardt 16 years ago

I remembered this movie from when I was younger and recently re-watched it. There was a lot more going on in this movie than I remembered, a lot about individuality and isolation and growing up. When Harriet is defacing the desk with a COMPASS (a protractor is the semi-circle flat plastic thing), the teacher is already very aware of the difficult time Harriet is having with the other students. I mean, she does a full-body pat-down "Notebook Check" of Harriet in front of all the other kids! I'm sure Harriet got in trouble for the desk, but that was probably something that came up in a phone conversation between the teacher and parents about how Harriet was doing.

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