I'm hoping it's not voting by district. If it is, I think Taylor has a decent shot of not being unseated. When it was time for Yellow to show up to cook, how many arrived? Two? If the bulk of the team likes being lazy, they're probably not going to be too excited about voting for someone who'll make them work hard.

It's funny that this could potentially do a good job of reflecting the way American politics work: dissatisfaction with Congress overall is insanely high, but dissatisfaction within each voting district for their own representative is sort of "meh."

Hey, You're going to miss the Mini-diva when she's gone.

Little Taylor is gonna need a paddling, I think, to get her attention if she has that attitude IRL.

Here's my guess:
Blue: Anjay vs Greg. Anjay wins.
Green: Laurel vs Sophia. Laurel wins.
Red: Mike vs Jared. Mike wins.
Yellow: Taylor vs Zach. Zach wins.

Agreeing with you, Estee.

The unknown is what's, well, unknown. A wholesale set of elections? By existing districts or forming new ones from the new foursome (some of whom may be existing office holders)? Or just kick Taylor out and replace her with some other Yellow?

I'm sure change is coming soon.

I'm trying to remember if the Gold Stars are equally distributed amongst the Districts. That might be a simple policy that the kids could latch onto for voting. (Also keeps 'em from getting more gold stars; Machievelli snickers.)

So far it has not been equal distribution.

Week 1: Green, Sophia
Week 2: Green, Michael
Week 3: Blue, Mallory
Week 4: Green, Morgan

The gold stars have the potential to be evenly distributed, but so far green and blue seem to have the people the council thinks are worthy of it. (Greg is also blue)

I'd like to see Taylor gone, but I agree with the person who said that it would depend on if Bonanza City votes as a whole, or if it is done strictly within council zones. She has such a powerful personality, that she may just shout down any nay-sayers within her own district.

I hate to admit this, but I so very much wanted yellow to come in last during the challenge just for the pleasure watching the beauty/drama queen have to scrub outhouses. *blush*

I hate to admit this, but I so very much wanted yellow to come in last during the challenge just for the pleasure watching the beauty/drama queen have to scrub outhouses. *blush*

I freely admit I wanted to see that, too, especially for the moment when someone from the Green district would tell her she wasn't working hard enough and their 'butt wasn't shiny enough' (ref: Taylor's comment when Yellow district was Upper Class).

Karma's a beyotch, Taylor. Deal with it!

Don't you feel sorry for any future bf's or husband(s) she has?

Maybe this isn't the place but if Taylor does lose the election, which would be justified, isn't anyone worried what could happen to her? She may have thick skin but even adults have had big troubles adjusting to what they saw on TV of their persona and the after effect from their neighbors. Think Debb, for example. Taylor's 10 years old, a diva for sure, but still only a kid.

For the elections, if it's district by district:
Anjay should win since Blue has done well.
We've seen no one in red to unseat Mike.
Laurel is in danger. I think Micheal takes it here.
Zach will head the yellow district.

I assume they have exit counseling and that available for the kids like they do for at least some of the adult reality shows.

While I know there is editing, if she loses an election they have to show at least some of why it happened. If they only showed her as sunlight and roses and everyone loves her then it might make losing an election very hard to understand story-line wise.

I think anyone going on reality TV has to be up for the challenge of what parts of you are going to be shown as often the part that makes the story understandable are not one's best moments.

I briefly wondered how Taylor will feel when she sees the show. Being a pageant queen has made her thick-skinned but this is totally different. I am guessing that she is going to be redeemed - probably after losing the election. That would fit in great with the show's theme "can 40 kids build a community?" No one else has really gotten a bad edit. Even Greg has been shown to be a hard worker to balance his foul mouth and temper tantrums, so I imagine we will be left with a better impression of her by the end of the show.

Taylor is NOT thick skinned. Taylor believes her own hype, because it has been reinforced for 9 years by friends, family, teachers and pageant judges. She is also very intelligent and has figured out the classic manipulation patterns that work for her.

I can say this because I've taught school for so long, that there are certain behaviors and triggers that allow me to see through the student into their homelife - sometimes without ever meeting the parent. I've seen this in students before, and when I meet the parents in conferences they almost always confirm what I already knew; that the child is loved, supported and spoiled to the point where they run their households like they run their social groups.

When these children are faced with the stark reality that they are not the center of the universe and won't always get their own way, they react in 3 specific ways: 1) They become belligerent and try to force people to their way of thinking ("deal with it") 2) they burst into tears so everyone feels sorry for hurting their feelings and backs down, and finally, 3) in a last ditch effort to get what they want, they put on the bravado that they don't care what others think about them. If they get their way great, but if they don't they can pretend publicly that they don't care, while in private they may cry or commiserate with one or two friends who will tell them that exactly what they want to hear to maintain thier feeling of superiority.

Taylor did 1 and 2 two weeks ago. When the only adult finally called her on her behavior this week, she tossed in #3. Expect to see the tears fall next week, followed by the "who cares what you think" speech. This not always a negative as children who act like this can also be very focused on their goals to succeed. Unfortunately for Taylor, the editing is only showing the negative affects of her behavior.

That is a really good description of her behavior. Do you think she can learn anything from this experience or is she too self-absorbed?

That's rather hard to tell. I've had students (I call them kingpins to ra and other teachers) in my class actually respond well to me after they have figured out that I'm not "dealing with it," while others simply commiserate with a few of their minions on what a b**** I am. Either way, I win because they don't try it anymore. On the other hand, if they don't respond well they end up with a lower grade.

If I was going to hazard a guess based on the editing, I would predict that no, she won't change but will continue to try to follow this pattern. She's not stupid, she will simply stop trying with the district members she already knows will not give in to any of the three ploys, and try to find people more "nurturing" (like Morgan) who will take longer to realize it's all an act. But again, this is based on what we have been shown.

A lot of time it is hard to change those "acts" as they often get us what we want or need. (might not be what is best for us, but if it wasn't filling some need we wouldn't do it).

Sometimes people decide that the cost of the "act" is too high and finally change or they find that what they really want has changed enough that they have to give it up.

It can also depend on who someone has in their life, how many people give in to or encourage that sort of thing vs people who won't let you get away with it.

I remember growing up the kids that were the hardest for me to deal with were either ones who had parents that refused to believe their precious little angels were capable of doing anything bad, or the ones that didn't believe the behaviors were wrong because they still did them.

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