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   From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, suzeeq wrote:   
      
   > Barry Margolin wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >>  Don Del Grande  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Travoltron wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The simplest way to do this would be to have Bart (and Lisa) finally   
   >>>> advance to the next grade.  It's a natural progression.   
   >>> One of the reasons the show has been on for 25 years is that the kids   
   >>> DON'T get older.  (King of the Hill fudged it - Luanne got older, but   
   >>> Bobby, Joseph, and Connie did not.)   
   >>   
   >> Would it really make that much difference if they aged by just *one* year?   
   >>   
   >> But they could also have Edna simply retire from teaching for some reason.   
   >   
   > Too many years teaching 3rd grade to Bart, Milhouse and the gang...   
   >   
   When that happened when I was in school, I think they tried to move the   
   kid into the other teacher's class, rather than have the kid repeat with   
   the same teacher.  Springfield Elementary looks big enough to have   
   multiple classes for each year.   
      
   Of course, that doens't work when there are repeat offenders.  I don't   
   remember what happened in real school when that happened, maybe after the   
   repeated year, they just automatically moved up.   
      
   And on The Simpsons, some of the "bullies" seem to be repeaters, they   
   definitely are portrayed older and I think some reference to repeating   
   years has been mentioned.   
      
      Michael   
      
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