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* SdrawkcabName: Snik's real name is Sam, buteveryone calls him his nickname is "Snikwad" or "Snik" because that's his last name, Dawkins, spelled backwards.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even though he hates the D Squad, Ronnie swears up and down that he wasn't the one who called the cops on them. He's not lying.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even though he hates the D Squad, Ronnie swears up and down that he wasn't the one who called the cops on them. He's not lying. [[spoiler:It was Brenton.]]
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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Brenton is a ChildProdigy with a ridiculously advanced mind who can't relate to other kids and seemingly has no interest in making friends. He only ends up befriending the rest of the D Squad in the first place because they came over to his house for a homework assignment.
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* EarlyPersonalitySigns: According to Brenton's mom, he was always different from other kids. He never cried as a baby, and never wanted to play with other children or watch TV. He played chess with himself and taught himself how to play the piano.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Invoked: Invoked when Kelsey dyes her hair pink.pink. Snik comments that "she looks like a cartoon character or something, like she's holding a big sign that says, 'Pay attention to me!'"
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The D-Squad consists of Brenton and Snik (male) and Judy and Kelsey (female).
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The catapult, which they used to fling the machine into the canyon.]]
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A 2007 novel by Creator/DanGutman, The Homework Machine is about the social repercussions of the eponymous device, and a commentary on the inner workings of the American Education System. The book's narrative is told in a series of testimonies provided by the 4 lead child characters, as well as their parents, the teachers, and the staff of the school they all attended. The testimonies are provided in the order they were taken, but said testimonies do not tell the story in the order that the events took place.
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A 2007 novel by Creator/DanGutman, Dan Gutman, The Homework Machine is about the social repercussions of the eponymous device, and a commentary on the inner workings of the American Education System. The book's narrative is told in a series of testimonies provided by the 4 lead child characters, as well as their parents, the teachers, and the staff of the school they all attended. The testimonies are provided in the order they were taken, but said testimonies do not tell the story in the order that the events took place.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Brenton is a ChildProdigy, but he's not one to the absurd levels many books and television shows depict them. [[spoiler: He was only able to build the Homework Machine in the first place because he got ahold of an advanced supercomputer by a fluke, and despite his nerdiness he's not capable of doing things that are outside the realms of plausibility. At the end of the day, he ''is'' still a kid.]]
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* MilitaryBrat; Snik, who's new at the beginning of the story because his father is assigned to Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix.
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In an interview room sits a police officer, and a girl named Judy; the latter of which is considered guilty of a crime. The child is demanded to give a testimony and is being recorded by cameras and microphones, all eyes and ears on them. The girl parts her lips, and begins to talk.
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In an interview room sits a police officer, and a girl named Judy; Kelsey; the latter of which is considered guilty of a crime. The child is demanded to give a testimony and is being recorded by cameras and microphones, all eyes and ears on them. The girl parts her lips, and begins to talk.
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[[caption-width-right:350:ChildProdigy, TheSlacker\\
ClassClown, TeachersPet]]
A 2007 kids' book by Creator/DanGutman.
Their fifth-grade teacher seats students by surname, and so Brenton Damagatchi, Judy Douglas, Sam "Snik" Dawkins, and Kelsey Donnelly are seated in a group together. All are very different people and none of them much like each other… until they are drawn into a tight clique by the secret of Brenton's commuter program, the eponymous homework machine.
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ClassClown, TeachersPet]]
A 2007 kids' book by Creator/DanGutman.
Their fifth-grade teacher seats students by surname, and so Brenton Damagatchi, Judy Douglas, Sam "Snik" Dawkins, and Kelsey Donnelly are seated in a group together. All are very different people and none of them much like each other… until they are drawn into a tight clique by the secret of Brenton's commuter program, the eponymous homework machine.
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->''"Seen a lot of strange stuff go down in 10 years working here, probably has something to do with being so close to the canyon. Having a mile deep hole in your backyard brings out the weirdness in folks. I remember that time the gambler from LA lost a bet in Las Vegas, and his friends drove him up here; forced him to parachute into the canyon, guy almost died. You get all kinds in this part of the country, the canyon attracts 'em like flies to dog doo... But this recent situation involving the children, was one of the stranger cases I ever ran into..."''
-->-- ''Police Chief Rebecca Fish''
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''[[AnachronicOrder Pause, rewind.]]''
Brenton Damagatchi, Judy Douglas, Sam "Snik" Dawkins, and Kelsey Donnelly are
At least that's what you may be led to believe.
All these kids (who cheekily named themselves "the 'D' squad" due to their last names) do share something else: a secret
A 2007 novel by Creator/DanGutman, The
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-->'''Brenton's mom''': He spoke very early. He had no interest in watching television or playing with other children. Instead, he would play chess against himself. He taught himself how to play the piano as soon as he was big enough to climb up on the bench. When he was just six, he wrote a concerto. Really! And that's what he called it, too. "My concerto." I don't know where he got the word concerto. I still don't know what it means. He was very special.
-->'''Brenton's mom''': He spoke very early. He had no interest in watching television or playing with other children. Instead, he would play chess against himself. He taught himself how to play the piano as soon as he was big enough to climb up on the bench. When he was just six, he wrote a concerto. Really! And that's what he called it, too. "My concerto." I don't know where he got the word concerto. I still don't know what it means. He was very special.
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A 2007 kids' book by Creator/DanGutman.
Their fifth-grade teacher seats students by surname, and so Brenton Damagatchi, Judy Douglas, Sam "Snik" Dawkins, and Kelsey Donnelly are seated in a group together. All are verydifferent, different people and none of them much like each other other… until they are drawn into a tight clique by the secret of Brenton's commuter program, the eponymous homework machine.
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##The Optimist: Judy, who really doesn't mind homework and thinks it has educational value
##The Realist: The Realist: Kelsey, who does homework even though it sucks
##The Apathetic: Brenton, who doesn't really ''mind'' homework but admits it's time consuming and thus invents the homework machine
##The Optimist: Judy, who really doesn't mind homework and thinks it has educational value
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##The Cynic: Snik, who hates homework with a violent passion and refused to do it for a time at his old school
##The Optimist: Judy, who really doesn't mind homework and thinks it has educational value
##The Realist: The Realist: Kelsey, who does homework even though it sucks
##The Apathetic: Brenton, who doesn't really ''mind'' homework but admits it's time consuming and thus invents the homework machine
##The Cynic: Snik, who hates homework with a violent passion and refused to do it for a time at his old school
##The Optimist: Judy, who really doesn't mind homework and thinks it has educational value
##The Realist: The Realist: Kelsey, who does homework even though it sucks
##The Apathetic: Brenton, who doesn't really ''mind'' homework but admits it's time consuming and thus invents the homework machine
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-->'''1.''' We live in a democracy, where we have freedom, right? We're entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So how can I pursue happiness if I have to spend every night doing home-work? Homework is cruel, totalitarian punishment created by grown-ups to take away the freedoms of poor, defenseless children.\\
'''2.''' Nobody ever saved a life, won a war, stopped a crime, or cured a disease while they were doing homework. Think of all the good things we could be accomplishing if we didn't have to spend so much time doing homework.\\
'''3.''' Doing homework causes eyestrain, fatigue, insomnia, and other physical ailments.\\
'''4.''' Thomas Edison went to school for four months. He never did any homework, and look how he turned out.\\
'''5.''' There's a name for working without getting paid. It's called slavery, and it was banned during the Civil War. If kids are forced to do homework, they should be paid for it.\\
'''6.''' Homework is proof of teacher incompetence. If a teacher is any good, students would learn the stuff in school and wouldn't have to learn it again at home.\\
'''7.''' Doing homework wastes valuable natural resources. We have to use lots of energy to keep all those lightbulbs burning. We have to cut down trees to make paper and pencils. We'd save a lot of energy by banning homework.\\
'''8.''' I keep hearing that American kids are way too fat, and that's because we don't get enough exercise. For every minute kids are doing homework, we are getting fatter. Kids should be outside running around and getting exercise, not inside doing worksheets.\\
'''9.''' Virtually every known murderer, bank robber, and criminal did homework when they were children. How can we be sure the homework didn't cause the criminal behavior?\\
'''10.''' Homework sucks. There should be a constitutional amendment banning it.
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##Only Sane Man: Judy
##The Smart Guy: Brenton
##The Pervert: Snik
##The Butt Monkey: Kelsey
-->'''1.''' We live in a democracy, where we have freedom, right? We're entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So how can I pursue happiness if I have to spend every night doing home-work? Homework is cruel, totalitarian punishment created by grown-ups to take away the freedoms of poor, defenseless children.\\
'''2.''' Nobody ever saved a life, won a war, stopped a crime, or cured a disease while they were doing homework. Think of all the good things we could be accomplishing if we didn't have to spend so much time doing homework.\\
'''3.''' Doing homework causes eyestrain, fatigue, insomnia, and other physical ailments.\\
'''4.''' Thomas Edison went to school for four months. He never did any homework, and look how he turned out.\\
'''5.''' There's a name for working without getting paid. It's called slavery, and it was banned during the Civil War. If kids are forced to do homework, they should be paid for it.\\
'''6.''' Homework is proof of teacher incompetence. If a teacher is any good, students would learn the stuff in school and wouldn't have to learn it again at home.\\
'''7.''' Doing homework wastes valuable natural resources. We have to use lots of energy to keep all those lightbulbs burning. We have to cut down trees to make paper and pencils. We'd save a lot of energy by banning homework.\\
'''8.''' I keep hearing that American kids are way too fat, and that's because we don't get enough exercise. For every minute kids are doing homework, we are getting fatter. Kids should be outside running around and getting exercise, not inside doing worksheets.\\
'''9.''' Virtually every known murderer, bank robber, and criminal did homework when they were children. How can we be sure the homework didn't cause the criminal behavior?\\
'''10.''' Homework sucks. There should be a constitutional amendment banning it.
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''The Homework Machine'' is a book about four kids who invent a machine that does their homework for them.
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##Sanguine: Sam Dawkins (the class clown)
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