How could anyone think Taylor is the greatest kid? If my kids would have behaved like her, I'd re-think the way I'd been raising her. She is a spoiled, arrogant little brat. The ugly chickens should die but the pretty chickens should live? That tells you why she doesn't think she has to work. She thinks she's so pretty that the world should wait on her. No doubt that's exactly what her parents do! I hope they get a dose of reality watching their little darling on television.

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NATE SAID: "Taylor is the greatest person on reality TV right now. In my opinion, she's been treated unfairly by the elite clique that is emerging and running the town through intimidation. It's one of the basic tenants of democracy that there be a peaceful change of power where the losers aren't persecuted. This whole episode reeked of tyranny with the whole "I didn't like Taylor's decisions, let's pick on her!" mentality."

I reply: Where were you during Taylor's "Deal with it reign?" She has refused to work since she arrived. The others may have been a bit harsh on her, but I have not seen her do one constructive thing -- well, she did run in and start preparing fruit salad so she wouldn't have to do dishes. The entire town pitched in to haul water... except for Taylor. Her best friend even went to bury trash. Until she learns to work and get along with others she is going to have a hard time dealing with the real world.

Nat said: It's an incentive system. You want the gold star? Earn it. But if you want to sleep all day and do nothing, then you're only hurting yourself. They can't really force any kid to do anything, so if she doesn't want the money, then she's free to do her own thing.

My reply: That is what is wrong with a lot of today's generation. You don't want to work, then let the government (which is everyone else) take care of you. If she is going to eat, drink, have clean clothes, she should work like the rest of the group.

Nat said: If it were me, I would act the same way when being confronted by a pack of idiots like that.

My reply: As several, including me, have said, the council may have been a bit hard on Taylor, but they are at their wits end trying to get her to rise up from her lazy behind and do something. I hope they do with-hold her wages. When her friend runs out of money and both of them have to do without, perhaps it will be a wake up call.

DK is at the other end of the spectrum from Taylor. He was brought up with values and a sense of responsibility. I am thrilled he won the award.

Jackie, another great article.

I don't know, this episode seemed a little bit dangerous to me. The whole thing with the garbage, all I could think about was there's rats, God knows WHAT kind of germs, not to mention sharp objects, etc...personally I thought those kids were lucky not to have got hurt. And although Taylor is by far my least favorite kid, I couldn't help thinking it was obvious she would refuse to help them with the garbage...this is the same girl who won't wash dishes, did they really think she was going to shovel maggot and rat infested rotting garbage? As annoying as she is, I was like, "She IS only ten years old." Adults have trouble dealing gracefully with defeat, she's only behaving immaturely, as her age would dictate. And then to think that tiny little girl was going to haul water to fill up a water tower BY HERSELF? It seemed the council was making a bad situation worse. Another thing that occurred to me...why do all the good, hard working kids...Sophia, Greg, etc...get stuck doing all the work that no one wants to do? You would think they would have rebelled by now. Everytime there's a disgusting job to do, Greg is ALWAYS assigned to it. Thank God he won the gold star, but it's really not fair. It would have been fairer to have drawn straws or come up with a random way of choosing the people to deal with the garbage.

"But if you want to sleep all day and do nothing, then you're only hurting yourself. They can't really force any kid to do anything, so if she doesn't want the money, then she's free to do her own thing."

Here's the thing though... If her own thing involves drinking the water... If her own thing involves eating the food... If her own thing involves not living in a cesspool of garbage... Then she needs to get down off her pageant pedestal and get her hands dirty with some honest labor.

Now, I'm sure that this thing (like all "reality" TV) is edited to create characters. In this case, Taylor's character is "the spoiled beauty queen." Still, if there is even a glimmer of truth in how she is portrayed then somebody needs to set the child straight about life because her parent's clearly have not done so.

All I can say is, Taylor's parents must be proud of the job their doing in raising their daughter. If it was my daughter, I'd be extremely embarrassed. Maybe though, Taylor learned by example.

I sort of thought DK, while a good kid, was a bit of a wimp. He's used to more authority and structure, and as soon as that was gone, and he had an opportunity to help build structure that he's been given in his home life, he decided it was too hard and wanted to leave. Glad he decided to stay in the end but seems like he'll have chances to build up his character.

Why do you insist on harping on the journal every week? Of course it is adult-influenced and contrived, but this isn't a documentary! It's supposed to be that way. Contrived drama + genuine reactions has been the hallmark of good reality TV since Survivor showed up in 2000. So please stop whining about the journal and the adult influence every week in your recaps. You're really bringing down a show that is pretty much the most entertaining thing on TV.

P.S. Yes we get that there are adults behind the scenes. And guess what? We don't care. We've seen reality TV before. We know how it works by this point. You're not spilling any state secrets by continuing to harp on that.

I'll be quite honest the council leaders did pick on her, and it was the wrong approach for intervention that she deserves. When Leila left her to go help with garbage duty was the best punishment she received, she got to feel how alone she was. We shall see what she is going to do about not having any money. She will probably just pimp her little friends to go do the work for her. Love Zach "You don't do your job, you don't get paid"

I think the kids were purposely picking on Taylor, but I think Zach and "You don't do your job, you don't get paid" was great. It was great because that is how the real world works!