What the heck.. Chloe went from City savvie

[nickyjean_1]

....to country bumpkin. Did smallville really take away her street smarts. I mean I didn't think she was really that bad but both Bette and Bloome gave me the feeling they thought she was naive. it gave me the heeby geebies.

[AndiGirl]

She has always been kind of naive in the sense that she wants to help everyone...she took a complete stranger into her home. Which most wouldnt do.

I also think she's naive when it comes to men as well...she really looked stumped when Davis hit on her.

So she may be a Metropolis girl....but she doesnt seem to be too street smart, but she isnt a country bumpkin either. Just too trusting. :)

[stenochick]

Well, she has been living in Smallville since 9th grade and has an almost indestructible alien with a hero complex for a best friend, so I think she has grown accustomed to letting her guard down when it comes to her personal safety.

[psyko69]

To be fair, putting a 15 year old girl in a city shelter is not the smartest idea.

She learns fast though.

[AndiGirl]

Well, she has been living in Smallville since 9th grade and has an almost indestructible alien with a hero complex for a best friend, so I think she has grown accustomed to letting her guard down when it comes to her personal safety.

True...and I think thats kind of the point of the episode. Now that she is going to be distancing herself from clark...she has to learn how to be a bit more street savy.

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To be fair, putting a 15 year old girl in a city shelter is not the smartest idea.

She learns fast though.

But was it a smart idea to bring her back to her home? I think I would be hesitant to bring a complete stranger to my home...and I dont think Davis was suggesting that either really. :confused:

[psyko69]

But was it a smart idea to bring her back to her home? I think I would be hesitant to bring a complete stranger to my home...and I dont think Davis was suggesting that either really. :confused:

Not saying that was smart, just saying the city shelter wasn't.

[AndiGirl]

Not saying that was smart, just saying the city shelter wasn't.

I guess non of it was brilliant...but then in the same situation I dont know what I would have done. :eek:

[eas]

I think the biggest issue I had with it is that it was out of character for Chloe to do it... it's something I would have expected Lana to do. Not Chloe.

[RedKRules]

....to country bumpkin. Did smallville really take away her street smarts. I mean I didn't think she was really that bad but both Bette and Bloome gave me the feeling they thought she was naive. it gave me the heeby geebies.

It was cheap wasn´t it? look dumber so others will look smarter!

[npower1]

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Chloe, Lois, and even Clark are big city street wise in one sense only. They have dealt with the upper echelons, the rich, of the city. They know their type of quirks and failings, which are backed up , and hidden, by the use of money. They've dealt with the mature, or at least older, adult. Although Clark has shown an affinity, throughout the seasons, with children and teenagers, each of his encounters have been with relatively unscaved, untainted, minds.


Chloe immediately shows her lack of understanding of the underbelly of the city by suggesting a generic shelter. Davis correctly indicates how bad this might be, without going into the reasons. Young teenagers are easily lead, even more so if they have been isolated from 'polite' society. Who are the master manipulators of young teenagers? Older teenagers and young adults who have grown up 'in the system'. Thats why a generic shelter would be bad. Tess shows her manipulative abilities over young minds.


Chloe inviting Bette into her home without Clark or Lois objecting simply shows that all three of them have a lot to learn about being at the bottom of the city. In that sense they act naively, just as would a large part of the well off citizens of a city.


There is a difference between knowing there is an underbelly, seeing and working with people in the underbelly, and actually experiencing the underbelly. Chloe and co. show the difference between being aware of and the actuality of the underbelly..

[umm]

She isn't naive, she just has a hero complex and that gets her in trouble from time to time!
As for Davis hitting on her and her less than cool reaction, well normally that kind of affection and feelings go to Lois or Lana, and Chloe isn't used to it! Which is sad, cos she is as desirving of it as the other two!
However the attraction and tention between her and Davies can't be denied, just as much as Clark's sad puppy dog face when faced with the fact that he might be losing his best friend to married life and bliss with another! Well, you snooze, you lose!

[stenochick]

To be fair, putting a 15 year old girl in a city shelter is not the smartest idea.

She learns fast though.

In real life, once the doctor or nurse who treated Bette got her family history and realized she was on the streets, they would have had to contact the hospital social worker who then would have been mandated to call child protective services who would have put her into emergency foster care until a more permanent foster family could be found.

Since she is a fire-starter and a teenager, there would be no foster family willing to take her in, and she would then be placed in a foster group home for adolescent girls while her caseworker tried to find her parents and/or relatives and get her whatever services she needs.

This has been my personal experience as a caseworker working with teens in foster care. It's totally against the rules to place a youth under age 18 into a homeless shelter, although the thought crosses everyone's minds as these kids sabatoge all their foster home placements and you have to keep finding new homes for them.

[Routh]

Chloe's never been street-smart. Computer savvy, yes, but street-smart, no.

[AndiGirl]

In real life, once the doctor or nurse who treated Bette got her family history and realized she was on the streets, they would have had to contact the hospital social worker who then would have been mandated to call child protective services who would have put her into emergency foster care until a more permanent foster family could be found.

Since she is a fire-starter and a teenager, there would be no foster family willing to take her in, and she would then be placed in a foster group home for adolescent girls while her caseworker tried to find her parents and/or relatives and get her whatever services she needs.

This has been my personal experience as a caseworker working with teens in foster care. It's totally against the rules to place a youth under age 18 into a homeless shelter, although the thought crosses everyone's minds as these kids sabatoge all their foster home placements and you have to keep finding new homes for them.

Good point, the hospital would have never let a 15 year old homeless girl go back out on the streets.

[stenochick]

Good point, the hospital would have never let a 15 year old homeless girl go back out on the streets.

I will assume for the sake of enjoying a good episode, that Bette lied to the doctors about her history and there was no red flag and Bette was able to remain outside "the system."

Also, I would assume the same issue would come up with Belle Reeve. Wouldn't Belle Reeve need the signature of a parent or legal guardian to be able to accept Bette? Let's assume that Tess got to her first before the intake social worker was able to interview Bette.

If Tess wants Bette and herself to stay off the radar of the authorities, she will have to come up with a fake identity for Bette that makes her at least 18-19 years old.

[wolverine316]

Chloe maybe a great computer hacker but as shown when it comes to the real world she can be a doofus.

[Meteror Freak]

I never thought of Chloe as being street smart. Just because she grew up in the city doesn't mean anything. Lois is street smart. Chloe has always been far ahead of her age group (along with the all the other regulars at smallville high, I mean come on, driving around alone, going off to metropolis alone, running a school newspaper alone, and opening a buisness at the age of 14?). However, I wouldn't call her street smart.

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Chloe maybe a great computer hacker but as shown when it comes to the real world she can be a doofus.

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