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Post by awesomemixtape10 on May 13, 2013 10:50:53 GMT -5
Why did they adopt Amy just to send her away to finishing school a year later ?
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Post by Brenda on May 13, 2013 10:55:15 GMT -5
Didn't they keep her a couple of years before sending her away? Actually, I don't remember any episode where Aimee was in school at the Waltons Mountain School. I could be wrong about that though. I think Cora Beth was trying to make a statement when she sent Aimee to finishing school. It was probably considered some sort of status symbol to have your child go to boarding school as opposed to the local public school. Cora Beth was always a little too uppity for Waltons Mountain.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on May 13, 2013 11:54:27 GMT -5
I just figured they would want to spend more time with her.
It's not like they had 12 years with her before that.
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Post by JeriJet on May 13, 2013 12:07:18 GMT -5
I don't think it was a "status symbol" for CoraBeth.... I believe she realized Aimee would have to be sent away if she were to be exposed to more of what CB would call "culture".... she wanted Aimee to experience more than what was available on Waltons Mountain.... If CB hadn't been so snooty, the idea of Aimee going to boarding school wouldn't have seemed so questionable.... I bet if the Baldwin ladies had made it possible for a niece/nephew or grandchild to go away to school, it would have been quite acceptable.
Thankfully, Aimee did get her feet back on the ground shortly after her return, after putting "us" through her nonsense !!!
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Post by Brenda on May 13, 2013 12:41:14 GMT -5
I don't think it was a "status symbol" for CoraBeth.... I believe she realized Aimee would have to be sent away if she were to be exposed to more of what CB would call "culture".... she wanted Aimee to have exposure to more than what was available on Waltons Mountain.... If CB hadn't been so snooty, the idea of Aimee going to boarding school wouldn't have seemed so questionable.... Thankfully, Aimee did get her feet back on the ground shortly after her return, after putting "us" through her nonsense !!! Aimee didn't need to be sent away to be exposed to culture. The Walton children were proof of that. They were raised on Waltons Mountain, then went on to pursue higher education at the university, the conservatory of music, nursing school, business college, etc. Cora Beth could have provided Aimee with all the culture she needed just by letting her experience things like plays, operas, music, museums, etc. After all, they were not that far from Charlottesville. The University of Virginia must have provided many cultural opportunities. I think she wanted to show Waltons Mountain that her child was too good for the Waltons Mountain School. I agree with awesomemixtape10. She needed to be nurtured by her mother and father, not sent away just a couple of years after they got her. |
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Post by Marilyn on May 13, 2013 13:40:30 GMT -5
Didn't they keep her a couple of years before sending her away? Actually, I don't remember any episode where Aimee was in school at the Waltons Mountain School. I could be wrong about that though. I think Cora Beth was trying to make a statement when she sent Aimee to finishing school. It was probably considered some sort of status symbol to have your child go to boarding school as opposed to the local public school. Cora Beth was always a little too uppity for Waltons Mountain. |
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Post by JeannePhx on May 13, 2013 15:37:31 GMT -5
I totally agree with you Marilyn about Cora Beth. I always believed she thought she married beneath her but because she was a spinster and he proposed, she agreed to marry Ike. She always wanted more out of life than what he could give her in Walton's Mountain but he tried darned hard to please her bless his heart. I think she wanted Amy to get out in the world and not 'settle' for life on the mountain. Not saying she was right, just saying that's how it came across to me. She might have been happier there had it not been during the Depression but the hard times also affected the opportunities to be had.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on May 13, 2013 16:38:00 GMT -5
Brenda wrote: Definitely since she had been adopted at such a late stage in life. She really needed a family, love & a sense of belonging.  To me by sending her away to finishing school was "almost" like still being at the orphanage.  The only difference to me between the two (school & the orphanage) is that she knew she was adopted & her last name had changed to Godsey. That she did have somewhere to go when school was out, holidays, etc.... |
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Post by carol on May 13, 2013 19:42:09 GMT -5
Cora Beth acts like she came from a wealthy family but when we first met her she didn't seem to come from such a background. I have to wonder if maybe Cora Beth was living vicariously though Aimee. Sending her to finishing school, wanting to expose her to "culture" classical music, dance, etc... All things that Cora Beth wanted when she was Aimee's age and never had or at least not to the point that she wanted Aimee to experience. Cora Beth knew something about ballet and could speak French and taught both to Aimee so somewhere along the way she had some exposure to culture but not as much as she would have liked.
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Post by JeriJet on May 13, 2013 20:46:24 GMT -5
I don't think it was a "status symbol" for CoraBeth.... I believe she realized Aimee would have to be sent away if she were to be exposed to more of what CB would call "culture".... she wanted Aimee to have exposure to more than what was available on Waltons Mountain.... If CB hadn't been so snooty, the idea of Aimee going to boarding school wouldn't have seemed so questionable.... Thankfully, Aimee did get her feet back on the ground shortly after her return, after putting "us" through her nonsense !!! Aimee didn't need to be sent away to be exposed to culture. The Walton children were proof of that. They were raised on Waltons Mountain, then went on to pursue higher education at the university, the conservatory of music, nursing school, business college, etc. Cora Beth could have provided Aimee with all the culture she needed just by letting her experience things like plays, operas, music, museums, etc. After all, they were not that far from Charlottesville. The University of Virginia must have provided many cultural opportunities. I think she wanted to show Waltons Mountain that her child was too good for the Waltons Mountain School. I agree with awesomemixtape10. She needed to be nurtured by her mother and father, not sent away just a couple of years after they got her. Hmmm.... somehow, a reply I did hours ago didn't "take"..... I should have explained that I put quotations marks around CB's "culture" ideas because I was thinking that she was too interested in stuff like selecting the correct fork.... I wasn't referring to "real" culture, which anyone can get anywhere, just by reading and paying attention to everything around them, which the Walton children certainly did..... CB seemed more concerned that Aimee would pick up bad habits and needed to be taken out of the Waltons Mtn environment. She was wrong, of course.... My parents were against even sending any of their children to summer camp.... Mom looked forward to summers when she could have her children around her all day long !! |
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Post by weezer29 on May 15, 2013 2:44:26 GMT -5
I totally agree with you Marilyn about Cora Beth. I always believed she thought she married beneath her but because she was a spinster and he proposed, she agreed to marry Ike. She always wanted more out of life than what he could give her in Walton's Mountain but he tried darned hard to please her bless his heart. I think she wanted Amy to get out in the world and not 'settle' for life on the mountain. Not saying she was right, just saying that's how it came across to me. She might have been happier there had it not been during the Depression but the hard times also affected the opportunities to be had. I agree totally with Jeanne here. CoraBeth believed herself to have maried beneath her, even though CoraBeth came from meager circumstances. I think she had delusions of grandeur. When Any came along, she didn't want Amy to have to 'settle' like CB 'settled'. I think somewhere in CB, she loved Ike. But I don't think she would have chosen Ike as a life partner if she had other avenues to follow. She was pretty much homeless when she met Ike, if my memory serves me correct. Just saying.... |
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Post by Marilyn on May 15, 2013 12:30:27 GMT -5
I totally agree with you Marilyn about Cora Beth. I always believed she thought she married beneath her but because she was a spinster and he proposed, she agreed to marry Ike. She always wanted more out of life than what he could give her in Walton's Mountain but he tried darned hard to please her bless his heart. I think she wanted Amy to get out in the world and not 'settle' for life on the mountain. Not saying she was right, just saying that's how it came across to me. She might have been happier there had it not been during the Depression but the hard times also affected the opportunities to be had.
I would 'settle' for a Walton's Mountain existence in a heartbeat! |
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Post by weezer29 on May 16, 2013 2:16:01 GMT -5
I totally agree with you Marilyn about Cora Beth. I always believed she thought she married beneath her but because she was a spinster and he proposed, she agreed to marry Ike. She always wanted more out of life than what he could give her in Walton's Mountain but he tried darned hard to please her bless his heart. I think she wanted Amy to get out in the world and not 'settle' for life on the mountain. Not saying she was right, just saying that's how it came across to me. She might have been happier there had it not been during the Depression but the hard times also affected the opportunities to be had.
I would 'settle' for a Walton's Mountain existence in a heartbeat!I'd be right there with ya, Marilyn  |
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Post by JeriJet on May 16, 2013 8:03:15 GMT -5
I'm more like John-Boy -- I need to get back to my Mom's old home in the mountains from time to time, but since the city got into my blood and I feel comfortable there, I also need good doses of that life.... John-Boy needed it for his writing and I need it for my soul.... I crave being in the midst of many different kinds of people.
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Post by JeriJet on May 16, 2013 8:09:02 GMT -5
Cora Beth acts like she came from a wealthy family but when we first met her she didn't seem to come from such a background. I have to wonder if maybe Cora Beth was living vicariously though Aimee. Sending her to finishing school, wanting to expose her to "culture" classical music, dance, etc... All things that Cora Beth wanted when she was Aimee's age and never had or at least not to the point that she wanted Aimee to experience. Cora Beth knew something about ballet and could speak French and taught both to Aimee so somewhere along the way she had some exposure to culture but not as much as she would have liked. I agree, Carol.... and I think it a shame that many folks equate culture with wealth -- one should have nothing to do with the other.... Cora Beth was certainly attempting to live vicariously through Aimee.... There are many examples of this -- like a father pushing a son into sports he has no interest in !! |
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To me by sending her away to finishing school was "almost" like still being at the orphanage. 
The only difference to me between the two (school & the orphanage) is that she knew she was adopted & her last name had changed to Godsey. That she did have somewhere to go when school was out, holidays, etc....
