So it’s that time of year when Charlie and the gang go house to house in search of “tricks or treats”. I started to think about school while my kids were glued to the comings and goings of Snoopy the pilot.
I tried to group the main characters into school groupings. Please take no offense if I group someone you can relate to into a group you can’t identify with.
Schroeder – classic talented and gifted (TAG) student. He is quite refined and extremely musically talented.
Lucy most likely also falls into the TAG cat. She seems bright enough, and ambitious enough. At an older age she might even be an athlete.
Charlie is your average joe. Chuck probably scoots along getting his B’s, C’s, and D’s and is OK with that.
Linus is the weird coin in the bunch. He is pretty creative and a little far out at times. (I think I associated with Linus on one of those quiz things a long time ago…hmmmmm)
Marcy most closely resembles Linus and most likely bats for the other team. In the words of Seinfeld – Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Peppermint Patty and Pig Pen are definitely At Risk kids. It’s Patty’s attitude and Pig Pen’s hygiene that lead me to this decision.
Franklin, the first black character, has to be the athlete. It is so stereotypical, i’m sorry, I just can’t avoid it. To tell the truth, I don’t really remember much of Frankie.
There are several other characters, including the “little red haired girl”. If I had to guess, I would say she is the rich kid. I can’t comment on any of the others. If you have any comments/contradictions to my groupings let me hear ya.



