Because of this, Mark was in limbo on the 19th story (it is confusing). Mark Miller died soon before Benjamin came to Wayside School so he decided to take his identity in hopes that Mark's success will rub off on him. Mark was a boy that Benjamin knew and was jealous of: he was more talented and successful, people liked him more and his name was less confusing. Mark Miller is a different boy than Benjamin Nushmutt (Allison didn't seem to think that they looked alike). Either she was almost killed by Ron and Leslie bumping into her (physics obviously works differently there) or her negative thoughts about her school while passing between the 18th and 20th stories caused her to be pulled there (maybe "they" thought that's where she would prefer). Allison's trip was a near death experience. Bebe feels that her parents romanticize his memory as the perfect angel so she acts out and blames him for her behavior. Ray Gunn was looking forward to attending Wayside School with Bebe but he died shortly after he started. Virginia and Nick were were young children when they died but continued to grow up in the afterlife of the 19th story. The 19th story is treated as non-existent for so longer students think that it actually is and Miss Zarves has become a legend. Miss Zarves was looking forward to teaching and is so disappointed that she's able to stay and teach. However, she was killed suddenly and the school felt it would be wrong to keep the floor open. When Wayside School was built, Miss Zarves was hired to be teach the 19th story. The 19th Story is the afterlife for students who have died (and they age).This is sort of like the above "The 19th Story is Purgatory" guess. Why was it there? Because Louis pretended it didn't exist in chapter 1. After a few months of no one acknowledging the floor as anything other than another landing in the stair way, it became a place for ignored people. The teacher that was supposed to teach there quit for some reason (probably having something to do with the mixed up building or general weirdness) and they had so much trouble trying to find a good replacement that they gave up. Additionally, the 19th story was ignored too.Virginia and Nick's backgrounds are unknown but it's certainly possible that they were ignored to the point of non existence too. The name that's ignored is the name that he's acknowledged as. Nobody acknowledges the fact that Mark Miller is really Benjamin Nushmutt so on the 19th story it's reversed. Allison ended up there after being ignored by her class but she managed to defy the system and get back. Perhaps that's why she called him her baby brother when he's clearly older than that (only a few years younger than Bebe). Bebe still remembers him a little bit which is why she used his name in her lie. Perhaps Bebe's parents really did have a son named Ray but they ignored him so much that he disappeared. "Wayside School devotes will] turn pages eagerly.these additional anecdote about wayside school will surely tickle the funny bones of fans"-School Library Journal.The 19th story is where people go when they are ignored too muchMiss Zarves explains in the third book that nobody ever noticed her growing up. Jewls leaves her students with a succession of substitute teachers. Jewls is expecting a baby-but one named Cootie Face or Bucket Head-and a substitute teacher is coming-and everyone knows what that means.Something strange is going on at the already peculiar Way side School, when Mrs. Drazil's class, they're throwing a coffeepot, a sack of potatoes, a pencil sharpener, and a light bulb out the window to see which hits the ground first. Miss Much has prepared a Day on the 30th floor-with dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and pigs, and an orange named Fido causing a terrible commotion. All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside closed to get rid of the cows "(Don't ask )." Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor.
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