Homework Help: English

Posted by Sara on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 6:41pm.

I'm reading a book , and I don't understand this small phrase. Could you please tell me what it means, thanks.

~Or they'll be so horrified by my mother's newly-found 'lifestyle' that they'll slowly start ignoring me. In tenth grade—at least in Vienna, Virginia—this is the kiss of death. Even worse than not being one of the cool crowd. Which is the type of person I currently am. Not quite cool, that is.

To be more specific, I don't get the line starting with "In tenth-grade-.... ending with kiss of death.

English - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 6:54pm
She's saying that her mother's lifestyle will be ridiculed by her classmates and that she'll be shunned and ostracized.
English - Sara, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:08pm
Oh, thank you very much Ms. Sue:-)
English - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:12pm
You're very welcome, Sara. :-)

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