When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter.
"I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)
Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
What I think Elliots message is that at Parkland middle school people bully other people since they have no friends (page 165), looking like a nerd (page 58-59), nationality/skin (page 29 and page 53). But the most common reason is getting a reaction (page 7 and 13.) If you get bullied tell your story, Elliot says.
So what he is trying to say is that if you are getting bullied say what happened and you should also be more aware of this recurring problem (all around the book.) The final point he is trying to make you know that every victom can make a difference by themselves (page 92.) For example in the book one story was sent out saying there was a kid who got bullied. But since he sent this on the Revealers, he has 2 new friends and his bully never bullies him again which is the same case about Catalina and Bethany. (page 103)
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Adit, you did a good job taking evidence form the book and putting page numbers, but you need to make things a lot more clearer, whenever I read it I get off-track.
Adit you did a good job. Maybe you should go over what you wrote after you write it because you had some MSN language in there. I thought that the message that Elliot is trying to get across to his peers is stronger than the one you wrote in your blog post.
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