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)
Elliot is saying that if you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. If you stand there and let someone get beat up or picked on and you are not doing anything then it is no different then you being the bully. He also talks about how someday it might happen to you.Elliot is saying that bullying is happening to the so called "outsiders" and he is trying to say that one day you could be an outsider and you might get bullied. Then what will happen, then you will know and you would want it to stop but the more popular kids or "insiders" won't care until eventually it will happen to everyone. So that is basically what Elliot is trying to get across to the other students.
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I agree but I also disagree I agree with the part you said if your not the solution you are the problem and when you might picked on one day but i disagree with the part when you said they might become an outsider I think he meant that you might lose all you money and you friends but i think he means that they should HELP the outsiders anyway that was very interesting and i really thought you were overall right
i agree with you. i think you had a great answer but try to give some more detaill........but it was still great........,.......
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