Elliot's expose

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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?

I think that the message he is trying to get out is, what's going on in Parkland Middle School can happen to any one(pg.91-92). I also think that he's trying to tell his classmates that you should be aware of the bullying thats is happening around you. Like when you see someone getting bullied..help them, don't just be a bystander and watch whats going on but be there for them as if some one would be there for you! I think Elliot is trying to tell the bystanders that you can stop the situation and that you are the ones who are responsible, the bystanders usually just laugh and then walk away when they should really be the ones who help the victims. I also think that Elliot's trying to tell the students to think again before they do something to another person.And how they would like it if that happened to them? I also think that he was doing this to scare the Jock Rots and how its not over (pg.93).