Take home test

Blog response instructions:

• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English ( restrain from using MSN chat style of writting).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your anwser and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in you language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

Section 1:

2. Russell describes middle school as a place with "predators" that you "try to survive" can you relate to this experience? Is what Russell says about middle school true? Explain.

 I can relate to what Russell is saying about "predators" and that you "try to survive" because when you enter middle school , not everyone is your friend like in elementary school. Cliques start to form and people search for the right group, the one that they fit in. In my last school, in South Africa there was a lot of cliques there and I didn't really know which one I fitted in cause I had friends in most of them. You can't just join a clique, you first have to accepted. In school your clique is like your family, you stay in your group all the time.

Section 2:

4. Looking at the two quotes below  that deal with bullying incidents. Russell's mother says on page 67 that she thinks that the bullying between girls can be more vicious than the "physical stuff" that happens between boys. Do you agree with her point of view? Explain.

I agree with Russell's moms view because what Bethany did to Catalina will probally stay in her mind for the rest of her life. When Richie hit Russell the bruise will only last for around a month or so, but when bethany did that to Catalina it will always stay there because she talked about her mom in a bad way (pg 53) and she has a great relationship with her mom and  Catalina doesn't live with her anymore. Girl's can hurt people a lot more than boys verbally but maybe not physically. They have way's of hurting people just like what Bethany did to Catalina.

Section 3:

5. Read the two quotes below and explain the differences between Leah's statement.

 

Well the differences are that in the first statement she's talking about how posting up other people's stories about being bullied is good because then other kids can see what is going on at their school that they didn't know happened. Then in the second statement is about how the students were abusing the web and that one of the stories were untrue. So she first thinks that the idea is good but after a little bit one of the story's isn't true and thinks if they made up all the stories, so after all it might have been a bad idea.