3rd quarter blog #5(Response on Bullied)

On Thursday, February 9, we watched the movie "Bullied". My opinion was that the movie was great and changed a lot of people's lives. I could see people around the room getting pretty emotional during the movie. Seeing that actually made me think that maybe some people might change there ways and try to stop the bullying situation. If enough people could come together on that single cause, I think the bullying situation, if not reduced,can be almost completely stopped. On Thursday we also did a survey on what bullying was like in our school. One of my responses to the survey was " I didn't think the bullying issue was being took to seriously". Also, I think bullying is slightly allowed. Not so much in the classroom, but like in sports such as basketball. I myself have been bullied with people making fun of my athletic abilities. The coaches saw it but said nothing. It was hard to get over and I was hurt.

Today I got on teaching tolerance to read and respond to a certain article listed on the site. As I was looking through them, I realized that there was nothing positive along those many articles. 9 out of 10 of those articles had to do with the issue of bullying. The article I chose was "When kids laugh at hobos, teach compassion" The article is about a young girl that is being bullied because she is a so called " hobo". Another girl that went to her school had caught her in the hallway and said " When you went downtown did you see a hobo"? The girl didn't take it so badly because, she knew that she was told to say it. The girl has also been going through problems at home so being bullied at school doesn't make matters any better.  Many homeless people, or just on the verge of being homeless, are deciding to run away due to neglect.

3rd quarter blog #4( Tyler Changing)

In this novel, the conflicts causes the main character to change. At the beginning of the book Tyler was very irresponsible and didn't really care to much about life. His Parents was always at his school asking " Has Tyler broken any rules this semester"(Anderson 166) and at the beginning of the book, the answer was yes. I don't think that Tyler cares to much about his career later in life, so he decides to do stupid things.The other quote I chose was" Because Tyler is the one were worried about" (Anderson 166). I think Bethany Milbury was definitely not the influence for Tyler at the time. She had an bad group of people she was hanging out with, and Tyler was just like meat in the jungle. He didn't have a chance with Bethany considering the difference in their popularity levels, and also, Tyler really just needed some time to himself at the beginning of the book.

 Another one of the quotes I chose was " On the bright side, Chip wasn't there"( Anderson 1). I think chip played a big part in the bullying that Tyler had to deal with.  Tyler had a lot of bullies, but Chip was the main bully. There was also just a big crowd in his school judging him on everything he did because of the spray paint incident. After a while, chip was starting to bother Tyler to the point that Tyler wanted to fight him. So Chip's bullying had changed Tyler to an aggressive and angry person. Another quote I chose was '' People had ignored me when I was Nerd Boy, but that changed after I was arrested." I think that him being arrested definitely changed his attitude positively and negatively. I think it changed him postitvely, because he hasn't really commited any crime since then and he had been getting in less trouble. It affected him negatively because, people we're attracted to him, and at the time, Tyler didn't need anyone else to affect his life unless it was in a positive way.

3rd quarter blog #4( Tyler Changing)

In this novel, the conflicts causes the main character to change. At the beginning of the book Tyler was very irresponsible and didn't really care to much about life. His Parents was always at his school asking " Has Tyler broken any rules this semester"(Anderson 166) and at the beginning of the book, the answer was yes. I don't think that Tyler cares to much about his career later in life, so he decides to do stupid things.The other quote I chose was" Because Tyler is the one were worried about" (Anderson 166). I think Bethany Milbury was definitely not the influence for Tyler at the time. She had an bad group of people she was hanging out with, and Tyler was just like meat in the jungle. He didn't have a chance with Bethany considering the difference in their popularity levels, and also, Tyler really just needed some time to himself at the beginning of the book. 

I feel like Tyler has changed in a positive way towards the end of the book. I think this change is so because the influences he has in the book.A quote I chose from the book was " Tell him to call m lawyer" (Anderson page 226) and another quote was"assuming that you're not arrested" (Anderson page 227). I chose those quotes because, Tyler's lawyers and Probation Officers had Tyler's back throughout the whole book. Without the support from the others around him, I think Tyler would be a dead man. Other Influences like his family, teachers, and friends also played a big role in the growth of Tyler. All in all, Tyler has changed dramatically in the ending of the book.