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? (6pts)
The message that I think Elliot is trying to get across to his classmates is that everyone is aware of something unfair or unjust happening at the school, but that they do nothing to stop it as they may think it is funny or that it doesn't happen to kids like them, that it happens to people who are different in unlikeable ways. They think bullying as common as they think going to school. As if this was one of the things it is meant to do. Elliot is also saying that those who do have friends and are not bullied may one day change and become a victim, and then they shall realize what pain and suffering and sorrow the children at the school endure all year and maybe even more. He says that all this bullying happens because of the people being different in ways we don't prefer.
Two Peer Responses (4 pts)