Monday, November 5, 2007

The Revealers Blog Writing Topic Blog response Instructions: Answer the questions in complete sentences, proper English and use examples from the novel whenever possible. Put page number after your examples. When writing comments to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their response. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner. Blog Question: Is bullying a rite of passage of childhood and adolescence? Is it apart of the maturation process one needs to go through to reach adulthood? Explain. Mrs. Hogeboom brings up this topic on page 108.

I don't think so because bullying can happen during early childhood too. Bullying can happen anytime in life. People can bully others who are smaller, weaker, or younger than the bully.
Bullying can be physical, which means punching and hitting, that is violence, or verbal, which is calling names and no violence. Therefore, I think bullying doesn't relate to the passage of childhood and adolescence, but something that just happens more in the passage.

2 comments:

Kai S said...

Yes, I agree with you. It can happen all the time and it shouldn't be a right of passage. But I also think that if you are bullied then you have the right to stand up for yourself.

R Cook said...

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