Friday, January 20, 2012

A Bully?

Do you consider Richard's actions toward Tess to be bullying?  Defend your response, and include within your reaction an explanation of what "bullying" means to you.
If you were Tess, how would you respond to Richard?

27 comments:

BUBBLES!!!!!!!! said...

yes it is bullying because i think he doesn't like Tess because he is trying to get her to tell on him so she will like a rotten snitch

BUBBLES!!!!!!!! said...

If i were Tess i would go tell him to back off and if he does it again get your friends and scare him so bad he will never do it again

BUBBLES!!!!!!!! said...

To me bullying is like taking someone's lunch money, or pushing someone to a locker and knocking their books on the ground, or calling someone names

donatello said...

yes i consider Richards actions toward Tess bullying because he was trying to get her to snitch on him and that would give her a bad reputation.Also i think bullying is a thing where when someone is getting hurt or getting teased that it is wrong and i think Richard is teasing Tess by pulling pranks on her.It would be bullying because while he is doing the pranks he might have thought of something embarrassing to do to her and that would make her feel bad.If i was Tess i would stand up to Richard and go akiko on him and i would also say after i have beat him with my skills i would tell him if hes going to bully me anymore and if he said he would not stop i would do akiko on him until he said he would stop bullying me.

odaryld said...

Definitly. Well I know mostly everyone has been bullied. But if you never have then your just going to look at it as Tess being a sissy and not standing up for herself. If someone would have done that to me I would fell bad for them, there making our school look bad. And also I would have just walked away and murmur the word "jerk" under my breath. And also has anyone noticed how people say there doing something about bulling but they never do? They need less commercials and more commotion (if you know what I mean).

odaryld said...

Definitly. Well I know mostly everyone has been bullied. But if you never have then your just going to look at it as Tess being a sissy and not standing up for herself. If someone would have done that to me I would fell bad for them, there making our school look bad. And also I would have just walked away and murmur the word "jerk" under my breath. And also has anyone noticed how people say there doing something about bulling but they never do? They need less commercials and more commotion (if you know what I mean).

Anonymous said...

HE really is a is a bully because he hypmotazes people with his smile. Then he turns his back on them and blames someone else for what he did. Also i think he is bullying Tess by playing tricks on her to make her look like a fool. Bullying to me is picking on people because their better than you and you want to over shine them. If i were Tess i would do what Sammy thinks is best and do ikidio on him, just so i don't make a fool out of myself. Also i don't think i would confront him because that would just make matters worse. Ithink that i would just let him do whatever till he runs out of things to do.

Dean Smith said...

I consider Richard's actions toward tess to bullying because he is just trying to get back at her but in a mean way like trying to embaress her. To my bullying is wath Richard is doing to Tess and punching or calling people names like butthead. If i was Tess i would just put vidoes cameras up where he can't find thenm so i could prove that i wasn't lieing if he stole my bookbag but then put it back in the same spot.

colton said...

Yes of course it is bullying because when Richard does that, he is trying to frame her and when somebody frames you, that is bullying. To me bullying is something that a bunch of rotten brats do, just to get attention. If I were Tess then I would slug him in the face and say that he hit me first, because Tess is a girl and people tend to believe girls more often than boys.

Anna Kate said...
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Anna Kate said...

Yes; I consider Richard as a bully toward Tess. The reasons I think this is true is because Richard is not do doing big things but he is doing little things that no one notices except Tess. Doing little things can sometimes hurt your feelings more. I do not think bulling should be allowed. If I were Tess I would respond to Richard by at first I would just ignore him at first then if he kept on then I would tell the principal.

LAG said...
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LAG said...

I think Richard's reactions to Tess is bullying and not bullying. He does not intend to be mean, he just wants to annoy her. To Richard, the actions are not meant to be bullying. But Tess thinks the actions are because the actions from Richard bother her very much. Bullying to me is when someone is cruel to you on purpose. Bullying can be taking something away from someone
or being mean on purpose. If I were Tess, I would tell an adult that he had been bothering me for awhile. I would also tell Richard to stop making his foolish pranks.

winnie said...

I think Richard is a bully because he is mean and takes advantage of people.
My idea of a bully is someone who is purposely mean to aperson.
If I were Tess I would ask for help.

duckie said...

I think Richard and what he is doing is being a bully.One of his action is when Tess and her friends where looking for her book bag. But they could not find her book bag and they suspected that Richard took her book bag.They weir going to tell on him but one of her friends told her that Richard wanted them to so they didn't.But all of her homework and school asignments and she got a goose egg.

Natnat said...

I think Richard is a bully . He is a bully because he threatens her and tries to make her look like a fool or a snitch to the whole school.One example is when Richard stole her book bag. He thought that she would tell on him so then he could call her a snitch . What bulling means to me is that you are dealing with a person who has low self esteem. Most of the time it makes them want to take it out on someone that is smaller than themselves.If I were Tess, I would walk right up to Richard and tell him I am not going do what he wants me to do just because he smiles at me.

Owlz-N-Flight said...

Yes,I do think that Richard's actions are bulling to Tess.He is trying to make Tess look like a fool,snich,and a lier.Bulling means to me as the bully does not feel good for his/her self and tries to make people feel less good.If I were Tess I would stand up to Richard and if that does not work I would ignore him and walk away because he wants me to look bad by telling the teacher on Richard.

Anonymous said...

Yes I do think Richard is a bully because he is being mean by trying to get back at Tess by doing little things to her so she will tell on him so everyone will think she is a tattle tale because she can't prove anything. I think bullying can mean different things. It can be done to get attention, it could be done to get even with someone or it could be done just to be mean. If I were Tess I would get him to think I told on him to get him to stop. Then I would apologize to his friends and ask them to help me pull a prank on him to get him in trouble.

Acacia Scott said...

Yes, I do consider Richard as to being a bully to Tess because he is being mean to Tess by doing little mean things to her so that she will tell on him and make Tess's personality look like she is a snitch and a liar because she won't be able to prove any of the little mean things that he is doing to her. Bullying to me is mean, the way I look at bullying is that people that bully people really bully people because they feel sorry for themselves, they hate themselves so they bully other people to make them feel better as if that makes them a better person. If I were Tess I would tell on Richard so that he would get in trouble and if he made everyone believe that I was a snitch and a liar I would get back at him with a prank.

Isaiah Scott said...

Yes, for sure Richard is a bully. And I get fed up if someone lide Richard acts all nice when everybody's around. And when Tess is by herself or something he acts like a big fat snitch he is.For instance,he "smiles" to get peopse to give them pencils. All I would get even, I wish I'd wish I could get him in a headlock but I'd get suspended or expelled.

Anonymous said...

I think that he is a bully because he keeps doing mean things that she can't prove to make her look like a snitch. If I were Tess I would make him stop by telling a trustworthy adult to make him stop.To me bulling is doing any thing that will annoy someone over and over again.

jaws said...

Yes i do consider Richard as a bully because he teases he pranks , tricks and hurts your feelings. I consider bullying to be the things but add hurting people physically and to hurt friends to get to them. If i was Tess i'd ignore him but if that did not work i could trick him into doing what he does with a teacher nearby. or i would take you basic mp three player record him telling me surtian stuff or get a friend to video tape it nearby. So thats why i think and what i would do if i knew Richard.

Mad Robot said...

Yes Richard is definitely a bully.He stole her backpack.He is kind of tormenting her.He is not physically bullying her but he is trying to get her to be a snitch.

Baker said...

I think that richard is definitely a bully ,but a smart bully. I call him a "smart" bully because he doing small things to get her to tell or as he says snitch on him to prove that she is a snitch. The reason he is tormenting her with all of these small things is to get back at her for snitching on him when he cheated on a social studies report. She would not have told on him if he had not said that Tess's best friend cheated not him. To me bullying is teasing them them making them feel stupid or less than them.It can also be physically hurting someone. If I were Tess i would try to avoid him at any time possible and if he stole my backpack I would think like he would.

Gummy Bear said...

I think Richard is a bully because,he always wants to get Tess to tell on him and make him the hero, like when he stole her backpack if she would've told on him then he would return it to her.If Richard was bulling me I would ignore him or tell a teacher.

whitetailhunter said...

Yes because when Tess turnerd Richard in she should not have to pay for that.That was the right thing to do for 1:stealing is ilegal
and 2:you shouldn't try to cheat on a test.That shows your friends and teachers you can't be trusted.Also stealing could hurt you later on in life.

Bloggernaut said...

Yes. To me bullying means physical or mental pain put on a person.