Escaping the Giant Wave By; Peg Kehret Protagonist The protagonist in this story is Kyle who is a thirteen-year old boy which is in sixth grade, middle school. Kyle is outgoing with blonde hair and blue eyes. Even though he is outgoing he doesn’t have a lot of friends he only has one main friend named Gary. He also has an enemy his name is Darin. Darin is always bullying Kyle, like pushing him and punching him.
The environment kids grow up in can have a lot to do with how they turn out when they are older. Criminals come from all social, economic, religious and racial groups. There will always be criminals like Ted Kazinski, who could be described as reasonably normal, polite, and a nice person all through his adolescence and young adulthood. “A bright child, Kaczynski skipped two grades during his early education”(Ted Biography). The Unibomber, as he is now known, was an exemplary student with a solid life.
He participates in community sports and especially loves football. Other students say he “doesn’t stop talking, dancing and twirling his hair.” Mr. LoJacomo’s is about ready to pull her hair out because of a growing number of disruptions that have been occurring in the classroom. Nathan and Cody seem to be magnets for these disruptions. Mrs. LoJacomo has observed that Nathan and Cody appear to be “at each other” constantly. Not only do they get off task at these times, but the rest of the class is drawn into spectator sport.
That’s impressive. However, because of the focus on non-academic activities, he feels it helps shape him into an individual thinker. Brittany, the other American student felt the same. So maybe it’s just the America doesn’t understand that it’s in competition with other countries. So, all in all the U.S students do have it easier.
Looney actually only got one A grade but didn’t receive any bad marks and G is very proud of him for this. Looney worked hard for that and he sees
Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Kimberly Futrell Harrison College Composition I Stephanie Kurin 06/10/2012 Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Each day, kids are being bullied in their schools and at home while online. They are bullied because of race, sexual orientation, creed, physical image, or for no particular reason at all. Bullying is not limited to age, but the most prevalent age range is teenagers. Bullying in schools and on the Internet amongst teenagers has greatly increased in the past years; this has led to increased fatalities because so many feel that they don't have anywhere or anyone to go to. These fatalities are not just suicides, but
The novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, is about a group of buddies known as greasers that stick together through a battle of social classes is told. This group is confronted with many dilemmas in a short period of time that threaten the bonds that they share. The main character, Ponyboy Curtis is top of his class at school, but almost bottom of the class socially. Being intelligent like he is doesn’t mean he doesn’t act like regular people at home, when he argues with his brother, but when he’s around the people he is everyone knows when to keep their trap shut.
Academically the Saints was expected to do well in school because of who their parents were and family social status. The Roughnecks wasn’t at all concerned about how they performed in school. In the end both groups had the ability to do well but made different choices due to different backgrounds. 4. Compare and contrast the treatment of the saints and the roughnecks by the police.
The Pact , by Drs. George Jenkins, Samson Davis, and Rameck Hunt, is a beautiful and inspiring story of three inner city children banning together to persevere the struggles of the streets as well as school. To make this story even more inspiring is the fact it is true. Growing up in Newark New Jersey these boys survived poverty, poor schools, thug-life, and the swarming crack epidemic that engulfed so many cities like Newark in the 1980’s. Not only did these boys survive but they came up in the world and now serve as an example to young people everywhere.
Gene was always uptight, usually taking charge on the educational parts, as he stated,” If I need to study then so do you.”(Knowles Pg. 58) It helped as he went on to become the top of his class, and popular among the boys who did care about academics. Gene took the roll as the responsible one, at the morning on the beach he hurried Phineas to leave for a critical test they had that day. (Knowles Pg.51) Gene was portrayed as the underdog in A Separate Peace, even if he was the main character. He was very unpopular, clinging close to Phineas, who was Gene’s only source of social interaction.