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Saturday, May 3, 2008
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I finished 19 Minutes today by Jodi Picoult. I listened as Josie lies about her involvement with Peter. She so wanted to be part of the "in crowd" - the popular kids. She even puts up with an abusive boyfriend who "loves" her just to be connected to the "right" people because if she is connected then she is not one of the targets. Her girlfriend accesses one of her private emails that comes from Peter (a boy who is a real outsider and a target of many of the kids at this HS). In the email, he professes his love to Josie. Courtney, her "friend" (and I use that word losely) spams out Peter's personal email to Jose to the entire school.
Several times in the story, Josie goes along with the abuse to Peter because, as she says, if they are abusing Peter, they are not abusing her. I was angry at Courtney for her fake friendship with Josie and I was angry at Matt, her boyfriend, for taking advantage of Josie. Josie admits that she is just not strong enough to take control of the situation. I think it can happen to anyone. Some kids need to put other kids down in order to feel good about themselves. And I am sure that behavior carries over into adulthood. What can we do to stop bullying in the schools and in other social situations? I bet there is not one person who can't think of a time when they were caught in a situation that that made them just feel bad because of the actions of others.
As a high school student, I looked the other way and hoped that "they" would pick on someone else and just leave me alone. I didn't react to any of their taunts and was left alone for the most part except for the occasional jab. I was isolated, which can be just as bad.
I had a wonderful life at home and friends in my neighborhood that did not go to my school. That gave me a bit of a reprieve. Others were not so fortunate. If being cruel was part of the "in crowd" then I am glad that I was not part of that group.
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