Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Sticky Situation

Ben is always getting picked on by Wyatt, the school bully.  Wyatt shoves Ben every time he passes him in the hall.  One day, Wyatt challenges Ben to a fight and tells everyone that if Ben doesn't fight, he's a wimp.  Ben is afraid to stand up to Wyatt, but he doesn't want everyone to think he's a coward.  What should Ben do?

~ Scholastic News 01.07.13 edition

17 comments:

Ana said...

If i were Ben, I would fight him honestly... I know it's probably not the best choice but if I knew that i could beat him in a fight and that he would stop bullying me, I would do it.

Liam Wilcox said...

Ben should tell a adult and make sure that that bully never messes up with him.

jericho said...

Ben should just stand up to Wyatt or tell a teacher that Wyatt is bullying him.Ben should do the right thing and call off the fight.

Jonah said...

Ben should tell a teacher or tell his friends to tell Wyatt stop bullying Ben.

cruz said...

Ben should just simpley tell the teacher that Wyatt always picks on him. Or he could always just fight Wyatt.

Janna said...

He should tell an adult about the fight.

Winni said...

I think he should tell his parents.

Megann W. said...

I think Ben should walk away. Your safety is more important than your social life. Then I would go and talk to an adult. And if people think he's a wimp, his real friends would understand. I would personally rather be called a wimp than have a black eye and a broken nose.

Theresa said...

I think Ben should just talk to a teacher about his problem because this is getting physical and he has done nothing wrong, he shouldn't get hurt for no reason. After Ben gets help from a teacher his problem with be solved.

amandeep said...

I think Ben should tell a teacher what is going on and so the teacher would make sure that wyatt wouldn't dosen't bully Ben anymore

Channy said...

Ben should tell a teacher about whats's happening. Ben could also stand up to Wyatt and say NO.

Bryan said...

Ben should go and get an adult so that he doesn't have to fight and be a coward.

Jason Bui said...

i think Ben should not stand up for himself this time because Ben could get hurt and my suggestion is that Ben should go tell a teacher and let her deal with it.

Angelina said...

I think Ben should 1. Tell an adult( but then they'll just think he's a coward). OR 2. Talk with Wyatt about how much it hurts him to be bullied and how Wyatt would feel if someone was doing that to him that always works for me.

Maysen Baker said...

Ben should get a group of friends and tell them to do a plan and so the group of friends he told, they should all stand up to the bully.

Chloe said...

I think Ben should find a teacher and if that doesn't work he should talk to his friends and see if they understan why he doesn't want to fight Wyatt. Then they might help him by geting a teacher then the teacher will help them.

kevonnie said...

Ben should tell one of the teachers instead fighting wyatt