Giving advice is not always an easy thing to do. Especially if it involves friends. For your blog response this week, I want you to pretend that you are a famous advice columnist in a newspaper. People write to you regularly to get advice about how to handle some difficult situations.
You have just received the following letter from a fourth grader in New York. He writes:
Dear Gabby,
I am a fourth grade student and I have a problem. There are two students in my class who are always making fun of other students in my class. The things they say and do are very mean and hurtful. The problem is that the only person they are nice to is me. Now everyone in my class thinks that I am a bully too. I'm afraid that if I'm not friends with them that they will be mean to me as well. At the same time, I don't want everyone else to think I am a bully either. What should I do?
Hoping for answers,
Not A Bully
Pretend you are "Gabby." What advice would you give to this student to make this situation better? What are your reasons for your advice? Give this some thought before you post your response. It may be helpful to write a rough draft in your journal first.
Anxiously awaiting,
Mr. Fletcher
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteIf you dont want to be friends with the bullies you don't have to. If you have any friends they are making fun of, be friends with them so at least they wont feel bad when they are getting made fun of. If that doesn't help, ask your teacher to help with anything the bullies are doing. That way if your teacher sees them being mean he will probably ask them to stop. Thanks for writing! From, Gabby (Kamryn)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteI think you should tell the two boys to stop bullying. That way,you can be friends with anyone,instead of being called a bully or being a part of bullying. If the two boys start bullying you and don't stop if you asked them to,tell the teatcher and/or their parents.
Hope this helps,
Gabby (Chris)
Dear Not a Bully,
ReplyDeleteI understand what you're going through completely. I have the same problem sometimes too. It gets really annoying sometimes dosen't it? I have a few sure fire ways to stop those bullies! The first step is to ignore the bullies. They will still not mess with you but it will teach them a lesson. The best step is try to keep them away from your classmates. It will make them happier. These are my best steps.
Hoping it works
Gabby (Jeremy)
Dear Not a Bully,
ReplyDeleteThanks for comeing to me for hlep. I've taken a lot of time to think about your problem and I have some answers. Standup for your self. Tell your classmates that if you are friends with a bully that doesn't mean you're one, too. If you feel uncomfortable being friends with a bully just stop being friends with them. It doesn't matter if they are mean to you. If they start geting on your nerves just ignore them. Forget about them, put them in the back of your head. That's what my mom tells me to do when someone is getine on my nerves. It depends on what you want . Do you want to be friends with the two bullys or do you want your classmates to believe you're not a bully? Think about it.
Hoping some of these answers work,
Gabby (Logan)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteIf I were you and I had that situation I would stand up to the bullies. Tell them to stop bullying other kids. You will get your friends back and the bullies will stop bullying your friends and you won't have to worry about being bullied. I hope my advice will help you out.
Gabby (Rory)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteI know what you are going through. If I were you, I would go up to them and say, "Pease be nice to everybody." If that does not work, then I would ask everyone to try to be nice to them and then maybe, just mabye, they will see how they would like to be treated. If that does not work than I would tell your parents and mabye they can help you. If that does not work then tell the teacher that they are being mean to the class and she can help them!
sincerely,
Gabby (Aurora)
dear not a bully,
ReplyDeleteI heard about the whole bully thing and I am writing this note to you to try and help you not be a bully and help your friends not think you are a bully. Here is my advice. I would walk up to them and say, "Why do you be mean to everyone but me?" I also would say, "I don't like it, so I am not hanging out with you anymore and I do not care if you pick on me because I will not do anything about it." Then they would leave you alone. Then when your classmates see your're not hanging out with the bullies, they will hang out with you. If you ever need anymore help ever again just keep giving me notes on every single problem or question you can just keep asking me. I love to help kides solve problems or anything like that. If I was you, just one more thing about the bullying and stuff, I would make sure that every one is nice to everyone. Hope my answers help you. Hope it works!
Gabby (Riley)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteI understand this situation. I have had the same situation. Thanks for writing. I know what you feel like so here's what you should do. First, you need to tell everyone what happened. Then I would tell the class how the bullies turned you into a bully, but your're not. Here's what I would do if I were you. I would tell the teacher to talk to the bullies. And they would stop picking on your class. I understand this problem.
Gabby (Lee)
hoping the awnsers work
Dear Not A Bully, I think you should tell the bullies to be nice, because the kids they are bulling are your friends too. If the bullies don't listen, tell a teacher. If they are still mean, tell the principal.
ReplyDeleteBy Gabby (Heather)
Dear Not a Bully,
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing to me. This is what I would do. Tell them to stop being bullies. If they don't stop tell the teacher.I think you are not a bully. By Gabby (Abby)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteI know what you're going through.It's hard getting called a bully. I would avoid the people that bully every body else. If people still call you a bully, you should say to the people that bully everyone else that you can't be their friend and then run away from them. If they are going to bully you, tell the teacher or your parent. Then go back to your other friends and say that you aren't a bully and you aren't friends with the two who are anymore. Be calm and relaxed. You can help them to be nice to everyone else and tell them to be nice.
From,
Gabby (Cody)
Dear Not A Bully,
ReplyDeleteI think you should go to a teacher or adult and say, "There are two bullies in the class and the only one they are being nice to is me. Since I am friends with the bullies the other students think I am a bully too." Or, their parents that they are bullies and you told them to stop and they won't. They kept going and going and if they do not stop, maybe you could tell the principal.
From,
Gabby (Hunter)
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