In the novel "Bad Boy", Walter Dean Myers is a bully. Do you think people that are bully's are bully's from when they are younger or does something happen to them that causes them to be a bully? Give at least three examples that support your answer, with at least one of your answers supported with an example from the book.
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Quevon Spriggs
8/24/2012 07:52:13 am
HEY MR SMITH.! YOU MAY THINK I AM WEIRD FOR THIS BUT YOU HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS SINCE THE FIRST DAY.! I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I MISS BEING IN YOUR CLASS AND GETTING EASY WORK.!!!!!!!! HIGH SCHOOL IS HARRRRDDDD.!!!
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Nicolas Newton
8/24/2012 09:31:50 am
I don't think Walter is a bully because he hang out with other mean boys and he gets in trouble for following up with the bad guys. He always got in trouble for getting in trouble by the teacher from doing something he wasn't supposed to do. he wasn't a bully every since he was growing up.
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Kaylee Shuman
8/25/2012 02:47:37 am
In the book " Bad Boy" Walter is a bully. I think he is a bully to fit in. As we have found out in reality he likes to read and write poetry. I believe he feels if he is a bully the kids will like him and not pick on him about his speech impediment. Also if he is a bully the kids will fear him instead of feel they can mess with him. It gives him a sense of power. To not be the weakest piece of the link.
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Destiny nease
8/25/2012 07:04:23 am
In the book "bad boy" Walter is a bully.He feels he needs to fit in so he starts to bully other people. he picks on people to try and make sure other people don't pick on him. He likes to read and write poetry. If the other kids are afraid of him than they wont pick on him as much.
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Precious Collins
8/26/2012 02:53:43 am
I think that Walter Dean myers Bullied people because,when he was younger he was adopted so maybe he didnt know how to act at the time . He tried to bully people so he could hangout with the popular kids and fit in .He wants everybody attention , because he feels invisible.
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Grace Liebl
8/26/2012 03:42:58 am
I think Walter was a bully because that is how he grew up. He grew up around people who thought it was cool to bully. He probably was a bully because he wanted attention. Since he was addopted, he probably didnt fit in so he thought he would bully people.
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Jaylen Wallace
8/26/2012 05:38:54 am
I think that bullies begin bullying after something bad has happened in their life. For example Walter Dean Myers had somewhat of a rough childhood. His dad gave him up for adoption is one of the things that made his life rough. Another thing is that he was picked on about his speech impediment. I think that's what caused him to bully people. He took the anger that he had from the other kids picking on him about his speech and used it to bully other kids.
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Simone Jackson
8/26/2012 05:41:18 am
Bullying people is an acquired defense mechanism that some people use to cover up their imperfections. In the case of Myers, this isn't entirely true but does ring true in some situations. Sometimes him and his friends just get crazy ideas that must have made sense to them at some point. For example, they decide to lynch Richard Aisles, but they didn't truly understand the seriousness of their actions. He is also known as a bully around school. The reason being is because Myers doesn't hesitate when it comes to fighting especially when it comes down to his speech impediment.Myers is also considered a bully because he has been bullied before. Sometimes when a kid is bullied they tend to retaliate and become the bully. This might be a result of his experience with Manuel Bonilla who teased and bullied him about his speech.To tell the truth, I don't believe that Myers is a bully at heart, but he was molded into one due to past events in his life.
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John Fort
8/27/2012 05:27:07 am
I think that bullies begin bullying after something bad has happened in their life.For example Walter Dean Myers had a bad childhood, and grew up around people who thought it was cool to bully. He always got in trouble by the teacher for doing something he wasn't supposed to do.
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John Fort
8/27/2012 05:35:07 am
He tried to hurt Bunny.
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Breanna Mullins
8/27/2012 07:34:56 am
I do believe that something or someone did bully them when they were younger and when they got older and saw that they could be the one that bullies the kids that are younger then them. A few reasons why i think this is because when someone or something does something to you that you don't like or that u did not want them to do you some times want to know why they liked to do it, how it felt. You also want to be the one that can see how they felt and why they did the things they did to you.
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Dustin Briglin
8/27/2012 07:46:30 am
I think bullies are bullies to hide there pain and emotion that they feel. Most of the time bullies have troubles at home like they have abusive parents or they have parents that argue. In the book he doesn't have troubles at home but he is trying to cover up the pain of being made fun of about his speech.
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cody ellis
8/29/2012 10:52:48 am
I think bully's do what they do cause something happened in there life. That he or she is afraid to say. So he or she thinks the only way to get read of the pain is to take it out on someone else. There is many things that could happen for them to be bullies Ex. abusive parents. That isn't the only thing that could happen for them to be a bully. There is a lot more. In the book he got picked on at school, but not at home.
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Dalton Mincey
8/27/2012 08:43:54 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter is a bully. I think he does this because he wants to fit in. He also doesnt have very much in his life to be proud of, so he always is mean to people to make himself feel big not small, even though he is 6 ft. Walter als likes to read, which is very uncool in his school life. I think he is a bully to people so even though he reads he looks cooler.
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Evan Lastinger
8/27/2012 09:56:44 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter Dean Myers is a bully. Myers is a bully because he didn't have a great childhood. His real dad wasn't even in the picture. He didn't really no wrong from right. I think he eventualy learned to change, not to be such a bully to people. Bullying is not cool, and if you are being bullied don't listen to what they say. Then, you should go and tell the teacher.
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Chris Mathers
8/27/2012 10:26:46 am
Walter Dean Myers was a bully becausehe was adopted. He didnt have a great childhood. Walter dosent rven have a dad. Walter doesnt know to be good. As time went by he learned to be nice to people. If someone is bullying you dont keep letting him/her bully you tell an adult.
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angel harris
8/27/2012 10:32:26 am
In the book "Bad Boy" I think Walter is a bully because in his life he has grown up around kids who bully other kids and I guess he thinks it's cool but doesn't realize how he is affecting the other person.In one particular chapter I noticed he was picked on more because of how he spoke and the way he read,he was so bad even the tearcher smirked a little.He just wants to fit in with his friends and not be an outcast even though thats what he wants to be.The reason I think he doesn't go his own way is because he is afraid of what people will think.It doesn't matter what people will make of you it's what you make of you.(If that makes any sense.)
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Ben Jackson
8/28/2012 05:32:01 am
I think that bullies are bullies because other people pick on that person or because they always have to put someone down to make themselves feel better. One example is that Walter bullies people because he is bullied in class about his speech impediment. Another example is when he accidently spills glue on himself and a kid laughs at him. He then takes a hand full from his own lap and throw it on the kid.
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Leeanne Donlon
8/28/2012 06:27:55 am
Walter Dean Myers is a bully because of the simple fact that he does not want to be bullied himself. The reason for that is that he has a speech impediment and he does not want people to make fun of him and look down upon him. Also, he lives in Harlem and Harlem is a place where you have to be pretty brutle to live nicely because he is African- American. His life is pretty good exempt that his whole life he has been getting in trouble left and right. His speech impediment does not help the situation at all. He loves reading and poetry, writing poetry as well. Walter is a good kid but he just needed alittle push to get him on the right track.
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Wesley Fulcher
8/28/2012 06:54:27 am
Some people that are bullies are bullies because they get picked on every day and so they take it out on somebody else, like in bad boy when Walter beats up a kid becaus he was laphing. Some bullies beat up people because they think it makes them look cool. Some bullies do it just to get attention.
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Morgan Kate
8/28/2012 07:54:57 am
I believe bullies start bullying after something happens to him/her. Walter I believe started bullying because he was bullied for the way he talked. Bullies are really nothing to worry about they are there to break you down and make you feel bad. Bullies try to make people dislike you doing he said she said and all that.
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jeremy hicklen
8/28/2012 08:35:24 am
I think in the book bad boy Walter is a bully becausehe wants to fit in with people. He doesn't like to be bully so thats one reason that he bullys people.if you live in halem people try to bully people more because there in a big city.like when he tryed to hang a boy . but he will do good if you push him he will do what you say.
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Harley Brown
8/28/2012 09:32:36 am
I believe that a bully bullies someone because something happened to them that caused them to be a bully. Bullying someone is never a good thing and the bully could have suffered trauma that causes them to bully people. A bully can be bullying someone because they had to suffer through pain or trauma like if they were bullied in the past, and don't know how to deal with their pain, they take it out on others.
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Phillip Knight
8/28/2012 09:53:07 am
Bullies, they are exactly what they are told to be. They pick on and put down other people. The big question is what happened to make them bullies. Some people say that they start when they are young and others say something happens to make them bullies. Well I say that something happens to the person but in some cases it happens when they are young.
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Hannah Smoak
8/28/2012 10:49:18 am
I disagree that bullies become bullies by people bullying them when they were younger. I think that you choose your own actions , and that we should know right from wrong. For example, all the times that Walter has threw books at people is not because someone put a gob to his head and forced him to, he chose to. Another example is that no one made him get into so many fights. What I am basically saying is that no one is forcing you to do anything you are old enough to make your own decisions.
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peyton boyd
8/28/2012 10:21:57 pm
i think people are bullys cause of something bad happens to them.They want to take it out on other people. He is a bully cause of other people picking on him. He also gets picked on his speech.He is picked on alot in his life cause of his speech.
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Nick Bingham
8/29/2012 02:47:58 am
walter is a bully because he doesnt want to be bullied. he doesnt want to be bullied about reading and writing poems. people bully other because they might have been bullied when they were youneger. some people migh bully others because they think they are the best and dont want others to be better than them. some bullies bully other for fun. they have nothing to do but make fun of other to make them selfs better that they are.
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Hunter Holloway
8/29/2012 03:34:00 am
I think Walter does not mean to bully people. he just hangs around the wrong people every time. i mean he could get caught by the law and halud off to jail. example from the book is he was hanging around the wrong people like usual, they got on a bus and drove it up one of them car holders. then the police pulled up the other ones got away but walter ran right in the arms of a cop. so they took him home, the parents was very mad but sence he had that surgey they did not beat him.
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Ravian Johnson
8/29/2012 05:01:40 am
I disagree that bllies become bulies beacuse of them getting bullied. Even though that might be the case, we know right from wrong. I think that we all choose our own actions. No one is making you do that. No one is living on the inside of you except you. Or maybe, he has been feeling some kind of way inside of himself, and he has continued to tell no one about he is feeling.
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Chris Teaster
8/29/2012 06:32:53 am
In the book "BAD BOY" Walter Dean Myers tell's us about he him getting bulled by other people, bully's are usually like this when they are younger. If a parent leaves him or get's a divores they will have anger aganist everyone, Walter never new his parents that well(so he had anger aganist most people). People usually hate everyone if they get bullyed by someone in school. Or by any chance they could have been in jail, they could have communited a crime.
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Logan Hill
8/29/2012 06:48:03 am
A bully is a person who hurts other people. A bully bullies others because it makes them feel better about themselves. They might also do it to see your reaction. They may even do it over their jelousy. Their are all kinds of reasons to bully.
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Elijah McCann-Bell
8/29/2012 06:55:46 am
I think that Walter Dean Myers is a bully because he doesn't want to be bullied or, he tellin people that he's nothing to play. An example is when Walter hit this boy because when it was Walter's turn to read in his class he tried to show off. So when he read, he read & then everyone started laughin. Then this boy got Walter's face & said " dabba dabba dabba " he was basically making fun of his language. So Walter hit him & got sent to the office. From Walter doing this doesn't mean that he is a bad person it just mean has anger & more than likely needs to get some counseling. But Walter is a bully, but at the same time he is because people be bullying him.
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Blaze Burns
8/29/2012 07:00:22 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter Dean Myers is a bully because he didnt have a good childhood. A bully is usually someone who has had a rough life or someone who just thinks there cool because they can put someone else down. A bully is usually a bully when he is young. Once someone is a bully in there young ages and realize they dont have any friends bacause of it and that its not making them a better person in life by doing so. Most bullies end up in a retenerary or prison because they end up going to far. No one likes someone who bullies them.
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Hannah Mills
8/29/2012 07:55:33 am
I disagree with bullies being bullies because of things done when they were younger. I thinkthey ave control over there bodies. They do what they want not what others do. They put people down because they feel hurt inside for other reasons. Walter is a bully. For example, He chose to slap that boy in his face in the book "Bad Boy"! Bullies ar mean and should not ever tell someone to act as they do.
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Sarah Freeman
8/29/2012 08:52:11 am
In the book Bad Boy, Walter, is, a bully. Bullies are bullies because of what they went through when they were younger or maybe even now. Maybe their parents didn't pay that much attention to them, so they are tring to get some now. Or, they were bullied when they were younger, and so now their bulling other people.
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Parker Dasher
8/29/2012 09:39:11 am
What is a bully? I think a bully is someone who feels good when they hurt someones feelings. I think bully's take there anger out on other people ,and they feel good about it. A bully would pick on someone and start fights. Thats what I think a bully is.
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8/29/2012 10:32:12 am
In the book"Bad boy" Walter Dean Myers isn't exactly a bully. I think he just doesn't know better because he's a kid.And maybe he doesn't know that what he is doing is bad.Also because he's probably having problems at home.But I don't think he's a bully.
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Paige Giles
8/29/2012 10:35:38 am
I think that bullies weren't always the way they are. I believe that people who choose to bully have learned from someone. I think they have been influenced by people and try to impress them by bullying and thinking it's "cool". I also think that maybe the people who are now bullies have once been bullied in their life so they build up anger and take it out on other people. In Bad Boy, I think Walter is a bully because of where he grew up from. I think Harlem was a bad influence on him and that he learned from what other people around his are did. I also think that him being different played a big part in it too.
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Lorena Moreno
8/29/2012 11:08:14 am
I think that bullies begin bullying after something bad has happened in their life. For Example Walter Dean Myers had a bad childhood. Walter's dad gave him up for adoption this is one of the things that made his life rough. Another thing is that he was picked on about his speech impediment. He would read aloud and the children would laugh at him ,and he didnt know why.
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McKenzie Ansel
8/29/2012 12:01:48 pm
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter Dean Myers is a bully. I think people become bullies,because maybe something has happened to them or they are going through a tough time at home. For Example Walter Dean Myers had a rough upbringing. His parents are divorced and he hadnt met his dad until he was a teen. Another example was maybe someone at our school was having tough times and being bullied but the bully was also having tough times. His/Her parents were getting divorced. Another example was if someone was being cyberbullied. The cyberbully was only doing it to take the attention away from his/herself. Those were some reasons I think bullying happens.
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Blake Richardson
8/30/2012 02:32:58 am
I think walter is a bully because of his father.In the book he realy doesnt really mention his father.And I know devorce can change someone. He does crazy stuff like throw books and yell and kick the teacher because of this I think.
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Jamie Brazell
8/30/2012 06:10:16 am
i think walter was a bully beacause he did not get attion by his family. Like in the book it said that his mom and dad were all ways busy so he caused fights and other stuf to get attion. Also his dad was not really there for him to like go out side and play with him.
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Dasha Roberson
8/30/2012 06:43:57 am
Yes, i do think that people become bullies becuse they have been bullyed or becuse of there past. Why? Do i think that becuse most people dont bully people for the heck of if. Why do i think walter dean myres was a bully? One becuse his uncle has died . Two he has speech problems and talks funny and gets made fun of for it.Three he never gets alot of attoien form his mom or dad becuse they work and he has to go to school every Monday - Friday. Four his friends are bullys.Five maybe he deos it becuse he has low self etxtme and he pick on people to make is self feel better.Example if if i was haveing a bad day and i decide that i was going go tell my sister kristin your ugly that would be bull even cyber bullying is a big oone these days.
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Makayla Williams
8/30/2012 06:58:52 am
I think Walter Dean Myers from "Bad Boy" is a bully. The reason is because he was made front of his speech. To me I think everyone who bully"s other people have problems at home. Also maybe because they had a bad childhood or to deflect attention off of themselves.
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Marci Delcampo
8/30/2012 07:06:54 am
Bullies. No one likes them. They are mean and they hurt people both mentally and physically. In 'Bad Boy" Walter is presented as a bully. I think the reason he is a bully in the book is because he doesn't want to be picked on for liking literature and for heaving a speech impedement. Also I think he bullies because he wants to fit in with the cool kids.
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Cody Phillips
8/30/2012 07:19:22 am
Bullies really get on my nerves! I mean they might pick on someone because of there childhood but thats gives no right in my opinion to pick on someone ecspcially someone they dont even know! Another reason could be that they want to look cool in front of their friends, but they dont. Lastly they have probably been bullied so now they want to bully someone which makes no sense because they know how it feels so WHY would you do it? That my theroy and opinion.
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Jordan Burnsed
8/30/2012 07:42:04 am
I think that some bullies are made in different ways. I don't consider Walter a "bully", but if I did I'd think it would be naturally. Walter, most of the time, is not behaving correctly because of how people bully him. To me, throughout the story, he usually is only acting in a bad way because he is being teased because if an issue about him. For example, he hit a boy because he was teasing him about his speech impediment. Although, this doesn't justify the time where he was trying to pretend to kick his teacher and accidentally did. I believe that was caused from him trying to "show-off" in front of other students.
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Taylor Biggers ((:
8/30/2012 07:55:55 am
Some bullies just bully bc it's natural to them. Others, had something to happen to them to make them be that way. I think for Walter something happened to him. The reasons I think this is bc people always pick on him bc of his speech, he doesn't have any friends, and all the other kids kinda made an impression that it was okay to bully. It's not okay for him to bully the other kids, but technically it is the other kids fault bc they were being mean to him first. So, yeah and all the older kids were telling him to go beat other kids up with them. I do think that something happened to him. So yeah for some it comes naturally and others something happens to them.
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Jared Holland
8/30/2012 08:20:28 am
I think Walter is a bully. He might be a bully because he was spoiled when he was little. He tried to beat up people in school. He liked to read and write poetry. Maybe that could be why kids picked on him so he bullied them. He also had a speach immpediment and kids picked in him for that. He probably bullied and beat up kids for that.
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~Alexis Anderson. (:
8/30/2012 09:11:35 am
I do believe that something or someone did bully them when they were younger and when they got older and saw that they could be the one that bullies the kids that are younger then them.I also believe Walter was a bully because he wanted to fit in with all the other popular kids, And that if he didn't pick on them they would all pick on him. I also think he picked on smaller kids because of how they pick on him as he was going threw his speech impediment as a younger child.
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Alyssa Brinson
8/30/2012 09:37:22 am
I think a person is a bully because of what happend to them when they were a child. They pick on people because they want to show other people what it is like to be bullied. Walter Dean Myers and his friend bulled a kid. They hung somebody in a church basement and the preacher caught them. Walter and friend his were probably bullied when they were younger. People at my school have laughed at people because they have fake shoes. That is bullying.
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CadeZipperer
8/30/2012 10:02:11 am
yes i think that in the past something could of happened to him to triger this phase he was bullied by a kid in the third grade and he was proable got a thrill when he bullied people what it is like to be bullied. Walter Dean Myers and his friend bulled a kid. They hung somebody and in the end a bullie is just a know it all and a mean person.
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Abby Freyermuth
8/30/2012 10:30:27 am
I believe that he is a bully. He made fun of people he didn't even know. They could have serious problems. They might not have a home. You got to watch what you say to people. It sticks with them forever.
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Whitney Ricardo
8/30/2012 10:37:18 am
There are many bullies around the world. You may think it's because they are just mean people, but it can be because of things that have happened in their pasts. They could have been bullied when they were younger, and they could just be taking their hurt and pain put on people who seem less dominant or who they know won't fight back. In all actuality, all they need is a friend that will support them.
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Ryan Nance
8/30/2012 11:34:04 am
I believe that bullies are bullies from something people did to them early in the bully's lives. He might not bully the people who bullied him, but the nagativity that they showed him may reflect on the way he treats others. This may be the cause of his bullying.
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jordan robinson
8/30/2012 11:38:36 am
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Randy Nance
8/30/2012 11:55:34 am
To be a bully, somebody will pick on someone to make them feel bad. I think that in most cases of bullying the bully had been bullied before. You don't just become a bully unless you really are that heartless. Even with Walter Dean Myers, he was made fun of for his speech, and bullied the kids kinda as punishment. However, he wasn't really a bully, he was an average kid that liked to read and write. See, when someone makes you feel small, the only way you can think of to bring yourself back up is to prove them wrong. This is where most kids become bullies, they go around making other people feel bad, and then they feel better about themselves being bullied earlier. Most of the time people don't just become bullies, they're made.
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Anna Snooks
8/30/2012 12:42:44 pm
I believe that people are bullies because of something that has happened in their past. They could be angry about something that has happened to them in the past and they are taking their anger out on other people. They think that if they were treated that way, then they can treat others in that way.
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malik wallace
8/30/2012 10:10:33 pm
I think people could become bully's when they get bullied for a long period of time. people could become bully's to make themselves feel good. also people could become bully's to look cool.
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brantley emanuel
8/30/2012 10:17:21 pm
In the book bad boy is a bully. the reason i think bully is a bully is because maybe sometime in there earlier life either they were bullied. or something happened back when they were a child and there taking all the anger out on other people. for example bad boy shows that he was making fun of other children while at school. maybe its just to get attention.
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bryce young
8/30/2012 10:22:46 pm
i think bulys are bullys when something bad hapens in there lives like in the book bad boys he gets made fun of for his speech so he makes fun of other kids he also has some home trubles so that is acause to
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Christopher Stefan
8/30/2012 10:27:57 pm
Bullies are not very nice poeple. i think that a bully becomes a bully whenSomething happens in there child hood that changes. Like a bully bullying that person.Like when that kid was always like dabba dabba dabba.
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Cody Hilbert
8/31/2012 03:36:53 am
I dont think Myers is really a bully. Its just that some people mess with him that what makes Myers blow up. When that kid kept missing with him when he was trying to read in front of the class. Thats what made Myers want to fight. So no I do not think Myers is a bully. He is a very nice kid he just does bad things. He hangs around some bad boys that might make him bully kids.
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Cole Fulcher
8/31/2012 05:22:44 am
I believe most bullies are bullies because they have either had a bad experience and are trying to feel better, or they are trying to feel superior. For example, My brother was being bullied by a person, whom he soon felt sorry for as he had have his mom die. I wont mention his name, but I feel sorry for him too.
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cody yates
8/31/2012 05:30:26 am
i think they bully to make thier self look better what does not make them better . they also do it to be cool that is the reason that walter bullied.
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Chandler Young
8/31/2012 05:39:03 am
Well, I think that people some people that bully that is in the present time now it probably came from the effect from when they where younger.Because some humans may have been abused or either picked on . May have caused an effect on them now .
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Chevy Griner
9/3/2012 01:02:53 am
Walter Dean Myers is a bully because he is quite a big kid so that is probally why he is somewhat of a bully. Another reason is since he is adopted. When he was younger the older kids would pick on him. Although being bully is really mean I couldn't blame it on him for being like that. It is mostly the other kids fault for that to happen.
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Monique Overstreet
9/3/2012 03:20:53 am
I think bullies bully people because of what happened to them when they were younger. Like Walter bullied people because they picked him how he talks.Plus his chilhood was rough.He tries to get attention.His stepmom yells at him too much and he wants to takes his anger out on people.
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Martha Paramo
9/3/2012 05:04:44 am
I think that bullies aren't born bullies. They become bullies because of something that happened in their life. That something could be divorced parents, bad grades, low self esteem, etc.
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Shannon Merritt
9/4/2012 03:26:58 am
I don't think bullies were born bullies. Everyone was born good, No human being was born mean and Crusial to others. So i think the bullies in the story became bullies over time in their life. Then they started to pick and mess with students like Myers.
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Todd Beam
9/6/2012 09:53:21 am
I think bullies are bullies because of something that has happen to them in the past. They could have had something done to them when they were younger that made them scared. So, they want revenge from all the things from the past. They just think that, if they bully people, then they would not remember what had happen in the past.
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Emily Roberts
9/8/2012 01:17:13 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter is a bully. I think he is a bully to fit in. As we have found out in reality he likes to read and write poetry. I believe he feels if he is a bully the kids will like him and not pick on him about his speech impediment. Also if he is a bully the kids will fear him instead of feel they can mess with him. It gives him a sense of power. To not be the weakest piece of the link.
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David Oliver Covington
9/11/2012 10:54:26 am
I think bullying is something that is different for everyone who does it. There is not necessarily a huge pool of reasons why people bully, as i'm sure bullying can be fairly easy to classify, but you never really know everyone's situation. A lot of times bullying starts with something that happened in that individuals life. I don't think people just walk up to someone and say," Hey, your'e stupid, i'm gonna beat you up!" for no reason, although, some people are like that.
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Derion Anderson
9/17/2012 10:29:48 am
i dont really think he is a bad person.he just likes to hurt people and thats just him. he is probably trying to show off for his friends.he is a hood kid from Harlem. he isnt the only kid that is bad. the book makes him seem like the badest thing out, but he is actualy a avarage kid in Harlem.
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Chelsea McEwen
9/18/2012 10:35:36 am
In the book "Bad Boy" Walter is a bully. I think he does this because he wants to fit in with all the other kids. He always is mean to people to make himself feel big not small. Walter also likes to read and that isnt really cool to anybody. I think he is a bully to people so even though he reads he looks cooler.
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