October, 2003

Response to Literature

Essays by A-6 on a classic story of a bully

Tuesday of the Other June by James Hi my name is James and I'm going to tell you about a story called "Tuesday of the Other June." In the story a girl named June T. goes to swimming class every Tuesday. She meets a girl named June M. in swim class she is very mean to her. June begins to dread Tuesdays. I can relate to that my friend didn't like baseball practice because of a bully. He just ignored it and the bully stopped. In the story June T. does not go to school with her, but her mom gets a great deal on a apartment and so they move now June T. lives and goes to the same school as June M..June M. picks and hurts June T. every day at school now that they go to the same school I can't really state to that part of the story much. Towards the end June T. feels she has to do something about June M. so she stands up in the classroom with every one watching her and yells no no no no more to June M. June M. is very surprised and does nothing and June T. does not fear her any more. I've covered her swimming classes and where she moves and how she feels about it and how she dealt with the bullying. So hope you understand and how she felt. Bye! Tuesday of the Other June by Cory I can relate to "Tuesday of the Other June" in some ways. People have called me names before like the way June T. was called fish eyes. It didn't make me feel very good. I think a way to solve the problem of being called names is to ignore the person who's calling you names. If that doesn't work you should get an adult involved. I can relate to her being afraid when she's walking home from school because my grandma and grandpa own a condo in down town Portland and sometimes we walk to the grocery store. I feel like I have to be really brave because they're older. So sometimes I dread going to their house. The best way for me to solve this problem was to invite my cousin over and then we can walk together. I can relate to not wanting to tell your parents about a problem because you don't want them to get all excited and start making drastic measures when you think you can handle it on your own. If I get in this situation sometimes I tell my grandparents they just seem to listen better without getting all excited. I relate to "Tuesday of the Other June" in some ways. Tuesday of the Other June by Kasey I think bullying is a bad thing. Bullying is a common problem that kids face everyday. In the story I'm about to tell you about bullying is a big problem. The story is called "Tuesday of the Other June." It starts out with June, her mom April, (her grandmother's name is May). June's mom kinda needs to be taken care of herself. She just tells June to be kind, so June's mom doesn't help June at all, because of June's mom teaching June kinda doesn't know what to do. They live alone and they're happy, but then June starts swimming lessons. She meets another June, the other June bullies her. Then the good June moves, then to find out the other June lives on her own street. At June's school she sits by the other June and gets really mad at her. June gets bullied mentally, physically, and emotionally. The other June calls June names like Fish eyes, Buffalo Brain, and Turkey Nose. The other June pinches June, the other June pushes June into the water too. June gets really mad at the other June. But, June never tries to stand up for herself. So eventually June stands up to the mean June, and feels better about herself. I've been a bully to my brother before, and some times he's a bully to me also. We really can get to each other. By threatening each other's cat. One way we threaten each others cat is by saying we'd them throw over the fence (where our dog is, and she kinda goes crazy around our cats because, she wants to play with them) (even though we really wouldn't hurt them) and we also threaten each others stuff (but we really wouldn't). So I think that bullying is a cowardly thing to do it's just usually troubled kids who think that hurting someone else makes them feel better. So if you can try to be to them and make them feel loved then they might feel better and stop bullying you (maybe).So try not to bully and the world will be a better place.

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