When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter.

"I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)


Blog Question:
What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)


Answer: I think Elliot is trying to say is that, they are bullying him for only one reason and that is that he is different. The Jock rots are picking on Elliot because of his way of life, looks and habits and belongings. The people who bully him find it funny and amusing but it is not and is clearly powerful and disturbing enough to change someone's life. Elliot says this through pages 91 to 93 about how he was bullied and when he fought back he was nearly killed by being thrown off a bridge...