Kepping quiet-The Revealers

Novel connection. When Richie punches Russell in the face, his mother wants to call the principal, however, Russell wants to keep quiet about the whole incident. Russell’s mom’s response was, “I’m not doing nothing. If one adult did this to another, he be in jail. Why should it be different for kids?” (p. 45)


Blog Question: Should kids solve their own problems or should adults/parents get involved? Explain.

I think kids should solve their own problems when they can handle there on situation say for example: if a person was calling me names, it wouldn't be a serious problem and I could handle it, but for example say someone was bringing a fight and it was going on continuously then I would consult an adult or a teacher or my parents, then just try and fight back because I might get injured badly.