Reflection

I started out with an on demand piece, which meant to just find a topic and then try to write about it. I chose friendship problems because I said something that was mean to black people. (I obviously didn’t mean to!) Then, Rhea got mad at me. So, I ended up writing about friendship problems. After that, I decided that I liked the topic so, I said that I wanted to do friendship Problems, but Ms. Rago said NO. I asked, why? Ms. Rago said, because your topic is WAY TOO BIG. You need to narrow your topic down. So, I tried to narrow it down but I didn’t really know how. That was because she was going to teach us how to. I really struggled on that part of the process. Then I started to write. When I was done writing, I had a teacher check over it. Then I was done!

My Essay on Friendship Problems:

Friendship Problems

Did you know that 45% of adults have problems making friends? Did you know that 70% of people find that making friends isn’t easy? It’s time we make solutions to friendship problems!

Well, I believe that we should have a solution to friendship problems because bullying can cause friends to break up while also causing enemies. 

One reason is that a bully can easily either cyberbully, or spread rumors. One example is that starting rumors can be bad because it may lead to suicide, someone taking their own life. Another example is that cyberbullying and rumors can hurt a lot of people’s feelings, especially the person itself. One last example is that the person can think people are talking behind their backs.

Another reason is that bullies usually pick on 1 person at a time but sometimes friends bully each other too. One example is that friends trust each other and when that breaks, it’s really devastating. This is all terrible, but there is a way to stop it by standing up for one another. If it’s 1 against 2 I think 2 people can beat someone who just picks on people. If you want to be nice about it then you can just kindly say to stop or you can find a grownup to help if it is a bigger situation than you can’t handle. Another example is when secrets friends tell get exposed, which can be really embarrassing.  

Bullying also prevents you from having fun during recess. One example is that if you’re walking around during recess and people are talking about bad things about you, then nobody will play with you because they might either think your a bad friend or think you’re weird. You also may be fighting with friends all recess. One last example is that you may be upset for the rest of the day and may take up class time.

All these reasons show that we should have solutions to friendship problems.

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