Tenth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 10)

In chapter 10, Darell goes to the dance and awaits Amberlynn's arrival. Jamee came toward him and started to speak to him. She tells him that Amberlynn felt really bad for what she said about to Tyray. Soon Amberlynn arrived and Darell asked her if she would like to dance. They began apologizing for things that have been done and said. He then started to feel nervous, told Amberlynn that he was going to talk to his friend and that he would be right back. Before he was able to get to his friend, he felt somebody grab him. It was Tyray's friend, Rodney. Darell knew that as long as Rodney was around, then Tyray would be as well. Darell started to feel waves of terror crawling within his body. Soon Tyray showed himself and pushed Darell into the school bathroom. "How much money did your momma give you tonight?" Tyray asked. Darell told him he didn't have any money on him. Tyray knew that he was lying, and asked him again. Darell reached into his pocket and gave him the little bit of change that he had. After that, Tyray and his friends tossed Darell into the huge trashcan, and left the bathroom. Darell struggled to get himself out of the trash can, tears starting to overwhelm his eyes. Darell hated the people in the school even more..

Personal Thoughts: It's sad to know that he was thrown into a dumpster. I can understand why he hated the people in the school for treating him like this.
This will also be my last post for this book. However, if you enjoyed these post, then please check out the book and read it. I guarantee that you will love it!

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Ninth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 9)

Chapter 9 starts off by telling the reader that for three weeks Darell didn't talk to anybody. He stayed away from everybody, especially Amberlynn. He didn't want to embarrass her again. He met up with another girl in the school later that day, named Jamee, one of Amberlynn's friends. Jamee tells Darell that Amberlynn actually likes him, but was afraid that Tyray would pick on her if he found out. She told him to that there was a dance that was coming up at school, and that Amberlynn would love it if he came. Later that week, Darell also had his first wrestling match. Darell had difficulties with his opponent and even came close to beat his opponent, but he still lost by two points.

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Eighth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 8)

I am now on the eighth chapter and Darell is now thinking about joining the wrestling club. He thinks that wrestling will help him and make him look tough. Later in the school day, Darell went to talk to the wrestling coach to sign up. He did push-ups, sit-ups, ran laps, and everything else that he thought would make him stronger. At the end of the chapter, Darell is talking to Amberlynn in the classroom, and then Tyray walks in. "Hey, Amberlynn. You got a new boyfriend? Are you sweatin' that midget from Philadelphia?" Tyray asked with a sneer as he pointed to Darell. Amberlynn started to get embarrased and fought back with Tyray with an angry tone. "He's not my boyfriend!" shouted Amberlynn. "I don't even like him!" screamed Amberlynn again. Embarrassed and angry emotions forced Darell to leave the class, while fighting back his tears. I won't look at Amberlynn ever again, he thought.

Personal thoughts:  It's sad to see him going through this much pain, or any student for that matter. It's a shame that "good" students come to school to actually learn, and then have all of these of other students who try to act all high and mighty, and think that they're actually above the other students. It's truly a shame.

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Seventh Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 7)

When talking to his teacher, his teacher asked if Darell was doing alright on school. Darell lied, and said that he was, because didn't want to involve teachers because he knew that it would make things even worse. So the teacher pulled out a book, and told him that it may help him become mentally stronger. He looked at the book titled Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Chapter 7 just tells about Darell trying to figure out reading a book would help his problem with Tyray, but he decided to try to read it anyway.

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Sixth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 6)

In Chapter 6, Darell returned home trying to figure out how he would deal with Tyray, but he had no idea at all what to do. The day after, he went to school and met a new friend, Harold. While running another lap in gym class, Darell got picked on, and then tripped by Tyray. To make it worse, after gym class, Tyray stole Darell's clothes so Darell had to wear clothes from the lost and found bin. Later that day, Tyray came back for more. This time he wanted more money from Darell. Darell told him that he didn't much money, so Tyray told him to meet up with him in a few days and give him the money. Sadly, later that week, Darell met him gave him the money. Darell was fed up with being so defenseless, and so he finally decided to go and talk to a teacher of his, Mr. Mitchell about this issue.

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Fifth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 5)

In Chapter 5, Darell starts his PE class. His PE teacher, Mr. Dooling made him stand up in front of the class to introduce him. As soon as Darell stood up he received negative comments that he did not want. One kid said "Man, that boy looks like he should join the wrestling team. He could be the practice dummy." Other kids started to chuckle at the comment. Mr. Dooling announced an assignment for the class. The assignment was to jog at your own pace, loop around the track four times, and run back inside. After the school day was over, he did have Amberlynn approach him and talk to him, which was a good feeling for him. When he got home, one of Uncle Jason's kids were crying. It was Nate, the younger brother of Travis. Nate was crying because Travis broke his toy car. Since Travis was bigger and older than Nate, he thought he could do whatever he wanted to. Darell knew exactly what Nate was feeling.

Soon Darell ran to the supermarket to get some oranges, and while returning back home, he ran into Tyray and his gang. The gang started to push Darell around, and then Tyray asked him if he had any money on him. Darell replied by told Tyray that he had just spent his money on the oranges. Tyray entered his pocket, took out a knife, and stabbed the bag, letting the oranges escape from the bag. Darell tried frantically to pick up the oranges quickly, but Tyray and his "boys" started to stomp on the oranges before he was able to pick them up. "Next time you better have cash for me, hear? Tomorrow morning, I'll be waiting right in front of the supermarket. You better be there," Tyray replied before leaving.

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Personal Thoughts: As explained in my last post, I still understand the predicament that Darell is in, but giving away your mother's hard earned money to somebody like Tyray, is going above the limit. I would have had to draw the line there.

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Fourth Post: Bluford High, The Bully by Paul Langan (Chapter 4)

Chapter 4 was mainly about Darell waking up, hesitating about going to school because he knew he would have to see Tyray. His first class was English, which also had Tyray in it, and it was worse because Tyray chose to sit behind Darell. Tyray started bullying Darell every minute the teacher turned his back. Finally, the teacher noticed the actions Tyray was creating and moved him to the front of the class. Nobody that he would like to make friends with, wanted to make friends with him. Even at lunch, Darell sat at an empty table, alone..

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Personal Thoughts: I understand what Darell is going through with Tyray. Years back, I also had many bullies try and pick on me. I never really said much to them because I knew my parents sent me to school for one thing only, and that was to learn. However, sometimes I wonder if ignoring them was actually the best thing to do. I have had many people tell me things about bullies, and one of those lessons were that bullies only pick on people because something is going on in their life, and bullying is their way to make themselves feel better. Even with that lesson shoved into my head, I still cannot shake the feeling that I should have done more about the situation, but I knew that I couldn't afford to let myself enrage with anger, fading into such childish actions.

Chapter 4

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