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 Upper Intermediate A- Citizenship Today

What would YOU do? (A story told from different points of view)

Fernández Ivern, Mariana

The victim

My name is Marco and I’m 12 years old. I am short and thin, my hair is red and I have a pale complexion. Because of this, I sometimes feel a bit unprotected and vulnerable. I used to be a lonely boy and I didn’t have any friends. Today I am going to tell you my story.

Since I started high school a group of older boys had been bullying me. Every afternoon when I was getting ready to go home on my bike, a group of four older boys came

and started to shout things at me like “Call 911, his head is on fire!” “Match-head!” and more insults. After that, the