Bullied to a better life
The topic sentences of seven paragraphs have been removed. Can you find the right gap for them?
a) The bullies were still picking on me in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. I would see them in the halls. b) I started a project called Strive for 85, since 85 is the magic number of pounds that I lost. c) By sixth grade, even though I was hardly being bullied, I started to get sick for real. d) I was in third grade and my parents said I was a cute kid with a great personality who loved to laugh. e) If you are being bullied, get help. You don’ t have to deal with this alone. f) The better I felt, the harder I worked. By the time I got to seventh grade I lost 85 pounds! g) I didn’ t tell my mom and dad why I didn’ t want to go to school anymore, so instead I would fake being sick all the time.
___( 1)__ The problem was that I was overweight, and that year the bullying began. A couple of kids at school started picking on me. Before school, after school, at recess, on the bus.“ Fatty, Tubbo, Jelly Roll” were names I was called every day. They would throw stuff at me too. I was so scared I wouldn’ t ride the bus and my mom had to take me to school. Even when I got to school I would scream and cry, begging my mom not to leave me there.
___( 2)___ I just wanted to stay at home where I was safe. My parents talked to my teacher, my principal, and a school counsellor. They finally found out I was being bullied and
I got to switch to a new class with an awesome teacher, Mrs. Willhoite. There were not any bullies in her class and she would let me bring my lunch to her room and eat with her so I didn’ t have to go to recess and be around those mean kids from my old class.
__( 3)__ They’ d be there at recesses. But I had finally been truthful and asked for help. My mom and dad worked with the school to make sure I was in good classes and protected as much as possible. Would the bullying have been so bad if I had asked for help in the very beginning? I don’ t know, but I do know that once my parents found out they got me help. And once I got help, I didn’ t have to deal with the bullies by myself.
__( 4)__ I weighed 206 pounds by the time I was eleven. I had solved the bullying problem, but now I had to take care of my health. I started drinking water instead of soda, eating fruits and veggies instead of chips and candy. I even put down my Xbox controller and went outside. I got active and started getting healthier. I lost some weight and felt great. I lost some more it was awesome! The harder I worked, the more I lost.
__( 5)___ My friends hardly recognized me. The bullies didn’ t even think I was the same kid and left
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