Singled Out In School Research

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Sometimes in life a student will be singled out for many reasons. They also will be targeted for positive reasons or negative reasons. In my school you have three people that are targeted the most. “The lame”, “The Gangster”, which is O.D. Rock, and “The Clown” who goes by K.P.
These three people are targeted by everyone in the school teachers and all. The lame which goes by Nick is targeted by the kids in a negative way. Nick is a skinny white boy who wears ripped jeans and a collar shirt every day. The kids at the school show him no love. Every time he in the bathroom he always come out with either a ripped up shirt or empty pockets. Nick gets beat up almost every day and teased about how he dresses. The teachers target him in a positive

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