Parrot in the oven takes place somewhere by the Sahara Desert. It doesn’t really tell us where exactly. The beginning of the book takes place during the summer. This setting is different from where we live because they live in a hot climate. They probably don’t get as cold during the day as we do in the winter. It takes place in the 1990’s. As said in paragraph one on page one, ” That summer my brother, Bernardo, or “Nardo,” as we call him, flipped through more jobs than a thumb through a deck of cards.”

Manny is the main character in Parrot in the Oven. His dad influences him to think that he is not as good as others. His brother influences him to think that he is not good enough for his jobs. The problem that he faces is he is trying to change himself so his dad will like him more. This impacts Manny because his dad abuses him because his dad doesn’t like him for who he is.

It all started when she got bullied. She didn’t know what to do or how to react. She couldn’t tell anyone because she was afraid she was going to get in trouble. Bullying is a topic that everyone knows about. Most people have been bullied before and they want to help stop that from happening. Blackhawk Middle School is really serious about bullying. They have an assembly about it every year, and they always encourage people who are getting bullied to come down to the office and tell them so they can stop whatever is happening to you or someone else you know of who is getting bullied.

One 8th grader wants to help stop bulling at Blackhawk Middle School. She said “I want to help stop bulling because I have gotten bullied before and I know how it feels.” She wants to get a group of people who have been bullied before and try to help stop this from happening to kids her age. She wants to give these pins away, and whoever has them, they have been bullied before and want to help stop bulling. Soon she is hoping that almost every student has one and helps stop bulling at other schools too.

Cyberbullying is one type of bulling that a lot people have gone through. It includes the bully making fun of them by texting them, posting things online about them, and the bully chatting with his or her friends making fun of the person who is getting bullied. Cyberbullying is serious because it is online and it goes viral and everyone can see it.  One part of cyberbullying is posting embarrassing pictures of the person who is getting bullied on the internet or on social media. With cyberbullying it could always backfire on the bully. They could always get an embarrassing picture posted of them. One former Blackhawk student expresses how she feels about bullying and tells how she got bullied. ” I got cyberbullied in 7th grade by a few 8th graders. They posted embarrassing pictures of me and put me in their group chat just so I could see what bad things they said about me.”

Physical bullying is another type of bullying. Physical bullying includes physically hitting someone, taking their personal things. Some examples of physical bullying are stealing, shoving, hitting, fighting, and ruining someone’s personal belongings. Another former Blackhawk student tells how she got physically bullied, ” When I was in 7th grade some 7th grade girls physically pushed me into lockers and took my things and starting running away with it. I got bullied because I was short for how old I was. They used to call me ugly and short. It really hurt my feelings.”

Another type of bullying in schools is verbal bullying. Verbal bullying is when the bully calls you names right to your face. Some examples of verbal bullying are insults, teasing, name calling, and threats. The victim might not react right away to this type of bullying, but later their grades and relationships may suffer. One student that is going to Blackhawk right now expresses how he got verbally bullied in 6th grade. ” I got verbally bullied last year in 6th grade by two boys that were bigger and taller than me. They used to threaten to hurt me and they would call me bad names. I was so scared of them, but now I don’t care what people say and I am my own person.”

The last type of bullying is social bullying. Social bullying is leaving people out and making rumors about them. Some examples of social bullying are spreading rumors about another person, purposely leaving someone out of something, and embarrassing a person in public. Something that also falls in the social bullying category is a person encouraging them to avoid a certain person or group. A 6th grader at Blackhawk wants to tell her story of when she got socially bullied. ” When I got bullied I was in 5th grade and this group of girls were saying I had to pick between my best friends or them and they were going to post embarrassing things about me if I didn’t pick them. They also embarrassed me in front of the whole school by yelling things about me in the hallway. I have gone through bullying before, and if you are going through it, try to stop it from happening.”

These stories show that bullying is serious and you should not bully people. Just because you got bullied doesn’t mean you should bully other people.  If you have gotten bullied before you need to help stop it not make it worse by picking on other people. Bullying is serious because it can lead to suicide, bad grades, or worse. Let’s all help stop bullying and we won’t have as many grades dropping and people suffering.

Bullying is a topic that everyone knows about. Most people have been bullied before and they want to help stop that from happening. Blackhawk Middle School is really serious about bullying. They have always had an assembly about it and they always want to help stop it. They always encourage people who are getting bullied to always come to the office and tell them so they can stop whatever is happening to you or someone else you know of who is getting bullied.

One 8th grader wants to help stop bulling at Blackhawk Middle School. She said “I want to help stop bulling because I have gotten bullied before and I know how it feels. This is a topic that everyone knows about and wants to help stop.” She wants to get a group of people who have been bullied before and try to help stop this from happening to kids her age. She wants to give these pins away, and whoever has them, they have been bullied before and want to help stop bulling. Soon she is hoping that almost every student has one and helps stop bulling at other schools too.

Cyberbullying is one type of bulling that a lot people have gone through. It includes the bully making fun of them by texting them, posting things online about them, and the bully chatting with his or her friends making fun of the person who is getting bullied. Cyberbullying is serious because it is online and it goes viral and everyone can see it.  One part of cyberbullying is posting embarrassing pictures of the person who is getting bullied on the internet or on social media. With cyberbullying it could always backfire on the bully. They could always get an embarrassing picture posted of them. One former Blackhawk student expresses how she feels about bullying and tells how she got bullied. ” I got cyberbullied in 7th grade by a few 8th graders. They posted embarrassing pictures of me and put me in their group chat just so I could see what bad things they said about me.”

Physical bullying is another type of bullying. Physical bullying includes physically hitting someone, taking their personal things. Some examples of physical bullying are stealing, shoving, hitting, fighting, and ruining someone’s personal belongings. Another former Blackhawk student tells how she got physically bullied, ” When I was in 7th grade some 7th grade girls physically pushed me into lockers and took my things and starting running away with it. I got bullied because I was short for how old I was. They used to call me ugly and short. It really hurt my feelings back then.”

Another type of bullying in schools is verbal bullying. Verbal bullying is when the bully calls you names right to your face. Some examples of verbal bullying are insults, teasing, name calling, and threats. The victim might not react right away to this type of bullying, but later their grades and relationships may suffer. One student that is going to Blackhawk right now expresses how he got verbally bullied in 6th grade. ” I got verbally bullied last year in 6th grade by two boys that were bigger and taller than me. They used to threaten to hurt me and they would call me bad names. I was so scared of them, but now I don’t care what people say and I am my own person.”

The last type of bullying is social bullying. Social bullying is leaving people out and making rumors about them. Some examples of social bullying are spreading rumors about another person, purposely leaving someone out of something, and embarrassing a person in public. Something that also falls in the social bullying category is a person encouraging them to avoid a certain person or group. A 6th grader at Blackhawk wants to tell her story of when she got socially bullied. ” When I got bullied I was in 5th grade and this group of girls were saying I had to pick my best friend or them. They also embarrassed me in front of the whole school by yelling things about me in the hallway. I have gone through bullying before, and if you are going through it, try to stop it from happening.” Bullying is something that mostly everyone has gone through. If you have gone through being bullied, let’s all try to help stop it.

Last year a travel volleyball team was playing in a tournament in the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club gym. It was about half way through the eight hours that they play, and they were starting to get tired because they were getting hungry. They had lost all of their other games except one, and that put them in a good mood. Now all of the volleyball teams are eating and taking a break. Once everyone is done eating, the Decatur Force team is refereeing another teams game.

Now it is their game time, and they look ready to play. They are playing against one of the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club teams, and those teams are pretty good. These teams ages range from 12 to 13 and the teams look pretty even warming up. The first serve goes to…. the Decatur Force team! First serve is Kiana. She just got 5 points in a row serving. After a while the score is 15 to 14 and the Decatur Force team is winning. Now it is Katie’s turn to serve. She also gets 5 in a row.

After Katie serves and the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club team serves, the score is now 21 to 23 and the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club is winning. It is now Alyvia’s turn to serve. She gets one point, now two! Now the score is 23 to 23! Is the Decatur Force team going to come back with a win? Let’s find out. It is now Maddie’s turn to serve, and she serves it out. It is now game point for the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club team. they serve it, Alyvia passes it up, Maddie sets it up to middle, and Kiana slams it down. Now the score is 24 to 24! This is the closest game I have seen in a while! This is all up to Alyvia. Let’s see what happens. The whole Decatur team looks nervous, especially Alyvia. Here it goes. She serves it right in the middle of the court and no one touches it! They only need one more point to win! Here goes the serve, and they pass it up but the setter cant get there in time! The Decatur Force team is now screaming and jumping up and down! The Decatur Force team is now the winner and they look very happy.