To Tell Or Not To Tell?

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Imagine if someone you know was planning to harm him or herself or others. Would you do something about it or just watch? Some people don’t know whether to do something or just watch it happen. Although some teenagers from the article “To Tell or Not to Tell?” by Mary Kate Frank have argued that you should not report seeing or hearing anything concerning because you will be called a snitch, closer examination shows that telling someone about something concerning could help save a life.
In the portion about a boy planning to shoot up the school, Matthew Garrett spoke up about a boy planning to shoot up the school. If Matthew wouldn’t have spoke up many people would probably be dead. Matthew knew that people would probably be dead.
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