* What is Brendan’s dilemma?* Have you ever seen an adult or friend do something you felt wasn’t right? What did you do? How did it make you feel?
* Do you think Brendan should try to talk to his Dad again about his lying at the movies?
* Who might Brendan have hurt by cheating on his quiz?
* Brendan’s Dad said it was okay to be dishonest if no one was hurt. Who do you think might have been hurt by his lying at the movie ticket office?
* Have you ever felt like doing (or have you actually done) the “wrong thing” because you felt like it was worth it? Do you still feel that it was worth it?
1. Brendan’s Dilemma is that he is bad at Math and having some trouble. But once on a test his problems had gotten way overboard, he cheated. So later he gets in trouble by his parents and some few days later Brendan and his family goes to the movies. Then when they were paying for the ticket, his father had lied saying that Brendan’s 16 year old brother was still a child(not to lose money.)Then Brendan gets into thinking that why would his father lie? And when he finally asked why his dad lied his father said that he would not understand. So Brendan’s dilemma right now is ‘why would my dad do that and what much different is it why cheating’?
2.Yes I once had a friend that I would not name, that would lie to anyone. From friends to family, teachers and other important people. I felt that this wasn’t quite right and made me feel uncomfortable. Even once she got so angry at this friend so later she would not talk to her and when she tells her to stay at someplace and cause she had a surprise and really run away. I finally asked why she did this and she said that she did not know. If she was angry at someone she would always stay angry unless they say sorry and really mean it. But she had moved so there are no more worries.
3. Yes I think Brendan should talk to his dad about it right away. He should tell his dad that what he is doing is wrong. And explain why. He should say,”Dad what you are doing is wrong. I think that what is bad because you are not telling the truth. Movie Theater’s workers are being payed to work but one day what if all the people don’t pay the right amount and the Movies run out of money? You should think about this dad.”
4. Brendan might have hurt the person he copied from. He might have hurt that person because he could have also gotten a bad grade while Brendan copied his test. I mean the boy could’ve gone to the restroom when Brendan copied the guy’s test. So the boy did not know and had gotten a bad grade for no reason. This is how I think that Brendan had hurt the boy that finished his test but was copied by Brendan.
5. I think the one that was hurt at the Movie Theaters was when Brendan’s dad had lied about Brendan’s brother’s age is the ticket seller. The ticket seller should have noticed the brother’s age and height but just let them go or didn’t know. She would’ve just NOT gotten an extra $2 or maybe even $4! But she still let them in the movies.
6. No there is nothing I did or want to do that involes any ” Badness”. So the answer for this question will not be very long.