To Tell Or Not To Tell Analysis

Sometimes you hear about a student at your school threatening to bring to a gun to school but they usually don’t. Well, at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, it happened, but it was much worse than bringing a gun to school. Matthew, a 16 year old student at that school, heard a boy repeating that he was going to start shooting people at the school. Then Matthew told the police what he knew and the police arrested three students that were going to shoot people at the school. But what if he didn't tell? There has been many mass shootings over the years and if Matthew wouldn’t have told, then Cedar Crest High School would of been just another school. Although some readers of “To Tell or Not to Tell” by author Mary Kate Frank have argued that people shouldn’t tell because of snitching or getting in trouble, closer examination shows that if you tell that you can stop a school shooting or somebody killing themselves.

It is better to tell an adult if you are being bullied or if you know about a school shooting even if you look like …show more content…
Well, at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, it happened, but it was much worse than bringing a gun to school. Matthew, a 16 year old student at that school, heard a boy repeating that he was going to start shooting people at the school. Then Matthew told the police what he knew and the police arrested three students that were going to shoot people at the school. But what if he didn't tell? There has been many mass shootings over the years and if Matthew wouldn’t have told, then Cedar Crest High School would of been just another school. Although some readers of “To Tell or Not to Tell” by author Mary Kate Frank have argued that people shouldn’t tell because of snitching or getting in trouble, closer examination shows that if you tell that you can stop a school shooting or somebody killing