Q3- Jordan Hall: Hero or Scapegoat?

 We all know football star and scholar, Jordan Hall, to be a determined well-rounded student. In some cases, Jordan would be seen as the "hero," but unfortunately there are also times when Jordan is seen as a "scapegoat." What is a scapegoat? Well, a scapegoat is a person, or group, that is basically used to place blame upon when they need some cheering up. They are also used as "punching bags" at times, but we won't get into that. Jordan Hall is the victim of being a scapegoat. Now, I'm not saying that he is a "punching bag" literally, but he does take quite a bit of verbal and emotional abuse. For example, Jordan attends Alden High School and gets attacked pretty much every single day.The first offender is Mr. Rob Currin. Mr. Currin has said before that Jordan is definitely his scapegoat. This basically proves the fact that Jordan is a scapegoat because Mr. Currin is kind of a big deal and wouldn't lie... Anyways, another person who picks on Jordan on a regular basis is Julie Fetzer. These attacks could be justified since Jordan implied that she was fat a couple times. However, why should Jordan be penalized because of an implied comment? Well, this next person believes so and comments on why he called Julie Fetzer fat since she is extremely skinny. Jordan sees Mrs. Gramza during advisement the majority of the block, but sees her in the hallways all the time. This is where the majority of the verbal abuse comes from. Mostly quick comments about Jordan, but they do seem to effect him because he came to one of our classes crying. Anyways another person who attacks Jordan is Mr. Wild. Mr. Wild mostly makes comments about an incident that occurred to my parked car on Prom night, but we won't get into that. Mike Steffan is also someone who attacks Jordan verbally. For instance he makes fun of his voice, his laugh, and his "perfect" demeanor. Jordan seems to giggle this off, but sometimes he just can't shake the attacks. I have to say, I'm one of the worst offenders on attacking Jordan. I really do abuse him on quite a bit of things, but I honestly feel bad at times. The point of this blog was supposed to reveal the difference of Jordan's character as a hero and a scapegoat. I believe I've proven that Jordan truly is a hero because he takes all this criticism and still comes to school even though he has to face these attacks all over again and again. I'm not going to stop emotionally abusing Jordan... ever... but I hope this blog helps him realize that it's all in good fun, he's a really good friend, and that he may appear as a scapegoat, but he's also a hero!.... You're welcome Jordan.