The Terrible Things Responses by Kaitlin Gleason https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y Choose two of the questions below and respond to them after your reading of "The Terrible Things" by Eve Bunting en-us 2020-09-01 13:21:16 UTC 2025-01-13 18:24:04 UTC hello@padlet.com kgleason9 https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3285370952 2025-01-09 14:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3285370952 Maya https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289209331 We're lazy and don't want to deal with anything.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289209331 Calvehia https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289209943 To try and fit in with the surrounding culture.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289209943 Kennedy https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210499 #1 they try to agree with the bad things because they are too scared to make a change.


#2 we can tell by news or posts online. People make things known with things like fire for example and it can help others understand and get out of the soon to come situation.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210499 Aliyah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210528 because of trends.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210528 Maya https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210608 Everyone starts talking about it, people are arguing and freaking out.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210608 Kaylee https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210621 They try to save themselves the trouble and ignore the problems because they're not suffering and think that's the best way to not get in trouble themsleves.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289210621 cale https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211047 so then we dont have to deal with it and we can leave it for someone else

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211047 Calvehia https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211203 From history! History always repeats itself and it'll definitely happen in we don't do anything to try and stop it.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211203 Mark https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211343 The "terrible things" aren't clear, but who/what they affect are obvious.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211343 Kiera https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211856 Most historical disasters could of been prevented if everyone came together and solved the issue.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211856 Josie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211940 People try to find ways to agree with bad things that are happening, even if they know they are bad because they believe that if they stand up to them or make it personal to them, then it might happen or affect them.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289211940 Will https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212029 People dont want to feel like they are in the wrong

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212029 Kynslie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212147 Patterns and trends throughout our history.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212147 calvehia https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212245 Show that bad things happens if they are ignored for too long.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212245 cale https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212643 so then we dont have to deal with it and we can leave it for someone else

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289212643 Mark https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213023 If it becomes a big topic, or if many people start talking about it or bringing it up.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213023 Marely https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213040 They aren't experiencing it well enough to care how it would effect the future.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213040 Kennedi https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213239 Because they don't want to accept the fact that something bad is happening.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213239 Josie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213937 Ignorance only makes things worse

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289213937 Mars https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214169 So they can acknowledge it without acting

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214169 aliyah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214213 everyone talks about it

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214213 https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214265 History always repeats its self and we try to learn from it

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214265 Kynslie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214276 Because the bad things aren't happening to them so if it's not happening to them they think why worry about it.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214276 cale https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214423 anytime you get a feeling about somethng bad happening and or things arent going good

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214423 https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214555 society if it is a big deal

]]> 2025-01-13 17:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214555 Kiera https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214794 The bigger the problem gets the more likely the issue will affect you.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214794 Diego https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214926 Social Media, any video, or maybe just a speech about the things that are happening.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214926 Kaylee https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214931 This story can be seen as representing the Holocaust because the terrible things come in and judge based off of physical or just their personal opinions. Much like how the Nazi's go into the Jewish lives and decide to take everything they are away.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289214931 Kennedi https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289215104 Because everyone talks about it.

]]> 2025-01-13 17:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289215104 Mars https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289216367 prediction of past events

]]> 2025-01-13 17:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289216367 Marely https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289216877 the big boom in 1929

]]> 2025-01-13 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289216877 Marely https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289217631 terrible things are horrifying

]]> 2025-01-13 17:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289217631 Brooklynn https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274001 People follow trends or copy others.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274001 carter https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274101 because its not happening to them so they dont have to face those problems

]]> 2025-01-13 18:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274101 Norah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274142 The people who told everyone "Don't worry about it" or "you're overreacting" are affected by it.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274142 Campbell https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274392 They find ways to agree with bad things so that they don't have to address it or accept that it is happening.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274392 Kloie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274452 Because it is popular and they want to fit in.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274452 Alayah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274586 Because they want to fit in with other people

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274586 Saniyah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274598 People believe ignorance is bliss or "that's not my problem if it's not happening to me".

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274598 Ethan https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274625 maybe they don't think it is bad

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274625 Brooklynn https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274751 Feeling someone's energy or history.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274751 Ariana Hale https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274833 If the problem isn't affecting us then we as humans don't care. We continue going along with the bad and negative things as long as it isn't our issue. But as soon as it begins to affect us then we suddenly seem to care.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289274833 Kloie https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275378 Normally you can tell by what you are feeling or from what has happened in the past.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275378 carter https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275607 a small topic can start to get more and more traction and more people talk about it

]]> 2025-01-13 18:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275607 Edgar https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275845 People find ways to agree with bad things because it could be what the majority are doing and so as if not to stick out they just agree even if they may know it is wrong.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275845 Norah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275884 to not seem "crazy" or "dramatic" and try to fit in with the majority

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289275884 Campbell https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276019 You can tell something bad is coming our way through the patterns that have already popped up throughout history and also the spread of the idea when it becomes a larger topic that everyone is talking about.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276019 riley https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276030 I think that people try to "fit in" with the people surrounding them. So if the people around them are speaking badly about a topic and they know its bad but they wont speak up around it even though it's the right thing to do, they agree with the other person not because they agree but because they are afraid to speak up about what's right.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276030 Alayah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276167 From the past because history can repeat itsself

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276167 Amehr https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276182 to try to fit in with everyone else

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276182 amina https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276200 people want to fit into trends and

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276200 Jaylah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276651 Because they want to fit in, and want other people to like them.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276651 Leila https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276740 We don't consider the effects because we aren't experiencing them ourselves. People are lazy and ignorant, we all think someone else will fix the issue, resulting in nothing being done because nobody wants to take accountability. At the same time, we are generally desensitized to what goes around us, which is detrimental.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289276740 Madeline https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277104 This story serves as an allegory for the Holocaust. The terrible things first came for anything with feathers everyone expect the birds plainly stated we don't have feathers. When only the birds were left they tried to fly away but were caught anyways. This is supposed to represent how the Nazis came and targeted Jewish citizens and how German citizens turned a blind eye to the violence and prejudice.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277104 Ethan https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277483 because you probably did something bad and they know about it or just something is off

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277483 taylor https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277505 everyone starts to talk about it or some people have a weird feeling knowing that something is going to happen

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277505 Jaylah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277641 Because some people have a gut feeling

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277641 Ariana Hale https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277716 This story is metaphoric for how ignorant we are as humans. We ignore problems until they eventually affect us. We thin that bad things can't happen to us until they soon become our own issues.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277716 amina https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277786 the topic trends on social media and people speak more about it publicly

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277786 Riley https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277942 History repeats itself.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289277942 Bella https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278079 Because of deliberate ignorance, or the ostrich effect. They do this to protect their own feelings and would rather stay ignorant, ignoring the bad. People also like to copy others on social media to not be seen as a bad person, even though they're just declaring their own personal opinion against something that is most likely a horrible thing, just to protect themselves.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278079 Amehr https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278121 By hints or little problems that lead to a major one

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278121 Leila https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278128 When the topic comes up, it is taken to the media. We know when we start seeing patterns of awful things happening, in society wise we are being effected slowly.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278128 Amelia https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278151 People are stubborn and refuse to change, if they know that something is wrong but that's what they have grown up with or surrounded themselves with then they will not put in the work to fix it.

]]> 2025-01-13 18:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278151 Edgar https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278308 We can tell something terrible is coming based on the actions before hand maybe someone who has beliefs that maybe shouldn't be approved is put in a high standing position or even you yelled at your parents and hear them coming to

]]> 2025-01-13 18:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278308 Madeline https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278469 Inaction will always end in a bad way

]]> 2025-01-13 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278469 taylor https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278474 that bad things happen even in you ignore them

]]> 2025-01-13 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289278474 Saniyah https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289279097 History repeats itself so we already have the answers and how to fix it but make no plan to do so. Also, social media is now a platform to inform the people of what is secretly happening, for example when we found out that aliens were real (we already knew they were real because of the gossip on social media but the government didn't reveal it until something drastic happened to us aka the pandemic).

]]> 2025-01-13 18:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgleason9/3xss23i82154ag9y/wish/3289279097