Brittany and Kayla's response to Stephanie

Brittany and Kayla both have similar views about telling on a friend. We both feel that it depends on the situation if we should or should not tell on a friend. For example, if you're telling on a friend to help them or because you're afraid about their health then it's OK for you to tell, but if you're telling on your friend because she stole a piece of bubble gum or something silly like that then it's kind of pointless. If you tell on a friend you're not a bad person, just concerned.
We both had similar stories about a friend who was hurting them self and we told about the situation because we were concerned about their health. With Brittany, she told a teacher at school and Kayla told a church leader. We both were worried about our friends and wanted to make sure that they were OK, not just so they would be around for us, but so that they could continue to live their lives.
Both of our characters have been judged. Kayla's character has been judged by his father and Brittany's character hasn't been judged specifically but there has been a general judgment on his community. In Brittany's book everyone that lives in the ghetto is sometimes considered ignorant. In Kayla's book, her character's father judged him because his father was really good at math and other things and he wasn't. The main character instead wanted to live in the wilderness and do other things and the father would judge him, call him stupid, and embarass him in front of the family. The outcome from Kayla's book would be that her main character did what he wanted to do and he became very successful despite what he'd been through and was a honor student in college and made lots of money. Brittany's characters both showed the world through their interviews that not all young people in the hood are ingnorant and that they were very smart. She's sure that her characters have made lots of money through the publishing of this book Our America.