Summary: To Tell Or Not To Tell By Mary Kate Frank

In summer of 2012 some teenagers were at a party. During the party one of them drank too much and passed out. His friends started debating whether or not to get help as the minutes ticked away. Eventually, he was rushed to the hospital, but it was already too late. He died two days later. The teenagers involved were too scared that they and their friend would get in trouble and it cost them their friend’s life. Although there are some teenagers in “To Tell or Not to Tell”, by Mary Kate Frank arguing that telling on friends hurts friendships, closer examination shows that telling adults could save lives. Take Natalia Szurawski for example: Her friend confided in her and told her that she didn’t want to live anymore. Natalia immediately told