Middle schools can be rumor mills where improbable stories and outright lies are passed on from one student to another until a lie is acepted as truth and fiction as fact. This program challenges young people to assess information and take what they hear with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Lily is jealous of the attention Chloe's paintings are getting. After Chole throws up in the bathroom, Lily fosters the rumor that Chloe has bulimia. When Chloe confronts Lily, rumors fly that they had a fight in the girl's bathroom. Both end up in the principal's office.
Justin spreads a rumor that Mike, the new student at school, had to leave his old school to start over after being arrested. Only Chloe takes the time to find out that mike was never arrested.
Chloe presents an oral report to her health class on the damaging effects of spreading half-truths and out-an-out lies.
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