How does the bullying effect ally

This theme actually, in a broadly interpreted way, incorporates Noah Webster as well. From Ally’s perspective, Webster is a jerk precisely because he’s a bully. The metaphorical bullying—just barely only metaphorical—of kids to adapt to an education system which seeks to punish them for their weaknesses rather than reward them for their strengths is juxtaposed with the more obvious physical abuse of Albert at the hands of bullies and the emotional and mental bullying of the rich girl clique led by Shay. The general recurring pattern of abuse that face kids whose ability to learn at their peak does not fit into the standardized routine—like dyslexia—is often not even seen as bullying, especially when it is being done by teachers in the pursuit of fitting all shapes of pegs into one narrowly defined square hole.