While I applaud the idea of walking up to someone you feel is lonely. What makes someone feel that they can judge if someone is lonely ??? What qualifications make someone lonely ??? Loneliness is in the idea of the beholder. How does that make that person feel ??? If I already feel left out and now everyone in the school feels the need to walk up to me to make me feel included I may feel worse. Now everyone knows I’m that poor, lonely alienated kid who is “dangerous”. How is that truly helping ?? Unless this will be an everyday event let’s not point kids out who “don’t have friends”. Maybe they do have friends outside of the school. Maybe they aren’t interested in the people in their class. Maybe they prefer to eat lunch alone. Pointing them out to the entire school will not help them if they are in a bad place. This may be the one thing that pushes them right over the edge. Not every kid that is a loner is a dangerous, depressed kid. Some like the solitude and need it to function. Let’s look at the big picture and realize one day of kids inviting children they wouldn’t normally speak to into their circle may be the worse idea ever. In the end it could alienate a child on the edge even further. If you are going to walk up, how about it be something you do daily without having a light shined on it and getting publicity. Inclusion is important but temporary inclusion can be more hurtful than being left out.