Perhaps you have seen the following situation in the national news or witnessed it at your local school: A bully is consistently beating on a fellow student. The student has told the school faculty about the situation. The bully is politely told to stop, but he does not. Finally, when the faculty is unable or unwilling to put a stop to it, the person being bullied retaliates. A teacher witnesses the situation and the student that was being harassed is suspended.
The schools tell the kids, "Under no circumstances are you to retaliate. Just walk away and notify a teacher." Well, kids are doing this and nothing happens. What do you expect the kids to do? Just let it keep happening until one day they can't walk away like, Sawyer Rosenstein?
Let's put a school official in a hypothetical situation. Let's say I punch them in the face until I get bored with it. Afterwards, they call the police and inform them of what I've done. They politely tell me no to do it again. I agree. This happens 3 more times. Are they just going to continue letting me hit them in the face? I don't think so. Once they realize the police are unwilling or unable to do anything about me, then they will decided to do something about it.
These school officials are putting unreal expectations on kids who are being bullied.
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