Bullying is only taken seriously when it disrupts a lesson

Describe something you learned in high school.

Only once the teachers can’t ignore it, because it’s affecting them, do the bullys get more than being forced to apologise.

That was the experience I had, at least. All the teasing, the tormenting I received over my arachnophobia. Turning a common fear into an uncontrollable hysteria. They get told to apologise, I get told to ignore what they’re doing. That they’ll stop if I don’t react. Fantastic way to teach a kid not to ask for help.

But an incident which causes a major disruption to a lesson, that gets taken seriously. I wasn’t the only one to get hysterical at the size of that spider, but I was the only one to be mocked for it after. The perpetrator is punished by being moved to another form. Like removing the worst element will make a big change.

Right. Another lesson. Bullys learn, best way to avoid trouble, don’t get caught.