Post by Hannah Fiveash
Response
Hey Gavin, I agree with your take on this! I think that the adult could have done better in this situation instead of not listening to the child.
Missed opportunity
The student that was doing the bullying clearly knew he was in the wrong, and took the opportunity to get away with it by shaking hands and leaving quickly. The student that was getting bullied was trying to express to the adult that it happens everyday no matter how hard he tries to get away from it. In this situation, the adult should've listened to the child and looked out for the bully in the following days to see if he was the one always instigating. Doing this could prevent further this bully from doing this to this particular or any other child in the school by cutting it off here.