Giving in and doing their homework is not “solving” a problem.
So I have a question, this is a real life scenario that I was a part of.
If you were dating/“going with” a girl and you are walking in the hall of your HS and her ex spots the both of you holding hands. Now, a key piece of information here is she broke up with him and started to “go with” you. He walks up with a few of his boys and looks at the two of you and says to you “you can have her, she is not a whole woman anyways”. She had cancer and had to have a total hysterectomy last year.
What would you do?
And yes, this actually happened, and sadly the cancer returned and she eventually passed in 2000.
There is no one size fits all solution. What worked for you won’t necessarily work for others.
I too was verbally bullied. Being a peaceful nerd, I put up with it for most of my high school years. That lasted until my senior year. With one particular bully, he liked to get right up in my face. Again, I simply stood my ground and took it.
One day he made the mistake of touching me. I freaked out and slammed him against an outside wall. Needless to say, he didn’t bother me again.