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I was arguing that focusing on how to get out of the situation is better than putting other kids in hospital. I still think that. I see the strength of giving kids better skills to be resilient to the bullying, though.
As for the ability to focus on studying - I dunno, I managed it, but that's just my personal experience. It wasn't much fun, admittedly.
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So a grown threatened you with violence if you ever used violence against someone your own size?
Channelling your anger into anything that isn't self destructive is pretty hard when you're a child. I know I didn't manage. How do you channel anger into your studies when you cannot concentrate at school because you're watching your back all the time? (And when you're just not very good academically)
I'm going to totally Godwin this conversation now by saying that if meeting violence with more violence didn't solve anything then we'd all be speaking German now.