When I ran into my first bully in junior high school (who tried to kill me with a baseball bat), I managed to hold my own long enough for someone else to get the bat away from her, and then the gym teacher showed up to stop the fight.
I was suspended for three days, although I was attacked. I think I was given the same punishment as the bully because the school was afraid her family would come shoot up the joint. (They were notorious for gratuitous violence.) I wasn't punished --- in fact, my mamma actually came up to the school to defend me.
Bullies haven't changed ... they've just intimidated the school board administration ...
So sadly true. I'm glad our kids are out of school now, and we don't have to deal with that carp anymore.