“Bullies are cowards”
You better believe they are......back in the dark ages, I being of smaller stature found that usually one direct punch to the solar plexus, in front of a group if possible, usually put a stop to that shit.
In front of a group of other kids for two reasons:
1. It embarrasses the hell out of the bully and probably some of his buddies witness it...ever notice bullies always need backup?
2. The other kids carry news of the incident all over school....that pretty much ensures other would be bullies think twice.
It only took a couple of altercations and I never had any more problems with thst jackassery.
This! I got bullied by a bigger kid some 55 years ago in grade school. The bigger kid stabbed me in the arm with a pencil for answering too many jeopardy questions before he did. I connected with a big swing and was never bullied again. My classmates never said squat to the teacher..