Even if the student was fragile enough to ‘feel hurt’, it could have been handled differently.
The best thing would have been to get the Sub Teacher, the School Administrator and the student in question in a small private room. Let them talk about it. The student would have gotten more from that than acting as a Job-Assassin-Snitch.
The wrong tendencies are being cultivated.
I don’t see how this is best!
This still empowers the student & their “all important feelings”. It reinforces the fanciful notion “It’s all about me ! Me! My life! My feelings!”. This needs to be put to rest before they become more insufferable! The student ought to be told in no uncertain terms to “suck it up!”. Getting your feelings hurt is life! It will happen and in far more serious ways then what you just experienced. Get used to it! Grow up! Learn to ignore such things if you find them distasteful. The others didn’t! Self reflect on that awhile!