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We have probably all seen teachers who would pick a student up by the scruff of the neck for saying __hit,_ but who would walk by without a word when overhearing that same student taunting a classmate, calling him a __ag._ It is often easier not to intervene _ even when there is a clear-cut victim. It__ out in the hall. It isn__ our business. It isn__ our problem.But our inactions, like our actions, define who we are and what are true values are.
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We have probably all seen teachers who would pick a student up by the scruff of the neck for saying __hit,_ but who would walk by without a word when overhearing that same student taunting a classmate, calling him a __ag._ It is often easier not to intervene _ even when there is a clear-cut victim. It__ out in the hall. It isn__ our business. It isn__ our problem.But our inactions, like our actions, define who we are and what are true values are.

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