We have probably all seen teachers who would pick a student up by the scruff of the neck for saying ‘Shit, ’ but who would walk by without a word when overhearing that same student taunting a classmate, calling him a ‘fag.’ It is often easier not to intervene – even when there is a clear-cut victim. It’s out in the hall. It isn’t our business. It isn’t our problem. But our inactions, like our actions, define who we are and what are true values are. Richard H. Eyster
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