J: 8-year old

Teacher: J, please seat with David over there.
J: But why teacher? He's naughty and bullies people all the time!
Teacher: Because you are a good and quiet girl, and he can learn to be good from you.
*In J's mind: But he might bully me! And why put me with bad company?
J: But teacher!--
Teacher: No buts! sit there as i tell you to.
J: (walks reluctantly to her new seat) Yes teacher.

Everyday, he bullies her and makes fun of her. Spitting at her was his favorite joke. Even when she was bullied during lessons, the teachers seemed blind to it. And being quiet, she didn't know how to speak up and just tolerated. As time when by, her only "friend" was the bully who sat beside her.
Soon, she dreaded going to school. But her parents only chided her for being disobedient when she begged to return home. Also, they only cared about her grades and since they weren't good, she would be punished & caned , therefore she didn't talk about other "unimportant" things. Crying all the time, she was soon known as the class crybaby.
But who really understood? Who even asked?
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Please use an adult's positive influence on a bully instead. Grades aren't everything and observe beneath the child's surface behaviour. Don't assume.