He’d reached the teacher’s office by now. And as he was standing in front of the door, he kept hoping the teacher would be inside the office.
The teacher could have left to go teach a classroom, he hopes that wouldn’t be the case. He entered the office, glanced straight at where the teacher’s desk was situated, and he sighted him.
His heart gladdened immediately the moment he sighted him as a smile appeared on his face, then he began walking toward him…
It didn’t take long for him to reach where the teacher was sitting, as he was standing in front of him right now. After a few seconds of standing in front of him, the teacher glanced at him and was like,
“Dylan, what are you doing here?”.
Of course, the teacher knew Dylan. There was no way the teacher wouldn’t know him, considering the fact that Dylan found him best fit to report to out of all the teachers in the academy.
Since the teacher had thrown this particular question to him, Dylan didn’t see any need to beat around the bush. He decided he was going to go straight to the point, so he voiced out…
“I’m here to report acts of bullying”.
That statement grabbed the attention of other teachers in the office, most of them couldn’t help but to glance at Dylan. The teacher he was making the report to just fixed his gaze on him, he couldn’t take his gaze off him.
After glancing at him for a few seconds without a single word flowing out of his mouth, the teacher uttered,
“Can you repeat what you just said?”.
“I said I’m here to report acts of bullying”. Dylan’s voice resounded again.
A surprised expression appeared on the teacher’s face the moment Dylan said that, even the other teachers glancing at Dylan also had surprised expressions on their faces.
Why were they surprised? Because of the statement, ‘Acts of bullying’. They didn’t expect that bullying could be taking place in this academy.
But in order to fully understand what Dylan was talking about, the teacher decided to ask him another question to confirm if the acts of bullying he was talking about were taking place in this academy.
“Can you elaborate? Are the acts of bullying you’re talking about taking place in this academy?”.
“Yes, they are”. Dylan responded.
“Among who?”.
“Amongst students”.
The surprised expression on the teachers’ faces increased the moment they heard Dylan’s response. So bullying had been taking place among students in this academy, and they weren’t aware? They were fucking surprised.
“Are you sure about what you’re saying?”. A certain male teacher in the office inquired of Dylan with that surprised expression still plastered on his face.
“I’m a hundred percent sure”. Dylan answered.
With the look on Dylan’s face, the teachers could tell he was serious about what he was saying. They were still so surprised, bullying had been taking place amongst students in this academy, and none of them were aware.
..At that moment, some of them had started considering themselves as failures.
Not as complete failures, but failures as teachers. This huge negative thing had been taking place in this academy, and none of them were aware. Some were ashamed of themselves.
After about a minute of silence, murmurings started resounding across the office. Yes, teachers started conversing among themselves concerning the report that was made.
After a few more seconds of murmurings resounding across the office, Dylan stated,
“This has been going on for a long time now. I should have reported this earlier on, but I thought there were going to be some changes. I didn’t see the change I was expecting, and that’s why I’m here now”.
“So, it has been going on for a long time, and none of us had a single idea. Great”. A certain male teacher in the office voiced out.
The teacher Dylan made the report to seemed to be thinking, it was clear thoughts were running through his mind here and there…
What could he possibly be thinking about? Of course, he was thinking about the report that was just made by Dylan. He was thinking about the best course of action to take to handle the situation.
He decided to throw another question at Dylan just to confirm something else, so he glanced at him before asking,
“Do you know some of the students involved in this bullying thing? I’m talking about the ones causing the distress”.
“Yes, I know a good number of them”. Dylan responded.
“Were you ever a victim of their bullying?”. The teacher threw another question at Dylan.
“Yes, to an extent, because I allowed it. But I was never a full victim to their bullying, but someone really close to me was and is a full victim to their bullying. This person had suffered greatly in their hands”.
The person he was referring to here was Ryan, but he didn’t want to mention his name. He didn’t know if it was a right thing to mention his name.
They didn’t need to know who he was talking about? What was important was for them to get punished for their wrongdoing. That was Dylan’s mindset.
“Who is that person? The person really close to you that had suffered greatly in their hands?”. The teacher inquired of Dylan again.
He was asking because he wanted to know. Now that the teacher had thrown this question at him, Dylan was wondering whether to tell him who he was referring to.
He was wondering whether Ryan would be okay with the fact that he told them. After wondering for a few more seconds, he decided to tell them.
Yes, the teacher he was standing in front of threw a question at him…and he was going to give answer to the question.
He didn’t see anything wrong in telling the teacher it was Ryan he was referring to, at least, he came here to report in general. They hearing that Ryan was part of their victims would most likely make them intensify the punishment of the bullies when it gets to the time to punish them.
So they had the mind to be bullying the son of Warren? One of the mighty men in this kingdom?…
“The person I was referring to was Ryan. Yes, he had suffered greatly in their hands”. Dylan uttered.
Shocked and surprised expressions appeared on the faces of the teachers the moment those words were done flowing out of Dylan’s mouth.
Silence ensued for a few seconds after those words were done flowing out of Dylan’s mouth, then one of the female teachers in the office voiced out,
“Is it the Ryan we are aware of? The son of Warren?”.
“Yes, he’s the one”. Dylan responded.
“What were they thinking bullying the son of Warren? Weren’t they making use of their brains at all?”. One of the male teachers in the office stated.
“Bullies don’t make use of their brains in most situations when it concerns bullying. All they want to do is cause distress to people’s lives, all they want to do is bully people,
All they want to do is satisfy that hunger in them to bully people not minding who the people are or what positions they hold in most cases”. Another male teacher in the office voiced out.
Most teachers in the office couldn’t help but nod their heads to the man’s statement, he’d just spoken a complete fact.
“All the students involved in this bullying thing would all get punished, there’s no escape for them. The fact that they’d been doing this for a long time without our knowledge is just so surprising”. The teacher Dylan was standing in front of voiced out.
He focused his gaze on Dylan after the passing of a few seconds before voicing out once again,
“Are you sure you’re aware of some of the students involved in this bullying thing?”.
“Yes, I am, I’m aware of a good number of them”. Dylan responded still standing in front of the teacher and glancing directly at him.
“Okay, that’s good”.
“Should we report this to the head teacher?”. One of the female teachers in the office stated.
“Yes, we have to, this is a serious issue, we can’t keep it from the head teacher. She’d most likely be the one to decide how they’d be punished”. One of the male teachers in the office uttered.
The other teachers nodded their heads in agreement to what the teacher said, reporting it to the head teacher was a must.
“Thanks for reporting this to us”. The teacher Dylan was standing in front of said to him.
“It’s nothing, should have done so a long time ago”. Dylan stated.