Originally Posted by 22B
Originally Posted by bluemagic
I find that teachers & administrators like to believe the stories from the "bullies" in these situations because they are often very good at lying/pulling the wool over the adults.
It's often not really the case that they believe the stories from the bullies, but rather that they choose to play along with them.
That is probably a better way to put it. It's since these kids seem to be playing by the rules, and tell the adults what they want to hear.