She didn't expect that reaction

Same.. got bullied by people years younger, shorter and cockier than me in final year of high school because they knew that if i retaliated in any way i was just letting them win.. also teacher refused to believe that a 6foot 5 200lb giant would get bullied by a 5 foot 2 110lb kid, until they went from tripping, abusive texts/socuial media stuff and name calling to actual life threatening violence.. one of them must have had a shitty day because one moment in was walking to get lunch and the next i was in the headmasters office an hour later explaing why i had just fractured 3 ribs and knocked out the younger guy.

From CCTV and people who were there.. the guy had looped the straps of his schoolbag around my neck and tripped me at the same time.. and i had gotten up and haymakered him in the chest sending him 5ft backwards.. and then i collapsed.

I had a bruised larynx (spelling?) and was very lucky it wasnt crushed.. a head wound and no memory of putting a kid in the hospital for a week. Needless to say i was never bullied by them ever again and very lucky i was under 18 and wasn't arrested.

I genuinely feel bad for the guy.. his life must have been crushingly horrible that bullying someone older and less-stable than him was his way out.. and that instead of dealing with whatever shit he was doing.. he thought that choking me out so he could write over my face in perm marker and destroy my school work was a good idea. (as that was the plan all along) He didnt count on the guy not fighting back wasnt because he was weak, but because he knew what damage he could do both to himself and others. My life would have been over if I wasn't barely conscious..