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THERE IS A kind of silence that follows bullying. It is not the ordinary quiet of a classroom after dismissal, nor the peaceful silence of a child lost in thought. It is heavier than that. It is the silence of someone who has learned, often too early, that speaking up may only invite more pain. For many students, bullying is rarely a one-time incident. It is a pattern that repeats itself in different forms—mockery in class, deliberate exclusion, whispered insults, cruel...