Driver says he did all he could during Florida school bus beating

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33. Something interesting to me:

I am the only female teacher my students have. The rest are all male, and all younger than I. I'm the gray-haired "old" lady.

I'm the teacher that never yells at them. Yet, I have the reputation of being the "strictest" and "toughest" in the building. ALSO the "fairest."

There's something about presence; about being calm confident, and strong, that registers.

It probably wouldn't register immediately in the middle of a high-adrenaline and high-testosterone event. I might take some blows.

I'm not THAT old, that I couldn't handle a few.

I think that it wouldn't take long for those 3, when attacking a grandmother who stands up to them, to back down.

I could at least hold them off the kid until help arrived, and then charge them with a double assault later.

Get behind me. I'll take care of you.