[Chrysalis]

Anonymouse is correct, bullying has to be dealt with early and by the person been bullied. If a teacher sees a person smacking someone who knows its because they been bullied they shouldnt jump in and treat the bully as the victim but instead explain to the parents they had it coming.

If someone is been bullied by a group I think at that stage it is too late and the bullying has matured, and might be better to change schools. hitting the ringleader may work but I would guess it would result in a group of kids beating the victim up.

Bullying always starts with one person picking someone out and the longer it goes on for others then start to join in and the victim then has a reputation and becomes a easy target