Silence: Compassion or Complicity? The Bystander’s Ethics
Words: 886 919The locker slammed three times before I looked up from my calculus notes. Across the hallway, two seniors had cornered Marcus from my chemistry lab, shoving his textbooks across the linoleum while a small crowd watched. My hand stayed frozen on my pen. Twenty seconds passed, maybe thirty, before a teacher rounded the corner and the group scattered. Marcus gathered his papers alone. I told myself I had an exam in an hour and needed to study, but the truth […]
