It is easy in retrospect to ask the question and I'm sure the girl asked herself the same thing many times.
But when faced with authority it is very easy for people to carry out tasks which they would never consider that they would normally do. Google the Milgram Experiment for example, this was with mature adults and yet they still performed the task against their better morals due to being asked to continue by an authority.
This was a 13 year old girl it is very easy to understand how she would have subdued to the school authority.
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It is easy in retrospect to ask the question and I'm sure the girl asked herself the same thing many times. But when faced with authority it is very easy for people to carry out tasks which they would never consider that they would normally do. Google the Milgram Experiment for example, this was with mature adults and yet they still performed the task against their better morals due to being asked to continue by an authority. This was a 13 year old girl it is very easy to understand how she would have subdued to the school authority.