Eventually all the students suggested that I should have punished or said something because they couldn't decipher what I felt when I remained silent and I said I couldn't because that's not part of me.

Today, one of the boys came when I was alone, he looked distressed, he apologized and we talked, I didn't expect he would cry, I thought high school students would remain cool despite it. I told him, if I didn't forgive them, I wouldn't have carried on teaching them yesterday.