> two guys got into it right in the classroom. I did exactly what you aren’t supposed to do, I got in between them, pushed one to the left and one to the right <
Interesting story. In my (urban) experience, breaking up a fight between two boys was usually not too difficult. I would do essentially what you did.
But I would NEVER attempt to break up a fight between two girls unless the odds were at least 3 to 1 in my favor. Girl fights are vicious. And unlike with the boys, girls would never stop. That kept coming back for more.
I broke up a fight between two high school age boys by shouting them down.
A fight between two middle school girls took four faculty to physically hold them apart and remove them to separate rooms.
Never try to break up a girl fight unless you have lots of help!
When I worked at the state juvie facility, they boys could be reasoned with. Girls would just as soon kill you as look at you. Thing is I had final say in which facility in the state they would spend their time so they should have had enough sense to be on their best behavior. But they didn’t have any sense.