That must have been exquisitely awful to go through!

I would have been paralyzed too. Don't feel guilty or anything for not standing up. It wasn't on you to do that.

How sad though. God, I hate educators who humiliate their students. I think some of them make mistakes around that -- it's a confrontational style, not hostility. But I've seen enough of them to know that some are simply sadistic.

And what does that do to you, to see this person you depend on and admire, maybe even love -- to see them ambushed like that?

It was nice that you got a good vibe from her after the experience. How amazing to think that your presence might have comforted her. What a lovely thing, actually, to have come out of that!