They're working on 2 separate levels.
Jesse is working on a journalistic and intellectually honest one where his intentions are to get to the truth.
Emma and Sam are working on an ideological one where their desire is to disregard the truth.
To be fair to the teacher, he likely has no idea what's happening, hears there is a knife involved and grabs the closest one to him and rips him away.
But yeah very proud of the Asian boy here, the aggressor has no future and will end up the same place his father likely did.
Imagine thinking this matters. People who study for decades can still be wrong and people who look at something one time can still be right. Try to make a point that actually means something.
You really just threw this lady under the bus because she said the n word 8 years ago. Come on Pat, you're better than this. Nobody is legitimately offended by anything she said, the internet just loves to control what people can and can't say. Don't play the game bro.