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I'm only a couple years younger than Patriot86, so I'm well aware of the zero tolerance policy so many schools have adopted. You'd be amazed at how effective an angry mother is at conveying to the school officials that their lack of security forced a kid to defend themselves. Got me out of trouble once or twice.
It really is a sad state of affairs when a kid defending himself from a bully could end up with assault, or at the very least mutual combat charges. The advice my mom always gave me was "if I ever hear you started a fight, I'll kick your *** myself. But you better be sure to finish it if someone starts one with you."
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