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[Kamin]

We had regular fights that often degraded into brawls of up to 50- 60 students. Think of a Katamari ball of writhing, punching and kicking angry teenagers and that was pretty much what happened.

Oh, so you're Irish. It all makes so much more sense now.

[Hanslanda]

We had regular fights that often degraded into brawls of up to 50- 60 students. Think of a Katamari ball of writhing, punching and kicking angry teenagers and that was pretty much what happened.

Oh, so you're Irish. It all makes so much more sense now.

Nah, I'm guessing he's inner city.

[Reudh]

Outer suburban, formerly rural.

[Hanslanda]

Outer suburban, formerly rural.

... Why so violent?

[Reudh]

Outer suburban, formerly rural.

... Why so violent?

Outer suburban, formerly rural.

Also the municipality has the highest domestic abuse and juvenile crime rate in Victoria. (Despite it being overall a pretty nice municipality to live in.)

[MaximumZero]

I hear you on the violent school thing. I had over two hundred recorded instances of "Fighting in Self Defense" on my record. There was a point where I was in a fight or two every day, until I just stopped caring about not hurting people. The fights stopped pretty quickly, I'm happy to report.

So glad that shit's a decade+ behind me.

[Kamin]

I hear you on the violent school thing. I had over two hundred recorded instances of "Fighting in Self Defense" on my record. There was a point where I was in a fight or two every day, until I just stopped caring about not hurting people. The fights stopped pretty quickly, I'm happy to report.

So glad that shit's a decade+ behind me.

I have a hard time buying that. Fight over 3 times and you usually just get expelled, regardless of "self defense."

[MaximumZero]

This was 11/12 years ago in an inner city/slum school. Violence was expected. Not to mention that our graduation rate was so pathetically low that no matter how much trouble you got in, you would not be expelled if you had a glimmer of hope of graduating.

Edit again: Apparently, the school is now equipped with very good cameras, metal detectors and armed police officers in the halls.

[Kamin]

This was 11/12 years ago in an inner city/slum school. Violence was expected.

I don't care what the context is, Zero; I'm not calling you a liar, I'm just saying that even inmates don't fight as much as you claimed to have in school.

[Reudh]

Ours wasn't even a slum school. We just had a huge amount of fuckwits who screwed up their children with their AC/DC and wifebashing.

I didn't have over 200 instances, but I had a fair few. The school didn't like the 'Self Defense' argument but if another student back you up there was little they could do.

I remember a fight where one of my enemies fought another enemy of mine, punched him so hard in the nose it broke it and pushed it severely out of alignment, and required a plastic surgeon to rebuild his nose.



Kamin, think of how many days/year you spend in school. ~200. Think of how many years you are at school.
5, usually.

If you're getting in fights every second day, then you could EASILY get into 200 fights.

Anyway, derail should probably end. :/

[MaximumZero]

This was 11/12 years ago in an inner city/slum school. Violence was expected.

I don't care what the context is, Zero; I'm not calling you a liar, I'm just saying that even inmates don't fight as much as you claimed to have in school.

I don't like to admit this, but I was pretty well in with the gangs in town. I was a "freelance artist"...read: Graffiti punk. I would work for whoever paid me, and that got my ass kicked. A lot. At one point, the point I stopped, it almost got me killed. The money was worth it, though. Helped my parents through a lot of rough times with bills and avoiding home foreclosure.

[Hanslanda]

Ah, this explains that near forgotten comment about taking contracts to draw three different graffitis in the same spot.

[MaximumZero]

Ah, this explains that near forgotten comment about taking contracts to draw three different graffitis in the same spot.

That's the incident that almost got me killed.

Anyway, we should probably stop the derail now, as suggested.

[Kamin]

Kamin, think of how many days/year you spend in school. ~200. Think of how many years you are at school.
5, usually.

If you're getting in fights every second day, then you could EASILY get into 200 fights.

Anyway, derail should probably end. :/

Contrary to popular belief, mantids are capable of performing simple math. All I am saying is that with that many fights, you'd be expelled. I was almost expelled every time for ONE fucking fight/year average from 6th grade to Sophomore Year of HS. That doesn't require much math to understand.

Well, see new posts: Derail over.

[darkrider2]

The quality of schools varies wildly from school to school.

I grew up in a school where there were maybe 6 fights or so a month. The place was pretty docile. Despite how much I want to imagine the kind of places being discussed, I cannot, it is just not within my experience or knowledge to understand them.

I have not experienced anything even remotely similar and have nothing to allow my imagination to extrapolate onto in order to properly contemplate it.

In my school you'd get suspended for fighting, the only expulsions I am aware of were due to having drugs on hand.