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Now, I'm going to preface this: I was not injured in any way.

However, a little kid in year 7, the youngest year had the ever-loving s**t beaten out of him. I'm not exaggerating in any way.

A rather large Year 8 boy who had been tormenting the Year 7s, including my little sister, from day one got into a fight with him. It ended with the year 7 boy on the ground, unconcious, having had his head kicked into a concrete wall.

However, as terrible as this is, this is not the reason I have been kinda depressed today. See, this all happened when I was at home, having my lunch. At my school, in years 10 and 11, you can leave the school for lunch. I go home. But what makes me depressed is that the boy unconcious on the floor, almost completely deafened due to being kicked in the head could quite easily have been my little sister, and being at home there would have been nothing I could have done about it. The thought of this scares me, upsets me, and depresses me all at the same time. Thankfully, the Year 8 will be expelled, and probably will be arrested or at least put under police observation, due to having committed Common Assault leading to Grievous Bodily Harm. But the thought of that happening to my little sister, and not being able to do anything...

Anyway, thanks for listening SG. It's good to talk about this sorta thing.

Dear Hattie,

Where do you live? What kind of school system is that and how does it relate to High Schools in the U.S.A.? The whole year 7,8, etc. kinda confuses me.

And that horrible! I've grown up in private school and that's all that I've ever known, so I can't really relate, but that does seem horrible.

From, Mose

Well, I'm not quite sure about the US/UK conversion rates, but I know that I was almost twelve when I got into Year 7, and I'm one of the oldest in the year. I think the rule, as told to me by TVTropes.org is that the US Grade = UK Year - 1.

And the thing is, my sister looks very much like a boy. It's for that reason that I worry about it. I know I'm being slightly paranoid, and from what I heard the Year 7 kid did kinda provoke the Year 8 kid, but... Still, it frightens me. This is the worst fit of violence that has happened in my school, which isn't exactly known for being a nice and peaceful school.

The worst fit of violence at my school ended in a concussion, a broken arm, and twisted leg, one shoe over a telephone pole, a ripped up hat, and a bloody nose.

It was caused by a small 8th grader, like, 4"6' small (This was when I was in 7th grade) The kid mouthed off just a beet, and then the tiny kid's friend took it the wrong way and slammed him against a trailer and punched him. The kid got up and ran at the tall kid again, and got knocked down again, and did it two more times.

I got off the bus 2 hours late that day.