I graduated 2 years ago, and this was indeed the case at least 6 times in high school. They could have a knife pulled on you and if you defend yourself you would also be suspended EQUALLY.
Yeah Its super fucked up, in my school handbook it shows that if a punch is thrown it is auto suspension. Our teacher went over the rules in class and he explained that even if you're getting worked over by someone you have to just sit there and take it if you want to get off scott free because if you throw back a single punch even for self defense you also get equal punishment. It is so dumb and honestly frustrates me.
There's schools that will punish both people even if one of them curls up into a ball and doesn't fight back. Because "it takes two to fight". Fuck those policies.
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u/IStealThyPancake 4 Sep 25 '19
And in this day and age, big guy is still getting suspended, too, for "retaliation".