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Oh, come on!
He would have gotten the crap beat out of him if it weren't for the knife.
He can't run to the principal with a bunch of bigger kids chasing him.
Used, I say that you should go to the principal and say something like what you have told us. Tell her/him that the kid wanted self defence so that is why he pulled it out.
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I would have done that already, but the truth of the matter is, the princible's hands are tied in this. He wanted this matter to just be discarded away, but weapon regulations have been taken very seriously since Colombine. I might try and send a petetion to the school board to try and lower or even dissolve his punishment.
And you are right, gangs tend to surround their victim, in order to force the victim into a fight, rather then pile in front of him.