<p>it seems that when i compare high school to college there were way more fist fights in high school as opposed to college.</p>
<p>is there any explanation to this phenomenon?</p>
<p>If you punch someone in high school you may get suspended for a couple days...if you punch someone in college its called assault and you may go to jail for a few days/weeks/years</p>
<p>Also the fact that kids grow up in college/become more mature so they fight less. Most fights I've seen have been between drunk people. And also at college you've got a better chance of avoiding the other person, unless it's your roommate or something like that.</p>
<p>"is there any explanation to this phenomenon?"</p>
<p>A thinning of the herd.</p>
<p>i don't think the kids who get into fights in high school end up in college, for the most part.</p>
<p>yeah fighting is for trash...</p>
<p>Fighting shows how tough you are, the more you fight, the tougher you are.</p>
<p>The toughest end up as gangstas, lol</p>
<p>Plus, you know, high school is boring and getting clocked/clocking someone might be the highlight of your year. College is supposed to be interesting.</p>
<p>I live in Bronx, NY and all through my childhood and teenage years I would have fights. Sometimes up to 3 a week, and it got so bad I had to have surgery to stop internal bleeding. I guess this is a result of being brought up in an urban enviorment, though I now go to school in a suburban area and you wouldn't believe how many people have never been in a fight before. This may sound like a good thing. but you can just see how weak they really are as people. sure when I was in 3rd grade I didnt like getting the crap beat out of me by 8th graders, but It made be alot tougher and I don't think id have it any other way.</p>
<p>It shows why so many males are more sensitive and more feminine than actual females.</p>
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<p>If you have children are you going to hope that they get beat up by kids that are 5 years older than them?</p>
<p>I will always live in an urban area. I hate suburban life. while no I would not want my kids to be beat up by older kids, I will not keep them locked in the house to protect them from it. If thats what is then thats what is. I will take the way my parents raised me and my brother and use it, and raise my kids that same way, Because it worked. Flawlessly. My mother never kept to much of an eye on us(so we thought), she let us experience things on our own and get through things by ourselves. If we did wrong we would not get punished by her, she allowed us to things that other parents would go crazy over. such as letting us carry knives and use fireworks and build huge fires, as well as many other things. </p>
<p>My mother and grandparents knew I was getting beat up. My mother looked at my grandfather and simply my grandfather punched me in the face with his fist and said whats wrong with you. from then on I fought back and never got beat up again.</p>
<p>that was only a small bit of the story but, I asked my mother "how the hell did you do it" and she said it was all in the plan. Now Id also like to point out that not one of my childhood friends is in College, at least 80% haven't graduated from HS. I come back from school and they are still there standing on the corner, all addicted to one drug or the other. while there parents were the ones who I remember being protective and there parents being the one who went crazy when there kid was beat up. though My mother wasnt protective of me and I have never drank alcohol, tried a drug or even smoked.</p>
<p>another thing is, is that I wasn't spoiled, My family taught me to work for what I wanted. I never got much, I got Just what I needed and no more then that. I still don't get nothing and plan to do the same to my kids. even if we have money, my kids will get what they need, thats it. That doesn't include a college education.</p>
<p>fist fights are for pussies. real men fight with money.</p>
<p>eh. i don't think violence is an option. you don't just turn off a violent mentality when you grow up. i understand the getting beaten up thing and your mom making you stand up for yourself, but the whole knives thing isn't the best strategy. when it's just fists, you're not likely to do irreparable damage. in fact, you're more likely to injure your fist than their face (why boxers wear boxing gloves--so they don't break their hands). but when weapons are brought into the equation, along with youthful immaturity, there can be severe consequences to poorly thought out actions.</p>
<p>but that was the point to make us responsible.</p>
<p>In reality knowing how to fight is a lot more worthy then having money. Lets take a situation like Katrina, you need to get food for your family, people don't care how much money you have, in that situation it means nothing, it has no value, because food is the most critical thing. You couldnt buy food, but the only way you could get food for your family is to use what you have and if you don't have any then you need to take it.</p>
<p>I don't know about you guys, But if my mother and brother and grandparents needed food, Id be more than willing to kill or severely injure anybody who had what I needed. Of course I would never even consider such things under normal conditions, but if the situation was to get that out of control, knowing how to fight and defend yourself is a lot more critical then anything else.</p>
<p>Who needs to fight when you have a gun?</p>
<p>Alot of the kids who fight are too stupid to get into college. Sure, there are some who may get angry etc, but alot of the ones who fight are trouble makers, and they will most likely end up on the streets, in jail, or dead.</p>
<p>Circuit, you're ideas just lead to poverty. No one who is intelligent would have any need to fight, the fact that you believe "toughness" is more important than money really shows a lot about you.</p>
<p>You can have fun beating up people in the inner city, and I'll have fun living a good life.</p>
<p>ha ha. this thread is funny. it seems pretty obvious that most CCers are bookish nerdy kids. no offense I'm here too but I'm by no means a nerd.I've had my share of fights over the years. Probably about 15 or so. I didn't start most of them. Contrary to what most of you think, it is often necessary to fight in an urban environment if you or someone you care about are physically threatened. I guess you could try to use your intelligence to get out of the situation but most of the time that would get you hospitalized outside of your precious little suburbs and gated communities. I agree wholeheartedly with circuit. don't shelter your kids from the world. Despite the opinions of most posters here fights aren't just for underachievers. They're for anyone who is man enough to stand up for what is important to them. If you can't see that you're probably not much of a man anyway.</p>
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<p>Ah thats right - I forget that slapping someone around will immediately make them see things your way :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Fistfights are for idiots who only know how to talk with their fists. Especially in high school, fights tend to be about one idiot offending another idiot and one of them deciding that the other needs to be punched :rolleyes:. If you not being offended by someone else's words is what is "important to you" then you need to reexamine those ideals.
And please - "it's OFTEN necessary... " - are you joking? I have never been in a fistfight, even having lived in an "urban" area for 4 years. And physical threats tend to be BS anyway (again, someone trying to prove the size of their....) - and if it is a serious threat, then a fistfight won't do much except cause the threat to become reality.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong, anyone who threatens my life or the life of a family memeber or friend will likely find themselves staring down the business end of my P226 (and not much else after that). However fistfights tend to be the tools of stulti pueri (foolish boys).</p>
<p>Think what you want, Me being able to beat the **** out of somebody means im better then them. straight up. You could be rich and live the good life, that doesn't matter, because somebody who can fight could take away your good life a lot faster then another one of your suburban good life friends. Happens all the time doesn't it?</p>
<p>Money doesn't mean ****, if somebody comes up to you and tries to steal your car, what does you being rich do. all it means is you lost a more expensive car. your car is still gone and you couldnt do a thing about it. just because you live the good life, doesn't prevent this from happening.</p>
<p>your parents have lead to you believe everything is perfect and fine and that nothing will ever go wrong. but like I said before, the money and intelligence you speak of is only worth something on the current infrastructure its all been built on. take that away(Katrina), possible nuclear attack and your money and intelligence is worth nothing. you will have to fend for yourself and guess what not a one of you spoiled nerds could do it. </p>
<p>I'm with kamscnerd, standing up for yourself is what makes you a man, if you cant defend yourself then what is your life worth, because it could be taken away almost instantly. Money will never be able to save you.</p>
<p>as for the gun, LOL Ive got much bigger than that my friend. Like you would even be trained to use such a weapon.</p>