futurebird , 
There is this trope in fiction: A boy gets bullied on his way to school; his dad teaches him to fight. It always seemed so bizarre to me.
Somewhere in there is a less perplexing story about a young person learning to deal with conflict--
But, I spent a lot of my childhood waiting to be "jumped" on the way to school. Because, I was being bullied, just not physically.
I was looking forward to learning kungfu and taking them all out. LOL. 1/