For many people, high school can provide a wonderful and enriching educational and social experience. For many others, it can be a dangerous place in which they are physically and psychologically challenged on a daily basis, and is often an environment in which there are many other people watching and judging how they will react to these challenges.

Much like a new inmate’s behavior is scrutinized by his fellow prisoners to determine his toughness, a freshman in high school may at times be forced to not only defend himself, but also prove himself to others so that the next four years of his life are not filled with taunts, insults and unprovoked violence.

In this video, we see two boys in a high school hallway or stairwell. While it is difficult to hear, it sounds as if one boy accuses the other of talking s*** which seems to be a requirement of high school students who are trying to pick a fight. This is soon followed by a couple shoves and the typical accusation that the smaller, younger boy is a p****y.

Initially, the freshman backs off and is reluctant to fight. Once the junior drops his backpack, it’s clear a physical confrontation cannot be avoided, and the freshman drops his backpack as well.

The boys engage, with the junior missing with several punches and the freshman securing a clinch that allows him to throw the junior onto the nearby stairs. The scrap resumes on the feet, with the freshman landing two hard rights that drop the junior to his knees.