Considering the state of the Public Education system, these 7th graders were probably in their mid-teens, thus almsot fully grown.
I wouldn’t want to have to take on 9 yutes from the ‘hood.
I learned at a young age that if you hit one, you fight them all.
They were all ready fighting them all. That the whole point of this story. At which point all the rules are off. After a few of them bleed or die, the rest will run.
Just because they are in middle school doesn't mean they aren't 21. Think about it.
“I learned at a young age that if you hit one, you fight them all.”
I learned at a young age, If you’re going to take a beating anyway, go down fighting.
They were all 14 and 15 which is highschool, not middle school age: “All nine suspects, ages 14 and 15, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault.”