Oh I don’t know.. the society at schools very much resembles the way prison society functions. When you have nor freedom of association due to incarceration (also known as compulsory attendance), whether in school or prison, the good are not able to escape from the bad. This sort of thing happens frequently in schools, particularly government schools.
Exactly, the atmosphere is more prison than school, this kid just was singled out for a lesson in how power works in a prison environment.
I bet that these punks texted each other bragging about what they had done to Mr. Honor student.
BINGO!
Cliques are nothing more than prison protection gangs.