I was already like 5’9” and semi-muscular by the time I was starting highschool (did kickboxing) so I was bigger than plenty of my peers. Got bullied for my green skinny jeans by some short senior, talked shit back to him and he slapped me in the face in front of everyone , so I defended myself and laid him out. I ended up in more trouble even though he was 3 years older than me and the cameras showed him slapping me first while surrounded by his buddies.

That’s the way it goes , taught to defend yourself against bullies, and then you get in trouble because the other person is smaller - so somehow that makes you the bad guy... At least my dad was proud of me for what I did lol