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But this kid and his father do not.

I'm not trying to defend this kid or his dad. I'm just saying there may be more to this story than we are being told. It may not be as simple as a troubled kid throwing the first punch and getting expelled. I know this seems black and white from the story but it may not be. It is possible that the boy was having trouble with other students on a repeated basis that the school was doing nothing about. If this were true, his poor grades, behavior and final punch would be understandable, even justified. My point is, we don't know. I'm not going to judge the validity of the law suit or the boys behavior on what I am told here. Things are never that simple.

This seems pretty simple to me. A foul mouthed punk sucker punched another kid. The other kid whipped his ass and for his trouble got suspended for three days. The foul mouthed kid got a month for throwing the first punch and then continued his crap. Out he goes.

It is possible that the boy was having trouble with other students on a repeated basis that the school was doing nothing about.

OK. What you mention sometimes does happen -- but did it happen here?

If it was even being alleged by the boy and his dad, I am sure it would have found its way into this TIME magazine article, which is extremely sympathic to the boy and his father. But, no mention here.

I agree with you that at times, there are matters and facts not immediately known.

However, I would also point out this: at other times, there is a kid who is basically a bully, and finally, he goes too far. That happens too. And, when it does, the situation can be fairly cut and dried.

Based on the boy's own admissions in this article, I bet you could easily find a number of other students who have also been called names by this kid, or felt compelled to walk away quickly before he threw the first punch at them.

Yet, now, in this particular instance, he threw the first punch, after some name calling -- and, kept beating up on a kid until the result was an injury requiring five stitches. That's a very serious injury. And, that's why a kid who does this gets expelled.