Chiquita on a non-fight

**I’m leaving names out of this one, because that’s not the point of my story**
It was bright and early this morning, around fifteen minutes to eight, and I’m walking to the cafeteria with Rach. Once we’re there, I see that a bunch of people are outside and that’s when I realized today was the free pancake breakfast. We go though the lunch line to buy a couple bottles of water and then head outside for some pancakes and sausage. We’re just standing in line, yawning in the morning light and talking about Halloween costumes. All of a sudden, two guys are right at my feet. One is yelling and pushing the other, and the guy who is getting pushed keeps saying “hey sorry man I was only joking.” But the other kid is having none of it, and he punches him in the face. For the next two seconds I’m thinking, “Oh no, they’re going to fight.” The kid who just got punched is on the football team, and I don’t know him very well, but I’ve seen him around and he’s a pretty nice guy, and a pretty good ball player. And I’m thinking, “Great, they’re going to fight and this nice kid is going to be suspended and kicked off the football team.” It all just seemed really wrong place, wrong time. Fortunately though, I was wrong. The kid just said, “Hey man, I said I was sorry, are we cool?” But apparently they were not cool, because the kid hit him again, and then AGAIN, and the kid fell down. No, he didn’t freak out and get up swinging. He just stood up, and continued to apologize. At this point, some teachers came to settle things down. Both guys were led away, and the one who refused to throw a punch did eventually come back for his pancakes, and the day went on as it normally does. I guess it was just nice to see someone have enough respect for himself to realize that throwing a punch is never a solution to a problem. What could have been a really terrible day for him went on to just be another game day, because he chose to do the right thing. I appreciate the example that that kid set today.