I'll agree it sounds like an administrative problem - I don't know if I'd say he's a "HERO", but it sounds to me like he's getting a raw deal. If he's the kid that everyone's going around with the "You've got Gray germs" or whatnot in his school, and some guy pushed him too far one day, actually hitting him, I can't really blame him for jabbing the guy with a pencil if that's what he had in his hand. It doesn't sound like he was out stalking the guy with a pencil or anything..if anything, I'd bet the other guy cornered him.
As far as the Columbine references, I see y'all's point - but I think that *might* be a little slippery slope. Equating stabbing a bully in the face with a pencil while he's trying to beat the snot out of you, versus showing up in school with an arsenal of weapons to blow your classmates to smithereens really could be construed as going a bit far, I think.
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