I was a spunky little girl. Seven-year-old snowy didn't take crap from anyone. I always preferred as a youngster to use words, but I wasn't afraid to deck someone if it came to that. So, one day in second grade, I was on my way back from the bathroom when the school bully, Alex, appeared from around the corner. I wasn't afraid, despite the fact that Alex was looking me over as if I were a target. He came forward to physically intimidate me, trying to push me against the wall of the hallway, and I just slugged him, right in the nose.
I ended up in the principal's office, very briefly. I only had to explain that Alex had tried to bully me, and I was let go. My mother apparently received a phone call from the principal (friend of the folks) who laughed and said that I reminded him of his wife at that age.
The next year, I punched a kid in the face because he wouldn't stop harassing me. I followed all the correct procedures before punching him in the face--telling him to stop, telling an adult, etc. But since the playground staff didn't seem interested in keeping him from following me around and saying we were boyfriend/girlfriend over and over and over again, I decked him. Again, principal's office. Again, my mom received a phone call from the principal, who wouldn't stop laughing.
I saw my former principal a few years ago--he still remembers how funny this all was to him.
Girl fights aren't nearly as exciting. Once, this girl Tia tried to bully me AND cut in line at squareball in one fell swoop. In complete shock at her attempts to brazenly bully me--just after I'd won the 4th grade spelling bee--I lifted her up by her shirt and hauled her back into her correct place at the end of the line. She was so taken aback by that that she ran off, scared.
Man, elementary school was scarier than I thought, but it really wasn't as bad as middle school. Kids are more devious in middle school, and you can't just come out and punch the girl who has just stuck gum in your hair. Fortunately for me, in that case she did it right in front of the bus driver. BUSTED.