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The Fight That Never Ends

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You'll love this rollicking read about an insurgent rebel battling the inbred idiots at his school. You have to give the author credit for putting up with a bunch of backwoods rejects for as long as he did. I'm surprised he wasn't the only student in the gifted class, as it appears the average IQ of the people at his school was about 23. Most of his teachers and fellow students sound like they belong in a loony bin.

For gawd's sake, what kind of school makes freshmen dress up like hookers for "initiation"? Probably the same kind of school that won't replace missing locks for a student's locker and makes him pay for all the books that get stolen because he doesn't have a lock. That at a Roman Catholic school, no less. The principal at this school sounds like he is both a liar and a nutcase.

Notice the school never admits responsibility when something is clearly the school's fault?

I feel sorry for the author for being surrounded by so many losers, but I feel just as sorry for the rejects who hassled him as they were the products of sibling incest. It sounds like the author was one of few people at his school who didn't have 12 toes and fingers.

I went to the same school district as the author though I did not know him (I think I was a Senior when he was a Freshman). I never experienced any of the things that happened to the author. I had a typical high school experience. There were people I didn't like and who didn't like me but it never went beyond name calling in the halls... perhaps because I'm a girl? It's like we went to two different schools. My teachers and administrators were kind, responsive to my problems and helpful.

That said, my baby brother had the same kinds of things happen to him. It started in Kindergarten and continued at least to graduation and possibly beyond. Until I read this book, I assumed (based on my own experiences) that my brother had agged it on in some way. It's shocking to see that people's experiences in school could be so radically different. My brother's teachers and administrators were threatening, mean and unjust. My brother was a BIG kid (he was 6'3" at 12 years old) and was often jumped by someone for the hell of it (these guys were obviously not too brilliant). Once my brother was suspended from school for three days because 6 guys jumped him when he was walking down the hall... he didn't even fight back because he'd already learned not to. The administrators never even gave the 6 guys detention (even though they almost hospitalized my brother) because it was "obvious that **** (my brother) had started the fight, because who would be stupid enough to start a fight with someone a foot taller than themselves."

It is still shocking to me that the school that the author and my brother attended was SO different from the one that I attended. I don't know the reason for the dichotomy. I had the ideal "best time of my life" high school experience even though I was by no means popular. The author and my brother obviously went through hell.

This book is definitely is a good description of that hell.

As a college student I can relate to a lot of this.

The narrator gets pretty much tagged starting in first grade and never seems to get rid of the bullies. I do find it striking (obsessive??) that it would have continued beyond high school. From the story I gather this is a rather small community (maybe medium sized from what he says) with a commuter campus, so I guess it's impossible to really start fresh.

It sounded like the bullying was just compounded with one new negative experience after another. Very unfortunate.

I do hope this raises some awareness of the problem of bullying.

I know the author so I am just a little bit biased, but I am giving a positive recommendation for this book.

The content and concept are very good...the delivery is OK. There is little doubt that the author was failed by almost everybody involved, from the school system, to the police, to the telephone company. There are a lot of school districts that are not IDEA compliant (especially wrt ADHD/dyslexia) so I don't think this story is unique. I also do not think it is unique for authorities to go to such lengths to cover up or at least minimize what was going on (this became a public safety issue when three kids from school chased the author into the street.)

There are not many students who will continue at a school after something like that and the school shows no interest in clamping down. I am not for spanking and dress codes in school, but I am for discipline...something that was practically nonexistent at each of the schools where this went on.

My strongest recommendation for the book is that I believe it will at least empower any student who might be in the same situation that the author was in.

Oh and here is a clue for the admins at "Botkin" HS...Taking someone's name off of a stupid student council ballot for no reason isn't the sort of thing that endears students to your school, you freaks. Thank you.

The author has provided us with a very good story to let us know that not only children, but teachers, principals and school bus drivers can be very cruel and hurtful. He survived some terrible experiences that have obviously traumatized him and continue to affect him greatly. I recommend it for all teens and parents. Also, anybody who is a bully now should read this, (especially the last chapter) to see how their actions can ruin lives, even their own.

This is the story of a rebellious student who gets bullied at several schools, by students and by humorless, hotheaded, just plain bad (and dishonest) teachers.

This book is a very interesting read. The tale culminates in high school when the author is faced with a generally rough student body, which he describes vividly enough that I feel much contempt for the the antagonists. Bullying today is a serious issue, and Brown's book does help to explore some of the psychology of the bully, and the long term effects on the bullied.

The Fight That Never Ends can save your child from a lot of hurt, and I would strongly recommend it.

I should comment about the first reviewer's toilet mouth and baseless (false) accusations about the author, but I won't.

I ordered the book 'Fight That Never Ends' after much anticipation. The word insane is well applied to the idiot yokel troublemakers mentioned in the book. After reading in detail the occasionally violent (more often offensive) behavior of the characters in the book, and a school system that creates an environment like this (owing to their own negligence) it's a wonder why there has never been any demand for accountability (by the taxpayers, the parish, or whomever).

We do have some bad schools and teachers out there, and Tim Brown's book is a wake-up call.

'Fight' has its humorous parts, but as a whole the book is chillingly serious. Written in simplistic prose, with a dash of editorial commentary and legal talk, 'Fight' may require a little patience, but it is well worth it. The book goes well beyond anything I had expected, and in the end I knew this is one of those uncommon books that hits the nail right on the head.