And when they do try to talk to you, you can look them in the eye and tell them you're not here for them. For some reason it makes people want to be your friend more when all you want them to do is leave you alone. And if the school bully takes the book you're reading and throws it across the room, you can pick up your desk and slam them in the back with it and put the fear of God in him and his cronies. As random examples that Proto totally didn't do.