I didn't like your post because you caught beatings from brothers, liked it because I could sympathize. I came to Canada from London, England with a thick British accent didn't go over to well in the Italian neighborhood I found myself.
I use to catch weekly beatings from a certain bully and his two pals, one day they got me good sent me home crying, my father who was a rough man asked what was wrong I told then he gave me a 2nd beating for getting beaten then left me with the wordz "If I ever come home crying about getting beats, I'll get worse from him" I avoided those guys for two weeks until they timed me and I remembered my fathers wordz no way these f*kers scared me more than my rough hands dad. That's the day I discovered I could fight, they never bothered the British kid again.