No — but I once slapped someone. Around ninth grade a male classmate used to play nasty pranks on me; his desk was right behind mine so he would often pull my hair and even took out a lighter to scare me, saying he’d burn my hair. He had just joined a school gang back then and was very cocky. One afternoon, just before class was about to start while everyone was half-asleep and chattering, he started up again. I suddenly stood up and, with all my strength, hit him in the face. Smack — the classroom went quiet and he was stunned. After that he never messed with me again.

It was so long ago that I don’t even remember whether I hit him with my left hand or my right.