[Solumina]

If you watch any of his interviews the kid was clearly coached but it looks like the idea to take a stand was his own idea, just in response to what he heard from his parents and not his own experience. Still it is admirable for a kid to stand up for himself, especially to a known figure of authority and even more so to his peers (which he did regardless of whether his parents told him to or if he did it completely on his own).