The day our midterm grades were posted, my paper received the highest score in the entire class.After class, several students gathered around my desk, asking about my research and writing process.In the past, no matter how well I did on my exams or how many chores I completed at home, my parents always found a way to belittle me and tear me down. Sam and Jill would often deliberately exclude me and mock me, too.For the longest time, an innate sense of insecurity followed me everywhere, and I was terrified to strike up conversations.Now, having peers come to me for advice, the inferiority that had weighed me down for so many years began to melt away bit by bit.That evening, after finishing my shift at the coffee shop, I walked to a street bench and sat down. I bought myself a hot dog and loaded it up with a generous amount of hot sauce.Back when I still lived at home, even asking for extra sauce meant signing an IOU. But now, with the money I had earned myself, I could eat w
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