During a prank at College, a student stuck a paper on his classmate's back that said "I'm stupid"; he asked the rest of the class not to tell him. Thus, all students began laughing throughout the day. Shortly after, Maths class started and their Professor wrote a difficult question on the board.
No one was able to answer it except that student. Amid the slight laughs, for he didn't know why, he walked towards the board and he solved it. The teacher asked the class to clap for him and remove the paper on his back. He told him "It seems that you don't know about the paper on your back that one of your classmates put and the rest of them kept it as a secret".
Then he faced towards the rest of the class and said "Before I give you a punishment, I will tell you two things : Throughout your life, people will put labels on your back with many bad things written on it to stop your progress.
If he had known about the paper, he would not have answered the question.
"All you have to do is ignore it. Ignore the labels people give you and use every chance you have to progress, learn and improve yourself".
"The second thing is that it's clear that he doesn't have any loyal friends among you all to tell him about the paper stuck on his back and to remove it. It does not matter how many friends you have, it is the loyalty and care between you and your friends that matters".
Debrief
There will be people who will never approve the way you are or the unique things that you do. But that shouldn't slow you down or discourage you.
Even if you have only one person who stands beside you, while the whole world is against you, it's enough to have that one true friend rather than 100s of fake friends on social network.
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