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Your parents often worried that there was something "wrong" with you.
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And peers who didn't know you thought you were stuck-up.
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Teachers would tell your parents they didn't think you were "socially engaged" enough.
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And they also thought you had no idea what was going on in class.
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You were usually the last person to be picked for a team in gym class.
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And a lot of other kids assumed you were boring.
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You dreaded the moment your teacher said "break into groups."
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And you prayed your teacher wouldn't call you out because they "hadn't heard from you in a while."
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But then, if you did contribute, you pretty much died when they said "speak up!"
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Meanwhile, your report cards always had a note that said you needed "to participate more in class."
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People constantly worried if you were "OK"...
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...or asked, "Are you mad?"
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Adults would say how "shocked" they were when they heard you talk.
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You feared you'd spit out gobbledygook the moment you actually decided to talk.
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And it killed you to wait for the perfect moment to make a clever remark.
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Yet it annoyed the heck out of you when people talked at THE most inappropriate times.
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And finally, you constantly got sarcastic remarks about how you "talk too much."
