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I walked out of class one day and I never went back.

I was told as a teenager that I would never walk again.

I just never did like school.

I was never really good in school.

I was hesitant to go around and shake hands, just go up and stick my hand out to strangers. Then I learned to stick my hand out.

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in the woods, with no shoes, and in the fall it was back to the city, shoe shops and school.

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.