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Writing is a very easy way for me to express myself. When I was still at school, I would write for no reason other than I wanted to write.

I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

School didn't work for me. I hated it.

The idea there were kids out there who didn't love to read and write just as much as I did struck me. So I went around schools and tried to make other kids love to read and write.

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

School seemed unimportant, since I learned so much more on my own.

I enjoyed writing in school. I don't know that I was all that good at it in school. I worked at it later. I feel comfortable writing now. I enjoy writing now. I suspect, like most college students, I viewed writing then to be more tedious.

I hated school.

I was a horrible student. I really hated school.

When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.