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Eventually I became a person hater. Anyone who I deemed to be a fool, I tried to stay away from. And when that failed, I became cold and withdrawn. I saw a friendly “Hello” as an attack on my privacy because I viewed it as pointless and without any real purpose. My favorite word was “irrelevant”. For example, “This discussion is irrelevant.” Understand? Later in the school year, I became so cold that even some of the people I would hang around with on a regular basis would get mad at me. I went to lunch after a bad experience in Algebra 2 one day to find one of my friends sitting in my usual seat. A major taboo. I basically just cussed him out until he moved. A prime example of true Christian spirituality, huh? He cussed back and released his control over my eating space. He told me that he was mad at me in a less kind fashion than what I portray here. (more)