My mother sent me to speech classes, but the other kids still teased me. I was shy. I stooped. Instead of talking,… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion… — Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Copy Share Image
All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I think the world sort of looks to the kids who have potential. These are the kids who are going to do… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
I like to do stuff for my brothers and sisters to appreciate because they look up to me, and for other kids… — Kyla Pratt Copy Share Image
I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood different cultures and… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping… — Gene Pitney Copy Share Image
I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting… — Nancy Kerrigan Copy Share Image
I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school,… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
I was always the kid at the side of the playground, looking at the other kids. I didn't know how to get… — Richard Coyle Copy Share Image
My son, before he went to school, he'd eat pretty much everything. Then as soon as he went to school, he got… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The idea there were kids out there who didn't love to read and write just as much as I did struck me.… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
My parents actually ran drag clubs in Australia, which is how I grew up. It was normal for me. It was my… — Tabatha Coffey Copy Share Image
I didn't know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on… — Kevyn Aucoin Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
I knew I was different when I was about six years of age but I just knew that I wasn't like everybody… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Since I'm homeschooled, I don't get much kid interaction, so I started at this gym and I got to meet other kids.… — Jake Short Copy Share Image
I lived in an all-black neighborhood, followed by an all-white one, and other kids in the always called me Mexican in both… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
