Snap Studios. Growing up, it's not that I didn't want to be normal.

I did.

Growing up, it's not that I didn't want to be normal. I did. I tried truly, but the kids, even the adults,

they have a sixth sense about these things. They smell the weak link and they attack.

In retrospect, with distance, I'm glad they beat me up and locked me in a garbage can in the 7th grade.

I'm glad because besides the swollen eye, the lip mostly what hurt was my pride and they let me know that

being one of them being normal was never going to be an option for me. That was a gift for which I am

forever grateful and here's the thing. Being normal, whatever that is, it's never

been an option for most of you either. But what if the price for not getting along is much

much higher than some hurt pride from the inside of a garbage can. Stay in self-judgment. One girl decides that she can't make nice. No matter of

consequences. We probably present Genghis Khan.

My name is Gumm Washington, and before you say,

no matter the consequences,

my advice is to find out exactly what those consequences. My advice is to find out exactly what those consequences are when you're

listening. Snap judgment. Oh, We begin in Pakistan with a young girl.

Since if listeners please note this story does contain references to violence.

Snap judgment. Maria Torpecai Wazir grew up deep in the Wazirstan Mountains of Pakistan.

She was one of six kids, raised in a home surrounded by books.

Both of her parents were teachers.

They believed being educated was their biggest weapon.

For Maria, the books just put her to sleep.

But my dad would think to me, different information

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