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I started going to school and even though I did not
like it at the beginning, in time it became more

interesting.

It was at school that I faced the first small cases of

injustice. I used to do my homework regularly. Our
teacher always checked it. One day, it was the second or

the third class period, we had math, and she started

checking our notebooks. I presented mine but when I
opened it – to my surprise the last page with the

homework was not there. I was too confused to say

anything. The teacher scolded me so sharply that I still
remember it.

I was wondering for several days how the last page

with my homework could disappear. Eventually I found

out it that the classmate sitting next to me had torn it and
put it in his notebook. What e devious nine-year-old boy!

I realized children were able to copy their parents

from a very young age. I came to a turning point, but will

come back to it later on in this book.
When I was fourteen, I joined high school of

economics. The years at high school were great. I was

rather hot-headed and mischievous and only interested to
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